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pauli · 08-15-2008, 12:24 PM

1) there are only a few newspaper available that can be downloaded through the iDS: NRC in Holland, Les Echos in France and a few Chinese newspapers
2) if they are provided as or you can convert the newspapers to a pdf format you can copy them to the iLiad and read them. Html might be an option. There is an application that imports RSS feeds, converts them to html and prepares them so they can be read on your iLiad. It was not totally foolproof. I'll check later what is was...
3) this is tricky, especially if your not a techie. You need to get the developer package from iRex, this allows full access to the filesystem. And there you can do a lot of harm to the device, rendering it useless or "bricked". The warranty voiding only applies to the software. iRex cannot support every application that developers create, which can cause problems. After the device is restored and a problem like "I cannot connect to iDS" persists iRex will still support. They might charge you some for "unbricking" the device. But there are a lot of possibilities:
http://blog.adamrb.com/2007/11/thing...our-iliad.html

sorry about my earlier rude answer... (thanks DixieGal for your reply)

08-15-2008, 12:24 PM	#8
pauli Groupie Posts: 185 Karma: 119824 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: iLiad, DR1000S, HTC Hero, DR800SG	1) there are only a few newspaper available that can be downloaded through the iDS: NRC in Holland, Les Echos in France and a few Chinese newspapers 2) if they are provided as or you can convert the newspapers to a pdf format you can copy them to the iLiad and read them. Html might be an option. There is an application that imports RSS feeds, converts them to html and prepares them so they can be read on your iLiad. It was not totally foolproof. I'll check later what is was... 3) this is tricky, especially if your not a techie. You need to get the developer package from iRex, this allows full access to the filesystem. And there you can do a lot of harm to the device, rendering it useless or "bricked". The warranty voiding only applies to the software. iRex cannot support every application that developers create, which can cause problems. After the device is restored and a problem like "I cannot connect to iDS" persists iRex will still support. They might charge you some for "unbricking" the device. But there are a lot of possibilities: http://blog.adamrb.com/2007/11/thing...our-iliad.html sorry about my earlier rude answer... (thanks DixieGal for your reply)