Turn your Sony PSP into an e-book reader

Colin Dunstan · 09-26-2005, 10:09 AM

The screen of Sony's PlayStation Portable is far to precious to be used just for gaming. With PSPPDF the first steps have been taken to turn the Sony into a capable e-book reader. Well, admittingly, it still looks rather simplistic and requires a fixed filename, "a.pdf", but it's the thought that counts and sources are available as well!

[via Make Blog]

gadgetguru · 09-28-2005, 11:34 AM

Based on the same engine, someone had updated it. It's called Bookr. O.51 released today.

Wonder why there's a native PDF viewer for the PSP barely a year after PSP becomes available, while Palm OS still had none (new DocsToGo isn't available yet).

Vaporware · 10-25-2005, 01:54 PM

There is an active hacker community behind a gaming platform because of the nature of the platform. Programmers play games, and can get recognition for releasing programs like that to the general PSP community. These supporters wont code a thing in their lives, but will support a project perhaps with paypal donations or simply blog comments.

Plus the PSP is a sexy platform, so of course it gets the attention from the guys ;-*

09-26-2005, 10:09 AM	#1
Colin Dunstan Is papyrophobic! Posts: 1,926 Karma: 1009999 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: USA Device: Dell Axim	Turn your Sony PSP into an e-book reader The screen of Sony's PlayStation Portable is far to precious to be used just for gaming. With PSPPDF the first steps have been taken to turn the Sony into a capable e-book reader. Well, admittingly, it still looks rather simplistic and requires a fixed filename, "a.pdf", but it's the thought that counts and sources are available as well! [via Make Blog] __________________ If you’re the brightest person in the room, you’re in trouble. — James Watson, Nobel Prize winner

09-28-2005, 11:34 AM	#2
gadgetguru Addict Posts: 214 Karma: 6370 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Asia Device: Tungsten T5	Based on the same engine, someone had updated it. It's called Bookr. O.51 released today. Wonder why there's a native PDF viewer for the PSP barely a year after PSP becomes available, while Palm OS still had none (new DocsToGo isn't available yet). __________________

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Vaporware Not here yet. Posts: 49 Karma: 11 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA Device: ETI-2 Ebook Reader	There is an active hacker community behind a gaming platform because of the nature of the platform. Programmers play games, and can get recognition for releasing programs like that to the general PSP community. These supporters wont code a thing in their lives, but will support a project perhaps with paypal donations or simply blog comments. Plus the PSP is a sexy platform, so of course it gets the attention from the guys ;-*


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