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magkelly · 02-24-2012, 06:32 AM

Actually while I am finding that some applications just plain won't run on it once they're installed most of them seem to work fine. I didn't like the Kindle, Kobo or Alkido readers or several others that I tried. They rather sucked I thought.

I don't like reading books online, or having them constantly dl every time I open an e-reader. I had a heck of a time importing e-books I already owned that didn't have DRM issues. Most of the readers I had to sign up and give CC info just to dl free public domain ebooks that were already on Gutenberg etc. It was lame.

I ended up installing an older application WordPlayer and that seems to work well. I have no problem importing epubs of any kind with it. It was a bit hard to find. It doesn't seem to be readily available anymore in the Cruz or other markets I tried, but I found it online finally and once installed it solved my problem with side loading my own books quite nicely.

I really like the Cruz so far. It's not a $500 Ipad but then again I didn't expect that at $60 and so far for a $60 tablet this thing is working fairly well. There's a learning curve and I can't always get around software incompatibilities but so far so good. I've got books, music, movies, even a game or three. I'm happy and so far no, no major glitches...

02-24-2012, 06:32 AM	#2
magkelly Member Posts: 15 Karma: 32822 Join Date: Feb 2012 Device: T310 Cruz Tablet	Actually while I am finding that some applications just plain won't run on it once they're installed most of them seem to work fine. I didn't like the Kindle, Kobo or Alkido readers or several others that I tried. They rather sucked I thought. I don't like reading books online, or having them constantly dl every time I open an e-reader. I had a heck of a time importing e-books I already owned that didn't have DRM issues. Most of the readers I had to sign up and give CC info just to dl free public domain ebooks that were already on Gutenberg etc. It was lame. I ended up installing an older application WordPlayer and that seems to work well. I have no problem importing epubs of any kind with it. It was a bit hard to find. It doesn't seem to be readily available anymore in the Cruz or other markets I tried, but I found it online finally and once installed it solved my problem with side loading my own books quite nicely. I really like the Cruz so far. It's not a $500 Ipad but then again I didn't expect that at $60 and so far for a $60 tablet this thing is working fairly well. There's a learning curve and I can't always get around software incompatibilities but so far so good. I've got books, music, movies, even a game or three. I'm happy and so far no, no major glitches...