Erik Hovland wrote: > On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 10:41:38AM -0600, David Dyer-Bennet wrote: > >> Marius Gedminas wrote: >> >>> On Sat, Mar 01, 2008 at 10:20:13AM -0600, David Dyer-Bennet wrote: >>> >>> >>>> What do people use for reading ebooks on the N800? >>>> >>>> >>> N800 with FBReader is the best pocketable e-book reader I've ever seen. >>> http://maemo.org/downloads/product/OS2008/fbreader/ >>> >>> >> The default config doesn't make much sense to me, but I'm starting to >> figure out how to beat it into submission (I wanted the "big" scroll on >> the 5-way; that's easily possible and I have it now, but not the default). >> > > The default config doesn't make sense unless you rotate the page to > portrait orientation and make the app full screen. Then it is just > about perfect. Just like reading on a Palm or iPAQ. > > Portrait format works well, but I want to turn *pages* not *lines*, and the default config advances by lines on the 5-way navigator button. But as I say, it's configurable, so now mine is doing what I want, and yours can do what you want even if it's not the same as what I want :-). I've read many dozens of books on my various Palm devices by now, and it's my preferred way to read at this point (the worst part is that I can't read below 10,000 feet on an airplane :-)). While I don't have the experience yet, it looks like FBreader on the N800 will be at least as good, probably better. The screen and font are definitely a cut above, which is good (and more font choices). -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b at dd-b.net; http://dd-b.net/ Snapshots: http://dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/data/ Photos: http://dd-b.net/photography/gallery/ Dragaera: http://dragaera.info
