iPod Touch - Page 3

da_jane · 09-10-2007, 12:36 PM

I am not able to read pdfs on the iPhone but I have been using the books.app program and it works nicely. I am always surprised to find people complaining about the size of the memory. When I had my Pocket PC, the most memory that it came with was 64 MB. I used CF and SD cards but those were only 1 or 2 GBs. The larger capacity ones were way more expensive. At 8GB or 16 GB, I would think that there would be plenty of space for your books.

flumbo · 09-10-2007, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by da_jane

I am not able to read pdfs on the iPhone but I have been using the books.app program and it works nicely.

Hooray, someone who's used books.app! How is the battery life when reading books on the iphone? How does it compare to using a pda with mobipocket or ereader? Any complaints?

sea2stars · 09-10-2007, 08:17 PM

3 to 5Gb of space for a movie? You can decently compress a movie, at NTSC (720x480), to watch on your TV down to 700Mb; 1400Mb is even better. I keep a handful of Futurama episodes on my 4Gb Meizu Miniplayer, in case I'm stranded somewhere, and they only take up a fraction of space.

Heh. I can only stand about 30 minutes of viewing time; cartoons are perfect.

da_jane · 09-11-2007, 05:40 PM

I think the battery life is fine, but I plug my phone in every day at work (when I am at work) and when the phone is not in use so I've not had any battery issues. It's obviously not the same as an eink device but I definitely think it is comparable to my IPAQ 4700. It's a slightly smaller screen size (the IPAQ was 4" and the iPhone is 3.5") but the size difference seems negligible.

The books.app is pretty smooth. It has a black and white background, three fonts (Helvetica, Georgia, Times New Roman), and any size that you wish. The pages advance by either dragging your finger or tapping at the bottom or the top.

It advances to the next html file so if your book is cut into individual htmls, it's a pretty smooth read. I'm actually going to be reviewing and posting screen shots of this on Sunday, my regular ebook day.

For daytime reading, the Sony Reader is probably the best, but I enjoy this for nighttime reading and inevitably that is when I read the most.

gmanacsa · 09-11-2007, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by andym

I've got iTunes 7.4 (downloaded yesterday). I downloaded a pdf which then appears in a folder in th eplaylists and in turn appears in the window that allows you to choose which playlists you sync to the iPod. So it looks like you can synch it (I haven't tried because my iPPod is registered to my desktop). I expect it would work the same way with iPhone.

Tried this today with iTunes 7.4.1 and a freshly-updated iPhone. Unfortunately, it still doesn't sync the PDF files.

adinb · 09-11-2007, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by da_jane

The books.app is pretty smooth. It has a black and white background, three fonts (Helvetica, Georgia, Times New Roman), and any size that you wish. The pages advance by either dragging your finger or tapping at the bottom or the top.

It advances to the next html file so if your book is cut into individual htmls, it's a pretty smooth read. I'm actually going to be reviewing and posting screen shots of this on Sunday, my regular ebook day.

For daytime reading, the Sony Reader is probably the best, but I enjoy this for nighttime reading and inevitably that is when I read the most.

Have you tried mobilepreview/mobilefinder for reading pdf's yet?

andym · 09-12-2007, 05:55 AM

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Originally Posted by da_jane

I'm actually going to be reviewing and posting screen shots of this on Sunday, my regular ebook day.

Have you had a chance to look at support for syles (either as separate style sheets or embedded in the head of the document?)

yvanleterrible · 09-12-2007, 02:49 PM

Apple changed the physical format of the Nano. It should fit better in the palm of a hand.

andym · 09-12-2007, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by gmanacsa

Tried this today with iTunes 7.4.1 and a freshly-updated iPhone. Unfortunately, it still doesn't sync the PDF files.

It's very strange. I looked at the Ipod touch How-to about syncing on the Apple website and it mentions everything from iCal events to photos except pdfs. I can't see any reason why they would deliberately not want you to sync pdfs to the device.

da_jane · 09-19-2007, 11:50 AM

I haven't looked at PDFs and books.app doesn't support stylesheets. I suppose you could request that feature.

andym · 09-21-2007, 03:39 AM

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Originally Posted by da_jane

I haven't looked at PDFs and books.app doesn't support stylesheets. I suppose you could request that feature.

Thanks. That's worth knowing. It sounds like books.app doesn't have access to the Safari rendering engine which is a shame.

CloudGaze · 10-17-2007, 04:10 AM

Hello,

I have finally managed to view PDF files on the Ipod Touch and they are looking quite nice. I wouldn't really say it is better than a dedicated e-ink device but it's pretty good with the ability to zoom in and out and view documents in landscape and portrait modes.

The process does involve "jailbreaking" which means removing Apple restrictions. It didn't take me long as the tools now evolved to have a nice GUI interface. All in all it took me about 15 minutes after getting familiar with what needs to be done.

After jailbreaking, it really takes few seconds to add PDFs or other ebook formats such as txt and htm/html files to your Ipod touch.

To me, this makes it a very good gadget (mp3's, video, PDA capabilities, and now ebooks)

.

Cheers,
CG

arivero · 10-19-2007, 05:13 PM

Hmm I am pretty sure that iPod 1.1.1 web browser shows pdfs without jailbreaking. In fact I was dissapointed it does not accept links inside pdf documents.

CloudGaze · 10-19-2007, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by arivero

Hmm I am pretty sure that iPod 1.1.1 web browser shows pdfs without jailbreaking. In fact I was dissapointed it does not accept links inside pdf documents.

It sure does. However, without jailbreaking you won't be able to view your files off line and you will have to be connected to wifi while reading. Jailbreaking just gives you access access to the ipod so you can store files on it and view them off line.

I have found a Safari limitation though, it does not open pdf files above 8-10 mb (exact number to be confirmed). It isn't much of a problem for me as most of my ebooks are below that size limit (apart from comics and graphic novels).

The nice thing is that Safari enables you to view pdfs in portrait mode which is pretty nice

arivero · 10-20-2007, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by CloudGaze

I Jailbreaking just gives you ac

BTW, I think that a nice point of the jailbreaking is that, after you load the BSD tools and the terminal application, you could in theory to add tasks to the cron. So the ipod can awake at 6 am, download from your home wifi the newspapers of the day, and store them to be read in the tube. Same with daily podcasts and videocast. In fact the later is such obvious an utility that one wonders how it is that it has not been incorporated in the main OS.

09-12-2007, 02:49 PM	#38
yvanleterrible Reborn Paper User Posts: 8,616 Karma: 15446734 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Que Nada Device: iPhone8, iPad Air	Apple changed the physical format of the Nano. It should fit better in the palm of a hand. Last edited by yvanleterrible; 07-28-2010 at 11:39 PM.

10-17-2007, 04:10 AM	#42
CloudGaze Antagonist Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2007 Device: Ipod Touch & MotoQ	Ipod Touch PDF files reading Hello, I have finally managed to view PDF files on the Ipod Touch and they are looking quite nice. I wouldn't really say it is better than a dedicated e-ink device but it's pretty good with the ability to zoom in and out and view documents in landscape and portrait modes. The process does involve "jailbreaking" which means removing Apple restrictions. It didn't take me long as the tools now evolved to have a nice GUI interface. All in all it took me about 15 minutes after getting familiar with what needs to be done. After jailbreaking, it really takes few seconds to add PDFs or other ebook formats such as txt and htm/html files to your Ipod touch. To me, this makes it a very good gadget (mp3's, video, PDA capabilities, and now ebooks). Cheers, CG

09-10-2007, 12:36 PM	#31
da_jane Evangelist Posts: 405 Karma: 692 Join Date: Sep 2006 Device: Samsung Galaxy Note 3 \| Kindle Paperwhite \| iPad Mini	I am not able to read pdfs on the iPhone but I have been using the books.app program and it works nicely. I am always surprised to find people complaining about the size of the memory. When I had my Pocket PC, the most memory that it came with was 64 MB. I used CF and SD cards but those were only 1 or 2 GBs. The larger capacity ones were way more expensive. At 8GB or 16 GB, I would think that there would be plenty of space for your books.

09-10-2007, 08:17 PM	#33
sea2stars Zealot Posts: 104 Karma: 64 Join Date: Dec 2006 Device: eb1150, Sony Reader	3 to 5Gb of space for a movie? You can decently compress a movie, at NTSC (720x480), to watch on your TV down to 700Mb; 1400Mb is even better. I keep a handful of Futurama episodes on my 4Gb Meizu Miniplayer, in case I'm stranded somewhere, and they only take up a fraction of space. Heh. I can only stand about 30 minutes of viewing time; cartoons are perfect.

09-11-2007, 05:40 PM	#34
da_jane Evangelist Posts: 405 Karma: 692 Join Date: Sep 2006 Device: Samsung Galaxy Note 3 \| Kindle Paperwhite \| iPad Mini	I think the battery life is fine, but I plug my phone in every day at work (when I am at work) and when the phone is not in use so I've not had any battery issues. It's obviously not the same as an eink device but I definitely think it is comparable to my IPAQ 4700. It's a slightly smaller screen size (the IPAQ was 4" and the iPhone is 3.5") but the size difference seems negligible. The books.app is pretty smooth. It has a black and white background, three fonts (Helvetica, Georgia, Times New Roman), and any size that you wish. The pages advance by either dragging your finger or tapping at the bottom or the top. It advances to the next html file so if your book is cut into individual htmls, it's a pretty smooth read. I'm actually going to be reviewing and posting screen shots of this on Sunday, my regular ebook day. For daytime reading, the Sony Reader is probably the best, but I enjoy this for nighttime reading and inevitably that is when I read the most.

09-19-2007, 11:50 AM	#40
da_jane Evangelist Posts: 405 Karma: 692 Join Date: Sep 2006 Device: Samsung Galaxy Note 3 \| Kindle Paperwhite \| iPad Mini	I haven't looked at PDFs and books.app doesn't support stylesheets. I suppose you could request that feature.

10-19-2007, 05:13 PM	#43
arivero Guru Posts: 607 Karma: 2157 Join Date: Oct 2005 Device: NCR3125, Nokia 770,...	Hmm I am pretty sure that iPod 1.1.1 web browser shows pdfs without jailbreaking. In fact I was dissapointed it does not accept links inside pdf documents.