Reading Mobileread on the Kindle?

palex481 · 03-09-2009, 07:56 PM

Ok, so I'm wondering if there is an easy way to browse this forum and others like it on the Kindle? I heard the web browser pretty much sucks except for Wikipedia. Any truth to this? Or alternatively, is there software that I could say, sync the latest updates from this forum into a nicely formatted mobi file and read it that way?

I have an iphone, but I would really like to be able to read web forums on a larger screen, constantly zooming on forums gets sorta really old, especially flipping to the next page links, since they are so tiny and I have to super zoom in on them.

And I'm trying to justify to myself, upgrading to a Kindle from a Sony 505.
If this has been covered elsewhere, please link, don't kill me, I searched first

ChaseKR · 03-10-2009, 12:04 AM

There is a mobile version of the site, but I've never tried it. You can access it from any of these three URLs:

http://www.mobileread.mobi/
http://m.mobileread.com/
https://www.mobileread.com/mobile/

daffy4u · 03-10-2009, 12:13 AM

I posted an informal report on Surfin' MobileRead with my Kindle 2. Pictures included.

palex481 · 03-10-2009, 01:30 AM

Cool. thanks. So my impression taken is that I could pull this off reasonably well. Also I had no clue about the mobile version, very cool.

The more I see of the kindle the more I really want it. Hmm. Decisions, Decisions. Might be time to sell the 505 to my coworker.

stevenmoy · 03-10-2009, 02:24 AM

I actually like using Kindle to browse text heavy forum because I have a bigger screen to read the really long heated topics =D

KindleKat · 03-10-2009, 12:04 PM

Hmm i'll have to give this a try when i get home

S.Canton · 03-10-2009, 12:52 PM

I didn't realize that there was actually a mobile version of this site. I'll give this a try when I'm home from work and have a bit more time to play around with it. Sometimes I like using the K2 for text heavy sites as well.

03-09-2009, 07:56 PM	#1
palex481 Connoisseur Posts: 93 Karma: 53 Join Date: May 2008 Device: Sony PRS-505	Reading Mobileread on the Kindle? Ok, so I'm wondering if there is an easy way to browse this forum and others like it on the Kindle? I heard the web browser pretty much sucks except for Wikipedia. Any truth to this? Or alternatively, is there software that I could say, sync the latest updates from this forum into a nicely formatted mobi file and read it that way? I have an iphone, but I would really like to be able to read web forums on a larger screen, constantly zooming on forums gets sorta really old, especially flipping to the next page links, since they are so tiny and I have to super zoom in on them. And I'm trying to justify to myself, upgrading to a Kindle from a Sony 505. If this has been covered elsewhere, please link, don't kill me, I searched first

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03-10-2009, 12:04 AM	#2
ChaseKR Connoisseur Posts: 85 Karma: 12 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Kindle 4 Touch, iPad 1 3G	There is a mobile version of the site, but I've never tried it. You can access it from any of these three URLs: http://www.mobileread.mobi/ http://m.mobileread.com/ https://www.mobileread.com/mobile/

03-10-2009, 12:13 AM	#3
daffy4u I'm Super Kindle-icious Posts: 6,734 Karma: 2434103 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Long Drive, Calinadia Candafornia Device: KDXG, KT, Oasis	I posted an informal report on Surfin' MobileRead with my Kindle 2. Pictures included.

03-10-2009, 01:30 AM	#4
palex481 Connoisseur Posts: 93 Karma: 53 Join Date: May 2008 Device: Sony PRS-505	Cool. thanks. So my impression taken is that I could pull this off reasonably well. Also I had no clue about the mobile version, very cool. The more I see of the kindle the more I really want it. Hmm. Decisions, Decisions. Might be time to sell the 505 to my coworker.

03-10-2009, 02:24 AM	#5
stevenmoy Zealot Posts: 133 Karma: 348 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Kindle 2	I actually like using Kindle to browse text heavy forum because I have a bigger screen to read the really long heated topics =D

03-10-2009, 12:04 PM	#6
KindleKat Connoisseur Posts: 99 Karma: 29 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Kindle	Hmm i'll have to give this a try when i get home

03-10-2009, 12:52 PM	#7
S.Canton Groupie Posts: 174 Karma: 12 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Kindle 2	I didn't realize that there was actually a mobile version of this site. I'll give this a try when I'm home from work and have a bit more time to play around with it. Sometimes I like using the K2 for text heavy sites as well.

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