![]() ![]() It could be Linux or Symbian or even something else. The PDA phones in the larger more reputable shops have an unidentifiable operating system. I didn't see any quad band phones, but I would guess they are out there. SD capacities go up to 1G quite sufficient for a phone. Typically there are two SIM slots with a micro SD slot as well. It is easy to find a quarter VGA (320x240) color touch screen that is sharp and readable. For the most part, the manufacturers are Chinese. #9 mogui 09-27-2007, 10:59 PMYesterday I went window shopping for a PDA phone. Maybe Wattpat is great if you are connected. But then, I didn't get to read anything with it. As far as I could tell, Wattpad had only that one limitation. I don't use my phone for internet because the screen is just too small to be useful. But Wattpad wouldn't let me install the books on my phone from my PC! It required me to install them directly to my phone from the internet. I like the idea of downloading preformatted ebooks to the reader on my phone. This app will allow you to install java apps such as games and Tequilacat formatted ebooks. Then you can select areas of the phone (such as the filesystem, java apps, etc.) that you wish to view, refresh them, and you are in business. Soon the p2ktools app will tell you at the bottom of the screen that you are connected and what type phone you have. Then plug in your phone to the USB cable. When the drivers have been installed, unplug the phone and bring up p2ktools. It should be pointed at the aforementioned drivers directory. Then when you plug your V186 into your PC via the USB cable, Windows will prompt you to install 4 or 5 drivers, one at a time. When you unzip p2ktools you will find a directory of drivers, among other things. To be fair, the problem may lie in my phone and not in Tequilacat.īefore I talk about Wattpad, I must relate how I got java applications installed on my phone. It shows me what is possible with my phone. But any attempt I made to use bookmarks, then suspend the program, and later resume, ended in an application error or in exiting the text. If I want to read a text all the way through it is just fine. Tequilacat packages your book into an executable java file that runs like a program and allows you to view the text and scroll through it.ĭid it work well? Sort of. There is no e-reader app running on the phone. Then the jar file came out quite readable on the phone. I discovered it was necessary to make sure there weren't paragraph marks at the end of each line in the original text file. What you get from Tequilacat is a jar file that you can load into your phone. You can specify the name of the midlet, and the books title in your list of java applications on your phone. You can bring text files into it and tell it to "build" them into ".jar" files. The Shell's file browse will only show files that can be converted using the filters you have installed.Īll that's left is to copy the Midlet to your phone using Bluetooth, a data cable or by uploading it to a mobile file sharing site like Mobango and then downloading it to your phone."Ĭheck out the entire article at WAP Review. The Tequilacat website has links to plugins handling HTML, PDF, Aportis DOC, RTF, TCR and Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint documents. A plugin can be any command line utility that converts a file to plain text from another format. "By itself, Tequilacat can only create Java books from plain text files, but the latest version (2.2.8) uses plugins to support other formats. There are examples of software to read on mainstream smart phones, but the key discovery is a piece of software called TequilaCat Book Reader that is a Windows application which easily creates Java Midlets for your phone. Sounds impossible, but I think having a limited amount of text of the screen helps me focus." "I found that I could read just as fast and with as much enjoyment on the smaller screen as with the PDA or even a printed book. ![]() #1 Bob Russell 09-14-2007, 08:16 AMDid you know that you can read e-books on almost any phone, even if it isn't an expensive smart phone with a relatively big scren? Check out the scoop at WAP Review, where we learn why it's actually not bad reading on a tiny phone screen. ![]()
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