Any mobile phones available that you can read eBooks on? • Non-Gaming • Mobile Phones • Eurogamer.net

yegon 17 Mar 2005 19:16:13 6,511 posts
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At the moment I carry around my iPod, moby and pda. The main use for the pda these days is purely for reading eBooks. I'd kinda like to reduce the amount of crap I carry round with me by having a moby that reads ebooks.

I know of stuff like the XDA, but its still a bit big for my tastes. I'm not interested in an Archos to merge music/ebook, video is completely useless to me, and I've absolutely no interest in moby's with cameras built in (although I suppose any phone that has ebook support would probably be pda-ish, thus have a camera as default).

I'm not too keen on any phone that has huge pda type dimensions either, as size is an issue. Jeez, I'm a bit picky aren't I?

Any suggestions? I'm pretty sure what I'm after doesn't exist yet (or rather, doesn't suit my requirements).

terminalterror 17 Mar 2005 19:22:11 18,932 posts
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The Orange SPV C500 can, and comes highly recommended from all the forumites who have one.

sam_spade 17 Mar 2005 20:06:28 15,745 posts
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ebooks on a phone sound awful.

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Deleted user 17 March 2005 20:07:42

Does it not automatically convert it 2 txt spch tho?

yegon 17 Mar 2005 20:10:09 6,511 posts
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That could be what I'm looking for, thanks. A lot cheaper than I expected too.

What's the ebook support like? I prefer minimalist readers i.e. a screen that is devoted to the actual text rather than loads of icons and screen furniture. I assume it recognises txt files but what about rtf, and .lit? And does reading seriously impinge on the batt life?(I'm going to have a looksy on the net myslef, but any info would be appreciated).

edit: imponge?!!

Edited by yegon at 20:22:23 17-03-2005

sam_spade 17 Mar 2005 20:18:39 15,745 posts
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Ahhhh..

It was the best of times; it was the [more]

yegon 17 Mar 2005 20:33:18 6,511 posts
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rhythm wrote:

Hehehe. Seriously though, I'm amazed at what you can achieve with a 176*220 screen. I've been watching subbed animé, FFS!

/hugs C500

Thing is, prior to my current pda (Tungsten T3) I read ebooks on a 160x160 screen for years, so going back down to a 176x220 screen won't be an issue.

Partly why I'm interested is because I'll be starting a new job shortly, during which I'm not really supposed to carry anything other than a mobile phone. A bit of a bugger since I'll get fairly long periods when I'm not doing much. The powers that be wouldn't like me having a fully blown pda (or something that resembles one, like the XDA) so something like the C500 would be ideal.

Deleted user 17 March 2005 20:36:12

yegon wrote:
At the moment I carry around my iPod, moby and pda.

So where's that you live?

/gets baseball bat

Deleted user 25 November 2010 10:47:24

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