Thread: pReader for Palm WebOS now available - Homebrew
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Old 03-11-2010, 08:03 PM   #2
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Just an update, pReader has updated it's format support. You can download the app here.

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  • Reads plain-text (txt), HTML and compressed & uncompressed Palm DOC (PDB/PRC) files directly off the media partition. Decompression is handled on-the-fly.
  • Reads eReader PDB/PRC files. DRM support is fully implemented
  • Reads MobiPocket files. DRM support is fully implemented. Please note that only books are supported at the moment, things like dictionaries currently don't work.
  • Reads unencrypted ePub files. Support is currently experimental, as of v0.8.0.
  • Reads unencrypted Amazon Whispernet AZW files. Support is currently experimental, as of v0.8.2.
  • The book library allows keeping and modifying metadata information about the books. Books can be sorted into custom categories.
  • Stores your last read position and automatically returns to it upon reloading the book (the last book you read is also stored, so you don't need to reselect it if you've closed the app).
  • Allows you to create labeled bookmarks for each file. If the source file contained link anchors / bookmarks, the pReader tries to import them.
  • You can search for any phrase or text in the books. Regular expressions are supported.
  • Text size and appearance can be customized. Background and text colours can be freely customized. All those settings can be stored as themes and recalled with the tap of a button.
  • Scrolling is implemented on a page-by-page base. Scrolling can be done by tapping, flicking or key-presses. The different modes can be activated/deactivated in the options menu.
  • Additionally, you can switch to one of two different auto-scroll mode by tapping a single button in the belt bar. Speed and the type of scrolling can be adjusted through the options-menu. The speed can also be adjusted with the left/right arrows in the belt bar, once autoscrolling is active.
  • You can skip ahead to an arbitrary position in the book.
  • All four principal screen rotations are supported (Landscape mode)
  • Supports a variety of encoding, like UTF-8, CP-936/GBK, CP-1250, CP-1251 and others. The fonts on the Palm can render a number of languages like Chinese, Japanese, Greek and others. Unfortunately, some languages are missing entirely, like Hebrew. You need to install a custom font to read those.
I have been sharing an ePub version of a book I'm reading on my Kindle with my Palm Pre. The search function makes it easy to find where I left off on my Kindle. Though I hope a Kindle for WebOS app is in the works, I'm pretty happy with this app for those emergency situations (I actually forgot to take my Kindle to work with me one day ).
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