Greetings

weave · 01-10-2006, 04:24 PM

I have been lurking here for a few weeks and have enjoyed the mood and helpfulness of the crowd and I figure I'd go ahead and join up.

I currently have a Toshiba e355 Pocket PC which I mainly use to view text files and websites. In the past I had a Palm Vx (nice battery life!). Most of you seem to be Palm oriented, or so I believe from what I have read.

On my Pocket PC I use a program called Haali Reader to read Gutenberg or whatever textfile I come into. I like the ability to "zip" the files, which makes them very small (about a third of the original size, give or take) and read them from within the zip. It also can read Palm "doc" files, as well and has a few very nice reformatting options that help with 80 character line textfiles (that look like one long line, one short line...) and other such annoyances.

I was using Avantgo to get websites, but have grown increasingly frustrated at the slowness of their browser, the limited amount of content availible, glitches, etc... In an effort to become independant of outside aggregators I tried compiling a links page of "small sites" that I like and then pointing a web ripping utility called HTTrack Website Copier to my links and watch it go. So far, so good. It takes a bit longer for a site to download, but it seems that once I get a site set up it runs like a champ.

Anyway, as I browse your posts I see how most of you really seem to be getting the most from your PDA's and I am trying to glean from you how to better utilize my PDA and share whatever I can when appropriate.

Thanks for the invite to your community!

Pride Of Lions · 01-10-2006, 04:27 PM

Welcome weave. I hope you get as much from MobileRead as I've gotten over the years.

doctorow · 01-10-2006, 05:04 PM

You should definitely try the free Sunrise + Vade Mecum combo on your Pocket PC for viewing Plucker/text files.

Anyways, welcome to Mobileread!

beppe · 05-22-2010, 04:34 AM

welcome

happy_terd · 05-22-2010, 01:27 PM

Hello and welcome to MR!!!

neilmarr · 05-23-2010, 04:37 AM

Good to have your company, Weave. Best wishes. Neil

Almas · 05-24-2010, 06:23 AM

Hi and welcome to MR!

01-10-2006, 04:24 PM	#1
weave Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Eastern USA Device: Toshiba e355 Pocket PC	Greetings I have been lurking here for a few weeks and have enjoyed the mood and helpfulness of the crowd and I figure I'd go ahead and join up. I currently have a Toshiba e355 Pocket PC which I mainly use to view text files and websites. In the past I had a Palm Vx (nice battery life!). Most of you seem to be Palm oriented, or so I believe from what I have read. On my Pocket PC I use a program called Haali Reader to read Gutenberg or whatever textfile I come into. I like the ability to "zip" the files, which makes them very small (about a third of the original size, give or take) and read them from within the zip. It also can read Palm "doc" files, as well and has a few very nice reformatting options that help with 80 character line textfiles (that look like one long line, one short line...) and other such annoyances. I was using Avantgo to get websites, but have grown increasingly frustrated at the slowness of their browser, the limited amount of content availible, glitches, etc... In an effort to become independant of outside aggregators I tried compiling a links page of "small sites" that I like and then pointing a web ripping utility called HTTrack Website Copier to my links and watch it go. So far, so good. It takes a bit longer for a site to download, but it seems that once I get a site set up it runs like a champ. Anyway, as I browse your posts I see how most of you really seem to be getting the most from your PDA's and I am trying to glean from you how to better utilize my PDA and share whatever I can when appropriate. Thanks for the invite to your community!

01-10-2006, 04:27 PM	#2
Pride Of Lions just kinda geeky Posts: 381 Karma: 30 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Oakland, California Device: iPhone	Welcome weave. I hope you get as much from MobileRead as I've gotten over the years.

01-10-2006, 05:04 PM	#3
doctorow Guru Posts: 914 Karma: 3410461 Join Date: May 2004 Device: Kindle Touch	You should definitely try the free Sunrise + Vade Mecum combo on your Pocket PC for viewing Plucker/text files. Anyways, welcome to Mobileread!

05-22-2010, 04:34 AM	#4
beppe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,161 Karma: 81026524 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Italy Device: Kindle3, Ipod4, IPad2	welcome

05-22-2010, 01:27 PM	#5
happy_terd Banned Posts: 13,045 Karma: 10105011 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Finally made it to Walmart. Device: PRS 420	Hello and welcome to MR!!!

05-23-2010, 04:37 AM	#6
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,215 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	Good to have your company, Weave. Best wishes. Neil

05-24-2010, 06:23 AM	#7
Almas Addict Posts: 330 Karma: 4099 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Brisbane, Australia Device: Kindle Touch; Sony PRS-600	Hi and welcome to MR!

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