Harry, thanks for your very clear directions.
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Originally Posted by HarryT
Installing applications is VERY easy, mel. If it's one of Adam's installers, like "FBReader", for example, then all you have you do is:
1. Download the zip file of the installation package.
2. Unzip it on your PC or Mac.
3. Copy the installer folder to the root of a CF or SD card.
4. Put the card in your iLiad.
5. Navigate to it with the "Contents Lister".
6. Tap the "Install <whatever>" item that shows up in the Contents Lister.
That's all there is to it. Once you've installed it, the contents lister will show two items in place of the installer: "Run <whatever>" and "Uninstall <whatever>".
You need to request and download the shell access package from iRex first, I should add.
Hope that's of some help.
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The last bit is exactly my problem. To download new apps, I need to get shell access. If I download and use shell access I void my warranty. I don't feel in anyway confident enough to take the risk. That'll be the situation with most - if not all - non tech ebook owners.
In time of course all the great new apps you people work on will filter down. I can wait. Though there are some I'd like right now!
But the problem is slightly bigger than that. The Iliad is intimidating. The instructions and user manuals not clear, explicit and reader friendly enough. Irex must encourage and welcome in new buyers for very obvious reasons. Its a great multi pupose and adaptable tool. Lte's see that fact make good and clear.
This is probably all a bit tedious for many of you but if ebooks are to take off - if the Iliad is to stay as a market leader - something must be done. Not to overuse the old ipod analogy but its mass appeal was absolutely grounded in its ease of use, the clarity of the instructions.