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mogui · 10-01-2007, 05:20 AM

Bob started a thread here about reading on a cellphone (How to read e-books on (almost) any phone). maybe it is a good idea. Maybe it is not. But it got my technohormones flowing. I put books on my Moto V186 with its miserly 128x128 screen. I thought it was cool in a geeky sort of way.

Then I had a brilliant idea! Spend more money! Yes, I went out and bought a gaoxinqi GXQ NT6306. See the thread linked above. The eBook reader on the device is just garbage, but I signed up for GPRS today. Now I can read!

I can browse the web and find news articles, and . . . well you know what there is out there. I even found this thread posted last December (Reading ebooks with a cell phone). The guy only left us the one post, but he really did us a service. You can read books over the web on your phone. It really works! Try it at http://mobile.tx2ph.com or http:/wap.tx2ph.com. You can sign up for a free account at the main website here.

The site seems to keep track of what book you are reading and where you left off. So now who needs a reader?

So you are wondering, "Did mogui start this thread just to blather about old threads?" Actually no. Maybe the title of this thread gives you a hint. I really wish Mobileread made the posts here available as a WAP site so I could read in the bathroom on my GPRS enabled smartphone. Yes. Really.

And maybe the uploaded books could be made available as WAP-readable too?

10-01-2007, 05:20 AM	#1
mogui eNigma Posts: 503 Karma: 1335 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: The Philippines Device: HTC G1 Android FBReader	Do WAP Shoobee Do WAP Bob started a thread here about reading on a cellphone (How to read e-books on (almost) any phone). maybe it is a good idea. Maybe it is not. But it got my technohormones flowing. I put books on my Moto V186 with its miserly 128x128 screen. I thought it was cool in a geeky sort of way. Then I had a brilliant idea! Spend more money! Yes, I went out and bought a gaoxinqi GXQ NT6306. See the thread linked above. The eBook reader on the device is just garbage, but I signed up for GPRS today. Now I can read! I can browse the web and find news articles, and . . . well you know what there is out there. I even found this thread posted last December (Reading ebooks with a cell phone). The guy only left us the one post, but he really did us a service. You can read books over the web on your phone. It really works! Try it at http://mobile.tx2ph.com or http:/wap.tx2ph.com. You can sign up for a free account at the main website here. The site seems to keep track of what book you are reading and where you left off. So now who needs a reader? So you are wondering, "Did mogui start this thread just to blather about old threads?" Actually no. Maybe the title of this thread gives you a hint. I really wish Mobileread made the posts here available as a WAP site so I could read in the bathroom on my GPRS enabled smartphone. Yes. Really. And maybe the uploaded books could be made available as WAP-readable too? See also this thread. Last edited by mogui; 10-01-2007 at 05:24 AM.