Mobipocket Reader for Symbian smartphone is another powerful eBook reader, the best thing of being powerful is its free. LOL! Who doesn’t want a free mobile application nowadays?
Why is it powerful? Take a look at the left part of my screenshots, it is the default introduction of MobiReader. It’s in prc format but it looked like a html format, it seems that you’re browsing from a third party browser of your symbian phone because of the link function. The introduction is way ahead better from other eBook reader introduction, you can’t believe that the application is free. Would you believe that you can open your eBook 1.03, prc format with MobiReader. I’ve tried that, take a look at the right side of the screenshot, it did worked. The trick here is if you have eBook 1.03 files, just transfer them to e:\eBooks — this is the default location of MobiReader and presto! You can read them with MobiReader, it is in the library already.
I’ve tried opening a txt format file with MobiReader, it worked as well. But even if you moved the txt file to designated folder, you cannot see it at the library. Just open the txt file via FExplorer.
I’ve mention from my earlier entries that eBook reader compatibility is one of my criteria on choosing a new symbian phone. No problem about the requirement anymore, MobiReader will surely handle my old collection of prc format eBooks.
Symbian60.1 – Nokia 3600, Nokia 3620, Nokia 3650, Nokia 3660, Nokia 6600, Nokia 7650, Nokia N-Gage, Nokia N-Gage QD, Siemens SX1, Sendo X.
Symbian60.2 – Nokia 3230, Nokia 6260, Nokia 6620, Nokia 6630, Nokia 6670, Nokia 6680, Nokia 6681, Nokia 6682, Nokia 7610, Nokia N70, Nokia N72, Nokia N90, Panasonic X700, Panasonic X800, Samsung SGH-Z600, Samsung SGH-Z720, Samsung SGH-Z730
To download other mobipocket version for other symbian phones, click here. I’ll just stick to this great aspects of MobiReader for now, I’ll explore the other great things soon.
Having a bible on your bag wherever you go is OK but making it handy is great! For instance, you received a SMS/MMS message indicating a bible verse you didn’t know not unless you’ll take a quick look on your bible. Not everybody has bible at home or you’re far away at home (just in case you have one), no choice but to wait until you get home. Right? That’s the idea of having it handy and this is just one of the many scenarios that you need a bible handy.
I’m using S60Bible v2-0.98 installed at the moment, its a free mobile application to download. There are many versions available even for the latest symbian phones, you can check this link for other versions. I was using the older version 0.95 before when I started making my bible handy. What’s new with this version that I love is the changeable font color, font style and background color. And also the copy verse feature in which you can copy the bible verse to your notes and send it via SMS/MMS to your friends later.
The first screenshot is the default page, I’ve made some color changes on the third screenshot to show you an idea how would it look like. BUT, expect your color configuration to turn back to default which is the first screenshot when you use it on heavy continuos reading, I’ve experienced it myself.
Anyway, the application itself is just a bible reader, you still have to download the bible pdb files. Palm doc or pdb formats are free to download. You can have as many bible versions as you want but remember they are big files approximately 1.7 mb+, I have KJV and Tagalog versions on my symbian phone, saved on “Document” folder of memory card. You can saved the pdb files wherever you want, the application will search for the pdb bible files.
Notes:
To search for pdb bible files, click option > Bible > Update Bible List
To shift to another bible version, click option > Bible > Select Bible
Some people would choose this mobile application as a necessity to their symbian phone especially those who are always on the go. They need to access their email and download attachments such as pdf file on their phone. There are some that reading their pdf eBook on their symbian phone. Note that I emphasized the symbian phone here. PDF files is still the best format for me but not on symbian phone. I guess, if I already have a PPC this application should be also my necessity.
Screenshots above gives you the idea of how would it look like on a symbian phone, mine is 6630 at the moment. The first screenshot from left is the zoom feature – to fit screen. It fits alright but I supposed you cannot read at that view, it is best for analyzing the image content of the pdf file. The next one is the view option, normal screen. You cannot read it either but much larger that the first image. The third and fourth image is the best view that you can read the content, I’ve used 90% there.
See the difference? The 3rd and 4th image using 90% view option, scrolling from downward and upward is normal to mobile eBook reading but scrolling from left to right on every line is another thing. The good thing with pdf format is the format itself, the quality never change whether you read it on computer or on handheld devices. Nobody can question that. But we are talking about mobile eBook application for PDF files. I seldom use this application, because I didn’t made any email configuration on my phone.
Weekend is always the best time for a movie. What if the movie you want to see is no longer in the moviehouse, what are you going to do? Since you are in a mall, have you tried buying for a DVD or VCD instead and watch at the comfort of your room? I always want to watch great movies in a wide screen and always had in this situation.
There’s a lot of VCD/DVD available whatever genre that suits you. I always had this reminder on my mind, don’t pick a movie that is not based on books (or comics). Because there’s a 50-50 chance that I’ll end up wasting my money and time of buying the DVD.
Great movies comes from great books, that’s my rule of thumb. There’s a lot of movie based books that I’ve read first before watching the movie or the other way around. And always a big chance of loving the book version than the movie. I could say that for the sake of cinematography, the story always suffer. I’ve seen “Silence Of The Lambs” for many times until I’ve read the eBook, the ending is different from one another. Another example is “Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire”, the movie lacks cinematography and didn’t emphasized the details that could be important to the future movie series.
Someone asked me what mobile ebook application can he used for txt format. According to him he’s lucky enough finding and downloading an eBook on his phone but got confused on how to read the file on his phone. He said, he read the file using “notes” on his phone.
Notes is the default viewer for txt files, I salute him for his eagerness to read that eBook. Imagine, if you use “notes”, special characters can’t be read and you have to search for last page you’ve read if you’ve stop. Big deal indeed especially if the file is an eBook.
I suggested him to use HandyBook by epocware, it supports palm doc (pdb) and txt format files. Upon installation, the application will asked you what language you will be using between Greek, Spanish, Slovenian, French, Polish, Swedish, Hungarian, Norwegian, Czech, Finnish, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Italian, German or English.
In Handybook application, you can choose the font size from small to large. There’s no need to make a folder for txt files because it will detect all your txt and pdb files on your phone. In fact, this is another alternative if you don’t want to convert your txt files that are previously SMS. And just for the record, txt files is the smallest in size of all eBook formats. Although you cannot change the font color and background color, its nice to have this application to read your txt files easily.
