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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: PDAs was Re: New Archos stuffRe: PDAs was Re: New Archos stuff
From: George Styles <george_at_ripnet.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 16:47:06 +0100 While we are wondering this far off topic... i have a Sony Clie, and use it all the time to read e-books, i run PDF's through pdftohtml to get them into HTML, which i then handle like web pages... for web pages, I use ISilo (www.isilo.com) - a GREAT program which can basically rip a web site, compress it into one file, and I stick that on a memory stick... This works very well g ----- Original Message ----- From: "TP Diffenbach" <rockbox_at_diffenbach.org> To: <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 3:24 PM Subject: OT: PDAs was Re: New Archos stuff > Actually, you can do what you want on a Palm for about $200 (even Palms with OS 3.1 could display PDF, if not exactly well -- I remember reading the C++ Standard on mine (yes, I bought a copy from ANSI, and a copy of the C Standard too)). > > And yes, I read books too -- check out williamcalvin.com for some good popular neuro science, for example -- on a Palm with 4-bit "color"; just replace the default font with a better one using a fiont "hack". > > I think you can get a Zaurus 5500 for around $200 too, which gives you a linux OS, a color screen, and a good bit more memory than a palm. I use a 5600 ($500), and it's got its drawbacks, but you can read on it. The Zaurus displays and edits MS Word, and you can find a number of document readers, or use the included Opera browser for HTML. The Zaurus font doesn't seem to include an m dash ("--"), which is annoying, but other than that, it's ok. > > Add a wifi card to the zaurus, and you can surf and irc (it's got a thumb keyboard) while in the bathtub. > > Quoting Wesley Simon <wsimon_at_lsil.com>: > > > > > I work with a guy that knows a few insiders at Apple and he was > > expecting a product similar to this one when they did the new iPod > > announcement back in May. Rumor is that Apple has a similar product in > > the works. > > > > I'd love to have a small device like this that allows me to read files > > like PDF, text, perhaps html and (god forbid) Word documents. Given > > the amount of written text (manuals, e-books, etc.) that are in > > electronic form, I'd love to have a small portable device that would > > allow me to kick back in a chair or lay in bed and read them. Granted, > > I can take the 12" PowerBook to bed with me but my wife already feels > > as though my computer is a mistress! I'm sure one of the new Palm and > > Palm-like devices would do all this, but those kind of devices are too > > expensive and limited on capacity. I'd seriously consider something in > > the $200 price range that could only store and display documents. > > > > And yes, I know that I could convert all the aforementioned document > > types to text and then read them on my recorder. Some documents, > > especially technical documents, lose meaning without the proper > > formatting. I have a 1500+ page Solaris manual in PDF format that > > would lose all meaning without the screenshots, bold and italicized > > fonts and formatted code snippets. > > > > > > Enough of my ramblings. The new archos AV300 is pretty damn kick ass. > > A person could bring along their own movies on a flight without having > > to bring along a computer. > > > > My only wish is that Archos would start supporting firewire. > > > > > > > -- > Archos FM has a Rockbox! > Received on 2003-06-03 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |