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bleriot · 03-12-2010, 11:31 AM

Hi,

I discovered calibre a few days ago and now it is installed in my two computers (Windows / Ubuntu). I think it's simply a wonderful piece of software!

The only complaint I have about it is that it does not take into account the regular PDAs as reading devices! I own no specific ebook reader but use my Windows Mobile 6.5 ACER Betouch 101 PDA instead, since in this way, I have everything I need in a single device (contacts, phone, GPS, ebook reader, music player, video player...).

If I try to send my files to the PDA (which uses MobiPocket reader to read the ebooks) calibre complains about my request saying that there is no device connected. Of course, the PDA is not a dedicated ebook reader, I know, but I saw (debugging the connection) that the software is able to detect the USB pen drives connected to the computer.

Since most modern PDAs based on Windows Mobile may be configured to connect in two different ways, namely, as a PDA or as a pen drive...

... wouldn't it be possible to add an option to send the ebooks to a pen drive?

In this way, all those (including myself) that use these kind of devices would be able to send ebooks to the PDA without having to go to the computer, locate the (possibly converted) files, and copy them to the PDA...

This feature would be a "nice to have" one. In fact, there is a workaround to send the files to the PDA (as I have just described), but having it would be simply delightful.

I would like that this idea be taken as a suggestion for next versions' feature improvements.

Last, but not least:

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR CALIBRE.

Regards,

Bleriot.

03-12-2010, 11:31 AM	#1
bleriot Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: PDA w/ Windows Mobile 6.5	Send files to... PDA Hi, I discovered calibre a few days ago and now it is installed in my two computers (Windows / Ubuntu). I think it's simply a wonderful piece of software! The only complaint I have about it is that it does not take into account the regular PDAs as reading devices! I own no specific ebook reader but use my Windows Mobile 6.5 ACER Betouch 101 PDA instead, since in this way, I have everything I need in a single device (contacts, phone, GPS, ebook reader, music player, video player...). If I try to send my files to the PDA (which uses MobiPocket reader to read the ebooks) calibre complains about my request saying that there is no device connected. Of course, the PDA is not a dedicated ebook reader, I know, but I saw (debugging the connection) that the software is able to detect the USB pen drives connected to the computer. Since most modern PDAs based on Windows Mobile may be configured to connect in two different ways, namely, as a PDA or as a pen drive... ... wouldn't it be possible to add an option to send the ebooks to a pen drive? In this way, all those (including myself) that use these kind of devices would be able to send ebooks to the PDA without having to go to the computer, locate the (possibly converted) files, and copy them to the PDA... This feature would be a "nice to have" one. In fact, there is a workaround to send the files to the PDA (as I have just described), but having it would be simply delightful. I would like that this idea be taken as a suggestion for next versions' feature improvements. Last, but not least: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR CALIBRE. Regards, Bleriot.