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jfontana · 04-16-2009, 04:45 AM

Thanks to everybody that replied.

This is the great paradox with Apple products. So wonderful in their design (I have never owned a handheld device that I have been so keen on using and I've owned A LOT ), yet so hampered by stupid limitations.

Anyway, everything you people said makes sense and it helps me explain why I'm having problems getting what I want. Yet, there are things that I still can't understand.

Right now there is something that the combination of Calibre and Stanza is doing right. I did manage to get full articles downloaded to my iphone Touch. Probably I downloaded them individually. The problem is that I don't remember what I did. This was the first time I was experimenting and I didn't take note of the steps I took. I don't remember whether the downloading took place via Wi-fi or when I hooked the Touch via USB. But now I can't download new articles. When I go to "Shared books" in Stanza, I can see a folder called "Books in calibre" but then I get a message saying "loading" that stays there for ever and nothing gets downloaded. Eventually, I get a message that says "Catalog Error...timed out".

I have the server activated to start every time I start Calibre and the default format is set to Epub.

Does anybody know of any manual or tutorial on how to get content to ipod Touch or iphone using Stanza and Calibre? I'm sure there is something very stupid I'm not doing properly but I cannot find good instructions anywhere. I don't know how I did it the first time.

Thanks in advance for your help. I hope that part of this pain will go away with OS3.0 for the ITouch/iPhone. After finding out that much of this pain is caused by Apple, though, I'm certainly more inclined to buy an Android based device next time.

04-16-2009, 04:45 AM	#9
jfontana Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: iLiad	Re: Sync with ipod Touch Thanks to everybody that replied. This is the great paradox with Apple products. So wonderful in their design (I have never owned a handheld device that I have been so keen on using and I've owned A LOT ), yet so hampered by stupid limitations. Anyway, everything you people said makes sense and it helps me explain why I'm having problems getting what I want. Yet, there are things that I still can't understand. Right now there is something that the combination of Calibre and Stanza is doing right. I did manage to get full articles downloaded to my iphone Touch. Probably I downloaded them individually. The problem is that I don't remember what I did. This was the first time I was experimenting and I didn't take note of the steps I took. I don't remember whether the downloading took place via Wi-fi or when I hooked the Touch via USB. But now I can't download new articles. When I go to "Shared books" in Stanza, I can see a folder called "Books in calibre" but then I get a message saying "loading" that stays there for ever and nothing gets downloaded. Eventually, I get a message that says "Catalog Error...timed out". I have the server activated to start every time I start Calibre and the default format is set to Epub. Does anybody know of any manual or tutorial on how to get content to ipod Touch or iphone using Stanza and Calibre? I'm sure there is something very stupid I'm not doing properly but I cannot find good instructions anywhere. I don't know how I did it the first time. Thanks in advance for your help. I hope that part of this pain will go away with OS3.0 for the ITouch/iPhone. After finding out that much of this pain is caused by Apple, though, I'm certainly more inclined to buy an Android based device next time.