Android reader software

AnemicOak · 10-26-2009, 04:26 PM

I just got a new phone today (HTC Hero). Are Aldiko and FBReader my only options for a reader for it? If so what do users recommend at this point? Any quirks or bugs one should be aware of?

TIA

kovidgoyal · 10-26-2009, 04:45 PM

There's also wordplayer which integrates both wirelessly and via USB cable with calibre

Abelturd · 10-26-2009, 05:14 PM

Welcome aboard! I also got myself a Hero only recently. Awesome toy, isn't it. The abundance of applications. I've just spent whole weekend downloading and installing new apps.

As to your question, so far I've tried only the FBreader, which I'm pretty satisfied with. Together with calibre they make a great duo. After conversion to epub with calibre the fbreader opens and displays the ebook pretty well. It does all I want from a reading software.

AnemicOak · 10-27-2009, 12:35 AM

Thanks guys.

carlobee · 10-27-2009, 01:03 AM

I would want to try that phone.

Abelturd · 10-27-2009, 05:12 PM

AnemicOak, this Teleread article might interest you:
http://www.teleread.org/2009/10/27/w...pps-discussed/

imaredr · 10-28-2009, 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

There's also wordplayer which integrates both wirelessly and via USB cable with calibre

I have the Archos 5 Android and installed Word Player today. For the life of me, I can't get it to connect to my Calibre server. Any suggestions or a tutorial somewhere? I looked all over your Calibre site and could find anything to help. I also read the Calibre thread here on the forum and I didn't see anything that made any sense.

Thanks,

Ellen

kovidgoyal · 10-29-2009, 12:12 AM

there's an entry in the calibre FAQ under devices, if i remember right

Ambrosia · 10-29-2009, 10:51 PM

I have the hero and its great. I recommend it to all Sprint users but if you have Verizon wait for the Dorid to come out. It has a bigger screen which will make reading on it much better. Now I'm about to install Word Player.

wodin · 11-06-2009, 05:00 PM

I just ordered a Samsung Moment from Sprint, and one of the first things I’m anticipating doing is getting a good reader on it. I’ve been using FBReader on my Nokia N800, and like it. But if there is a better choice I’m up for it.

remjax · 11-07-2009, 11:58 AM

I wish someone with some programming knowledge would get the source for coolreader and make a version for "Android"?

Coolreader is a very nice Ebook reader with support for a number of formats!

Carl314 · 11-08-2009, 10:58 AM

Can anyone tell me how to highlight text using Word-Player? Nothing seems to work on my Motorola Droid.

Thanks, Carl.

emt · 11-08-2009, 05:43 PM

I too have the A5IT and am using Fbreader 0.56. I have also used Aldiko, v. 1.12 - either works well and each has its pros and cons. Calibre doesn't detect either so I just download ePubs to a micro SD card and readthem into my A5IT I find it a pleasure. Either reader is freeware.

Outside of the short battery life (I get about eight hours), the device has HD 4.8" screen, large # of fonts, easy page turns and full color (images are very good).

Books are stored either internally or on SD card.

andymiller · 11-10-2009, 04:37 PM

I would really like to use WordPlayer with Calibre on my HTC Hero but I get an error trying to install WordPlayer:

Application not installed.
WordPlayer v3 could not be
installed on this phone.

Anyone else have a clue why this happens?

Thanks.

Abelturd · 11-11-2009, 04:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by andymiller

I would really like to use WordPlayer with Calibre on my HTC Hero but I get an error trying to install WordPlayer:

Application not installed.
WordPlayer v3 could not be
installed on this phone.

Anyone else have a clue why this happens?

Thanks.

Have you tried to download the apk of the app and after allowing installation of apps from external source to install it after this fashion (not via the Market app)?

10-26-2009, 04:26 PM	#1
AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 2,597 Karma: 8713 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: Opus / Kindle 2 / Sony 505 / HTC Hero (Android Phone)	Android reader software I just got a new phone today (HTC Hero). Are Aldiko and FBReader my only options for a reader for it? If so what do users recommend at this point? Any quirks or bugs one should be aware of? TIA __________________ ~Brian "The test of any good fiction is that you should care something for the characters; the good to succeed, the bad to fail. The trouble with most fiction is that you want them all to land in hell, together, as quickly as possible." - Mark Twain

10-26-2009, 04:45 PM	#2
kovidgoyal Creator of calibre, Ph.D. Posts: 10,082 Karma: 41079 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Albuquerque, NM Device: PRS-500/505/700, K2, BeBook	There's also wordplayer which integrates both wirelessly and via USB cable with calibre __________________ Get calibre

10-26-2009, 05:14 PM	#3
Abelturd Little Fuzzy Soldier Posts: 568 Karma: 4653 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Nowhere in particular. Device: cybook gen3, htc hero, ipaq 214	Welcome aboard! I also got myself a Hero only recently. Awesome toy, isn't it. The abundance of applications. I've just spent whole weekend downloading and installing new apps. As to your question, so far I've tried only the FBreader, which I'm pretty satisfied with. Together with calibre they make a great duo. After conversion to epub with calibre the fbreader opens and displays the ebook pretty well. It does all I want from a reading software. __________________ In the desert I saw a creature, naked, bestial, Who, squatting upon the ground, Held his heart in his hand And ate of it. I said, "Is it good, friend?" "It is bitter—bitter," he answered; "But I like it Because it is bitter, And because it is my heart. --Stephen Crane, The Black Riders Last edited by Abelturd; 10-26-2009 at 05:16 PM.

10-27-2009, 12:35 AM	#4
AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 2,597 Karma: 8713 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: Opus / Kindle 2 / Sony 505 / HTC Hero (Android Phone)	Thanks guys. __________________ ~Brian "The test of any good fiction is that you should care something for the characters; the good to succeed, the bad to fail. The trouble with most fiction is that you want them all to land in hell, together, as quickly as possible." - Mark Twain

10-27-2009, 05:12 PM	#6
Abelturd Little Fuzzy Soldier Posts: 568 Karma: 4653 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Nowhere in particular. Device: cybook gen3, htc hero, ipaq 214	AnemicOak, this Teleread article might interest you: http://www.teleread.org/2009/10/27/w...pps-discussed/ __________________ In the desert I saw a creature, naked, bestial, Who, squatting upon the ground, Held his heart in his hand And ate of it. I said, "Is it good, friend?" "It is bitter—bitter," he answered; "But I like it Because it is bitter, And because it is my heart. --Stephen Crane, The Black Riders

10-27-2009, 01:03 AM	#5
carlobee Evangelist Posts: 419 Karma: 402 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: iPhone 3G	I would want to try that phone.

10-29-2009, 12:12 AM	#8
kovidgoyal Creator of calibre, Ph.D. Posts: 10,082 Karma: 41079 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Albuquerque, NM Device: PRS-500/505/700, K2, BeBook	there's an entry in the calibre FAQ under devices, if i remember right __________________ Get calibre

10-29-2009, 10:51 PM	#9
Ambrosia Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: In a house on the southside of hell Device: iphone	I have the hero and its great. I recommend it to all Sprint users but if you have Verizon wait for the Dorid to come out. It has a bigger screen which will make reading on it much better. Now I'm about to install Word Player.

11-06-2009, 05:00 PM	#10
wodin Illiterate Posts: 760 Karma: 4105 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: The Sandwich Isles Device: Sony PRS-505, ECTACO jetBook, Nokia N800, Samsung Moment	I just ordered a Samsung Moment from Sprint, and one of the first things I’m anticipating doing is getting a good reader on it. I’ve been using FBReader on my Nokia N800, and like it. But if there is a better choice I’m up for it. __________________ Don't mess with old futs...age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill! B. S. and brilliance only come with age and experience!

11-07-2009, 11:58 AM	#11
remjax Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: toshiba E755,Zauru c1000	Coolreader ?? I wish someone with some programming knowledge would get the source for coolreader and make a version for "Android"? Coolreader is a very nice Ebook reader with support for a number of formats!

11-08-2009, 10:58 AM	#12
Carl314 Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Motorola Droid with Aldiko Reader	Can anyone tell me how to highlight text using Word-Player? Nothing seems to work on my Motorola Droid. Thanks, Carl.

11-08-2009, 05:43 PM	#13
emt Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Sony PRS 300	Archos 5 Internet Tablet (Android) I too have the A5IT and am using Fbreader 0.56. I have also used Aldiko, v. 1.12 - either works well and each has its pros and cons. Calibre doesn't detect either so I just download ePubs to a micro SD card and readthem into my A5IT I find it a pleasure. Either reader is freeware. Outside of the short battery life (I get about eight hours), the device has HD 4.8" screen, large # of fonts, easy page turns and full color (images are very good). Books are stored either internally or on SD card.

11-10-2009, 04:37 PM	#14
andymiller Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: iPaq	I would really like to use WordPlayer with Calibre on my HTC Hero but I get an error trying to install WordPlayer: Application not installed. WordPlayer v3 could not be installed on this phone. Anyone else have a clue why this happens? Thanks.

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