Pack your books into your PDA

Posted on May 22, 2007 by Bruce Keener

In looking over the 100 or so books I have on my Dell x51v Pocket PC, it occurred to me it might be good to strike up a conversation on this blog about what e-readers you use, how you use them, and so on. You may very well have some good e-readers that I am unaware of, so it gives me a chance to learn from you, as well as vice-versa.

The e-book readers I currently use are:

  • eReader Pro, which is available for Palm, Windows Mobile (Pocket PC and Smartphone editions), Symbian, OQO, Windows, and Mac
  • MobiPocket, available for Palm, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile (Pocket PC and Smartphone editions), and Symbian
  • Pocket Bible, available for Palm, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile (Pocket PC and Smartphone editions), and for the iPod


There is a wide selection of books available at the reader’s sites and at many other sites as well. For example, I have purchased some of my MS Reader books from Amazon and from Fictionwise. There are also tons of free e-books available at numerous sites.

When I traveled heavily, it was great to have so many books packed into my Pocket PC (and Palm), so I could unwind a bit with an ebook in the evenings. I have also read a number of ebooks while just setting around the house: for example, all of Dan Brown’s novels.

How about you? Do you use e-book readers, and do you have a favorite?

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  • Spinosum

    Hi! I have been following ur blog for quite a while. Very informative, keep up the good job.

    I personally prefer iSilo reader. I can use the free iSiloX clipper to clip a HTML page and then view it in my pocket pc/palm later. Even the word documents can be converted easily into iSilo format to be viewed in the reader.

  • http://www.keenerliving.com/ Bruce Keener

    Hi Spinosum!
    Thank you for the comments on the blog … I’ll try to live up to doing good with it.

    And thanks for mentioning iSilo. I also use it and like it very much. As you say you can use it to convert word documents or HTML — I’ve even used it to store entire websites on my PDAs. Great software!

    Take care,
    Bruce

  • http://www.gmin.org Morten K. Holst

    Apple’s preview; it’s so freakin’ simple. If 20+ pages, I hit print.

    Although, we should be sure to keep a firm eye on the development of e-Ink, so far I’ve only learned about the Sony Reader, iRex iLiad and Amazon’s upcoming ‘Kindle’ (FCC leak). Nonetheless, this – or some twisted version of it – have to be the future.

  • http://www.keenerliving.com/ Bruce Keener

    Haven’t tried Audible, but it sounds good. I did do a couple of audible books via iTunes, and that worked well for me.

    I also like eReader best of all, but MobiPocket is in a virtual tie with it, and does have some titles that eReader does not.

    MS Reader has the advantage of having a few books that are not in the library of the other readers (such as Jack Welch’s Straight From The Gut), but its DRM is aggravating for guys who switch devices often and it does not have the reading quality that either eReader or MobiPocket does.

    iSilo is great (and thanks for reminding me that you have Keen PDA downloaded in iSilo format!).