eBooks - HD2 General

I downloaded the ''Bookworm'' app from Market Place today. I've wanted an ebook reader on the HD2 for a while now, just never got round to it. I just wondered if anyone knew of any websites where I could download ebooks, preferably free ones!
Thx.

i dont know if your programm can read the offered formats (the ebook tab in 6.5.x roms can), but you can try the gutenberg project. they republish books that are free of copyrights because they are older then 70 years. so dont expect actual stuff, but a lot of classics.
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Doesnt bookworm allow you to download straight from project gutenberg?

conantroutman said:
Doesnt bookworm allow you to download straight from project gutenberg?
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Yes, you're right, but I'm not into classic novels, I just want a straightforward book to read. I prefer non-fiction, auto-biographies etc.

madbird said:
i dont know if your programm can read the offered formats (the ebook tab in 6.5.x roms can), but you can try the gutenberg project. they republish books that are free of copyrights because they are older then 70 years. so dont expect actual stuff, but a lot of classics.
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Thx for the reply.
The bookworm app gives direct access to the project gutenberg library, however I'm not into classical novels etc. I just want a straightforward read.

ebooks
i like fiction ebooks

Free books won't usually be real books or good books because it costs money to publish books, etc. and free doesn't cover those costs. You can download books for free but that is considered warez and we are not allowed to post that on the website. But just search on google for files such as .mobi, .pdf, .epub, and others like that...

as for free books - there's at least one author who publishes for free and earns a living on it: Cory Doctorow

Bookworm App for ebooks
RoN_HD2 said:
I downloaded the ''Bookworm'' app from Market Place today. I've wanted an ebook reader on the HD2 for a while now, just never got round to it. I just wondered if anyone knew of any websites where I could download ebooks, preferably free ones!
Thx.
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I know it's been awhile, but do you happen to have the cab file for Bookworm reader? I somehow lost it in between two rom update

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Is there a Bible App for TP2 Yet??

I am looking for a freeware Bible App can anyone help me?
How about any of these? I think Pocket e-Sword is what you want.
Freeware Bible app
kedashkash said:
I am looking for a freeware Bible App can anyone help me?
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Look for a webite called olivetree and look for a program called Biblereader for Windows Mobile. Some of the stuff on the website is free and some isn't. Look for a section called free items along the top of the page. There are around 150+ programs free to download.
I've been using this software since I had a nokia N95 several years ago. Highly recommend it.
BibleReader from Olivetree works on the Rhodium, this is what I use with AT&T Tilt 2.
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I am looking for a freeware Bible App can anyone help me?
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Hey, better late than never, right?
I was roaming the internet, came across this and remembered your post. Hope you find something close to what you're looking for here.
Remember that if Google doesn't give you what you're looking for, there are other search engines, like Metacrawler.
Anyway, here's the link:
MOD EDIT: links to warez or sites posting warez are not allowed.
kedashkash said:
I am looking for a freeware Bible App can anyone help me?
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Try mobile.biblegateway.com. It isn't exactly an app, but when I have a data signal or wifi, it's my first choice. You can do quick searches, its finger and keyboard friendly, and you read in any translation for free. Check it out.
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Try mobile.biblegateway.com. It isn't exactly an app, but when I have a data signal or wifi, it's my first choice. You can do quick searches, its finger and keyboard friendly, and you read in any translation for free. Check it out.
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Thanks for the link, I didn't know that biblegateway.com had a mobile site.
Pocketbible is my fav, I've tried most of them...
Link==========>http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=55070
Scroll down in above link to version 4, latest version...
using olivetree with the free darby translation
re: bible app
I found Pocket esword bibile application to be the best free one so far. It works on all wm roms. If you want, just do a search and it should take you to the site.
Many free bibles, bible dictionaries, commentaries and others are free. Some newer versions of bibles are for a price
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I found Pocket esword bibile application to be the best free one so far. It works on all wm roms. If you want, just do a search and it should take you to the site.
Many free bibles, bible dictionaries, commentaries and others are free. Some newer versions of bibles are for a price
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Pocket Esword is no longer being maintained. The bible reader program from Olivetree is what I use.
stevedebi said:
Pocket Esword is no longer being maintained. The bible reader program from Olivetree is what I use.
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Pocket e-Sword has some interesting issues with WM 6.5 & WVGA. It takes some playing, but you can get it working pretty nicely. Olivetree is good & has lots of free resources (along with some excellent paid tools). I've also heard Laridian's Bible app works well -- although, from what I've seen, none of it is free. There's also a free "finger friendly" Bible app being developed in the WM Apps & Games forum, here, that works pretty well for reading & following sermon passages -- not enough there, yet to use it as a study tool.
http://biblesurfer.whiteknight.sg/
works well

Comic book reader app for HD2?

Hello I am looking for a free or low cost app that will let me look at comic books on my phone. most of my digital comics are in .cbr format.
I found what looks like a nice program on the market place but they want $15 for it.
thanks for any help and please be nice this is my first post!
-CrazyPostalGirl
Crazypostalgirl said:
Hello I am looking for a free or low cost app that will let me look at comic books on my phone. most of my digital comics are in .cbr format.
I found what looks like a nice program on the market place but they want $15 for it.
thanks for any help and please be nice this is my first post!
-CrazyPostalGirl
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Welcome, crazy!
There's only one (still) free reader that I know of that will read .cbr format comix, you'll find it at the link below.
If that doesn't suit your fancy, there is a way to get around using a dedicated reader with .cbr files, but it takes a little bit more effort (not too much though). Let us know if this solution doesn't cut it:
http://handheld.softpedia.com/get/Others/Comic-Reader-71662.shtml
Crazypostalgirl said:
Hello I am looking for a free or low cost app that will let me look at comic books on my phone. most of my digital comics are in .cbr format.
I found what looks like a nice program on the market place but they want $15 for it.
thanks for any help and please be nice this is my first post!
-CrazyPostalGirl
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Yeah. One of the mods here built one, but it's not free.. ComicReader Mobi is the name (google it). I bought it for $9.99, well worth it too, with the awesome way you can click on the text and get it to zoom right in.
Currently reading the Dark Tower series (still on Gunslinger: Born).
thanks for the help guys! I am great full for the link, since that is at least giving me a trial version. I was tempted to pay for the app through the market place but with no reviews I wasnt gonna go near it ;-)
I just got my hd2 on saturday and I'm slowly trying to trick it out! lol
anyone want to suggest anything else for a total noob who is taking baby steps with her new toy?
I just got omarket and I keep reading about cookies home tab and bsb tweeks (I'm sorry if I remember the names wrong!)
I am hoping to soon be adventurous enough to play with some new themes.
thanks for the help and being a nice group of people (well so far ;-)
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I think if you can find an earlier version of ComicReader Mobi when it was still called Comic Reader Mobile, you can find a free version. It still worked great in its earlier forms.... that's what i've been using to reread my Sandman series. I think it was free from version 1.6 and before, but I'll have to check. But if you're gonna use it a lot, it would probably be better to get the newer paid versions, as you will get updates and support, and it's good to support developers for good apps.
Hope you have fun with your new HD2. You can find pretty much anything you need to know on this site. Remember to look in the original Leo subforums too, because you can use the same programs and tweaks on the US T_Mo HD2. Also check the Windows Mobile Development and Hacking subforums... you will find a lot of apps there that you won't find in the specific phone model subforums.
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I think if you can find an earlier version of ComicReader Mobi when it was still called Comic Reader Mobile, you can find a free version. It still worked great in its earlier forms.... that's what i've been using to reread my Sandman series. I think it was free from version 1.6 and before, but I'll have to check. But if you're gonna use it a lot, it would probably be better to get the newer paid versions, as you will get updates and support, and it's good to support developers for good apps.
Hope you have fun with your new HD2. You can find pretty much anything you need to know on this site. Remember to look in the original Leo subforums too, because you can use the same programs and tweaks on the US T_Mo HD2. Also check the Windows Mobile Development and Hacking subforums... you will find a lot of apps there that you won't find in the specific phone model subforums.
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I tried an older version of ComicReader Mobi (for some reason it's mobi instead of mobile) and got a warning message "This application has expired. Please download an upgraded version."
That's really the only reason I ended up buying. I know there are others out there, but I haven't found any that are so intelligent about only magnifying the speech balloons instead of attempting to magnify the entire image.
Does anyone have a good site online where I can purchase comic books in digital format? I noticed someone mentioned the Dark Tower Series as well as the Sandman series. I'd love to be able to get those for my HD2.
wish I could help you. I dont always pay for my comics ( not sure if I can used the "T" word here) lol
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I tried an older version of ComicReader Mobi (for some reason it's mobi instead of mobile) and got a warning message "This application has expired. Please download an upgraded version."
That's really the only reason I ended up buying. I know there are others out there, but I haven't found any that are so intelligent about only magnifying the speech balloons instead of attempting to magnify the entire image.
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The version I've been using is good about only magnifying the speech balloons. I have ComicReaderMobile 1.6. I think it was the last update before it went paid.
Crazypostalgirl said:
wish I could help you. I dont always pay for my comics ( not sure if I can used the "T" word here) lol
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Yeah, torrents are definitely frowned upon on this site... But I have to admit it's the only source I have found for my digital comics. But I actually own physical copies of the majority of my cbr/cbz comic collection, anyways.... I was a huge comic book collector during my teens.
A *.cbz file is, in reality, a renamed folder that has been compressed via ZIP or packaged with RAR.
You can actually unzip the file using Window's built-in zip option, if you use Windows. Over here on KDE, I can use Ark to decompress or compress the file.
Inside the folder you will find a series of images, most likely in JPEG format, though I have seen some with PNG image files.
These are generally images that have been imported via a scanner, much like the one that is built into the usual all-in-one scanner, copier, printer that retails for less than $100 at your local retail store.
Now for the legal bit:
You are not allowed to scan your comics, put the resultant images in a folder and then compress that folder with WinZip, rename the extension to *.cbz and then place that new file on your phone's microSD card.
The reason you are not allowed to do so is because the people that published the comic to begin with are the only people that are allowed to make such decisions about how the copyrighted material in the comic is distributed. This means that if they want the comics scanned, zipped and sent out via the Usenet's alt.binaries.comics or isohunt.com's torrent tracker, they will do so themselves. You just aren't allowed to.
According to the laws of the USA, you may be allowed to make personal copies of your materials, including digital copies, for personal use but you can not distribute those copies in any way.
Hopefully that clears that up.
Snarksneeze said:
A *.cbz file is, in reality, a renamed folder that has been compressed via ZIP or packaged with RAR.
You can actually unzip the file using Window's built-in zip option, if you use Windows. Over here on KDE, I can use Ark to decompress or compress the file.
Inside the folder you will find a series of images, most likely in JPEG format, though I have seen some with PNG image files.
These are generally images that have been imported via a scanner, much like the one that is built into the usual all-in-one scanner, copier, printer that retails for less than $100 at your local retail store.
Now for the legal bit:
You are not allowed to scan your comics, put the resultant images in a folder and then compress that folder with WinZip, rename the extension to *.cbz and then place that new file on your phone's microSD card.
The reason you are not allowed to do so is because the people that published the comic to begin with are the only people that are allowed to make such decisions about how the copyrighted material in the comic is distributed. This means that if they want the comics scanned, zipped and sent out via the Usenet's alt.binaries.comics or isohunt.com's torrent tracker, they will do so themselves. You just aren't allowed to.
According to the laws of the USA, you may be allowed to make personal copies of your materials, including digital copies, for personal use but you can not distribute those copies in any way.
Hopefully that clears that up.
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I think you're kinda pushin it there posting the usenet and isohunts address.... I know it's not links, but it still might be too much if a moderator sees it. They should at least have to search for the sites if they want to learn how to illegally download.... you're making it way to easy.
anyone knows how to go to the next page in comic reader mobi?
Crazypostalgirl said:
I just got omarket and I keep reading about cookies home tab and bsb tweeks (I'm sorry if I remember the names wrong!)
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Pretty much the main things you'd want to start right there.

Windows Mobile Ebooks- free!

I've seen a couple threads asking which would be a good ebook reader for the Windows Mobile HD2 ROM, and I've found that Mobipocket was the best of a crap bunch. On it though, the ebooks were completely overpriced compared to the Kindle app that I was using on my SD card version of Android. Even though I was just buying the free books on Kindle, when switching to Windows Mobile I found you can explore out of the Mobipocket app when searching for your downloads, and find all of the books that you downloaded free from Kindle, then read them through Winmo.
Although I completely got rid of Windows Mobile now, this couple be useful to anybody still using the SD version of Android who don't want to pay £13 for a book..
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=652252
follow the links, classic english literature/novels
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need suggestions as far as books

im in 11th grade and want to read an interesting book to expand my mind. I normally don't read.EVER.. but since I have gotten my xoom I wanna give it a chance. I wanna read a good book. not some boring book I would usually read in school for example lord of the flies..boring. someone suggest a book I might like and enjoy. I tend to like horror,comedy, and adventure stories
What reader program are you using? Kindle, Nook, Google. Aldiko? Some access thousands of free books, most published before 1923 (a lot of great books, but maybe not what you're looking for) so if you go for new books through Nook and Kindle for example, you'll have to buy them. My daughter has been tearing through Ellen Hopkins books (Crank, Identical, Burn) but they seem a bit depressing to me, and maybe more appealing to girls (who seem to love drama, lol). If you like horror, you might like H. P. Lovecraft--available for free.
i was gonna use Google books. I've never really been into books that much because all the books we read in school are extremely boring. I wanna find a book that has mystery and suspense..something that will make me wanna actually read more of it instead of just putting the book down.
I am Legend by Richard Matheson is fantastic, and it's a fairly short book (and quite different from the movie in ways that make you care about the protagonist a million times more). That should be a good introduction. After that, it helps to know what interests you. Science fiction? Fantasy? It seems you probably want some form of fiction to begin with, anyway.
Definitely check out I am Legend.
Or perhaps Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman. It's a series of short stories and, in all likelihood, you'll enjoy his writing style and that will encourage you to check out his other books (I recommend Neverwhere).
Black Man by Richard Morgan is a thriller set in the near future that you may like. Quite a bit of mystery, if I recall and it's a good read.
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman is also excellent; another sci-fi book.
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Some advice... when looking for books, I always try and read the first chapter to see if I take an instant liking to it. This helps a great deal in finding books that I want to finish. Usually, bookshops have seating areas for reading, but it's even easier with ebooks - as I understand, Google provide extracts or the first chapter before you buy. Try before you buy.
Horror: Dan Simmons - Summer of Night - fun and creepy
Horror: Dean Koontz - Watchers - fast moving & especially great if you love dogs
Sci-fi : Orson Scott Card - Enders Game - a classic
1984 is a pretty good book
My favorite book in the last decade has been ""A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson.
It's informative and funny.
Try it out, you'll be glad you did.
Also +1 for Ender's Game
If you have seen and enjoyed the movie Fight Club, check out Chuck Palahniuk's other books. They usually have you saying 'WTF' until the very end.
If you like the twilight movies try the twilight series. Or the Harry Potter series as I'm sure many people can tell you the books normally are better then the movies.
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Well, my 2 cents.
I think nobody should die without having read To Kill a Mockingbird from Harper Lee. It's one of the best books I have ever read, although being somehow old (60's or something).
I have read tons of books, and have loved almost all of them. I don't know. Some come fast to my mind: 1984, Christine (I love this one, as I do love cars), Jurassic Park, etc.
I enjoy books from Dean R Koontz (Horror), Michael Crichton (all kind), Robin Cook (medical related), Ken Follet, Stephen King, etc.
I really hope you find something interesting to read.
Regards.
incrediblenotinstock said:
im in 11th grade and want to read an interesting book to expand my mind. I normally don't read.EVER.. but since I have gotten my xoom I wanna give it a chance. I wanna read a good book. not some boring book I would usually read in school for example lord of the flies..boring. someone suggest a book I might like and enjoy. I tend to like horror,comedy, and adventure stories
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Moneyball by Michael Lewis is definitely my recommendation!
It starts from baseball but larger than baseball.
I got a quick review and link is here.
http://www.opinionatedfool.com/2011/05/book-review-moneyball-art-of-winning.html
Everyone so far has had great suggestions. Any of those books would be a great start. Another sci-fi book I've enjoyed (and is much better than the movie) is Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

[Q] Recommended Books for a Budding Developer

Hi All,
Can anyone recommend the best books/reading materials for Android Development? I've always wanted to have this as a hobby but have no clue where to begin.
Thanks!
Kind of depends on what your background on programming is, to see what you could start with.
Apress Pro Android 3 might be a good choice if you already know the basics, otherwise just follow the online tutorials you're provided with when you install the SDK. Those tutorials are good enough to get you on your feet.
The market has some excellent books from O'Reilly that're only 3-5 dollars and have NO DRM, you can export to epub and use on any device you have. Pick up a few of them if you want. For that price and being that open I couldn't resist.
muqali said:
The market has some excellent books from O'Reilly that're only 3-5 dollars and have NO DRM, you can export to epub and use on any device you have. Pick up a few of them if you want. For that price and being that open I couldn't resist.
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What market?
EDIT: Nvm, took me a while to find them on Android Market. Such a mess that place is, ugh.

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