Thread: The Apple iPhone as an e-book reader?
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Old 10-29-2007, 07:26 AM   #22
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Yes, that was exactly the point I was making. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that the iPhone can only read PDF documents? It strikes me that for this type of use, the open architecture of a Palm or Pocket PC device is far better suited to the task than the "closed" iPhone. I know that the iPhone is very good at what it does do, but you're rather "out of luck" if you want to do something different.
that is my biggest gripe with the iPhone, but since the SDK will be out soon, i expect there to be a whole lot of apps for the iPhone in no time.

and maybe then mobipocket will realize that the apple platform (iPhone as well as the "full" osX) is to be taken seriously and will work on a mac version of their desktop reader and organizer.

oh, PDF files do not require that book.app program, you can read them natively on the iPhone. at least that's what steve jobs mentioned when he initially presented the iPhone to the world.
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