Upgrade From Isilo 4.36 To Isilo 5.05
I was checking for my mobile applications installed on my phone and saw Isilo 4.36. I checked for the latest Isilo version before I make an article about it. The latest version now is 5.05 released in January 5, 2009, there are many version from 4.36 prior to 5.05. Hey, the application is long been installed on my phone and haven’t used it yet. I updated my version hoping there’s a major change, I’m using now 30-day trial version. I shouldn’t have done that, I didn’t see any major changes at all. Well, at least I test and blog about Isilo. For those who have a license for a prior version, you can purchase the upgrade to version 5.x from the online store, they’re having a promo for upgrade until March 31, 2009 for $6.99 which normally costs $9.99.
If you do not register iSilo™ by the end of the 30-day trial period, iSilo™ converts to free mode, which allows you to continue using iSilo™ without needing to purchase a license but with limited features. In free version, hyperlinks, images, color, tables, mixed font size, bookmarks are not available.
Isilo reads Palm PDB and TXT formats. It works on wide variety of smartphones and other device. You could check on this link to find if your device is compatible.
Features:
- High text compression in iSilo™ format documents result in a 50% to 60% decrease in size, which is about 20% better than the Palm Doc format, allowing you to store more and larger documents on your handheld.
- Hyperlinks make it much easier to navigate through a document.
- Images add visual richness to documents, especially photo-quality color pictures.
- Tables allow the display of tabular data.
- Formatted text gives style to text for controlled emphasis.
Wattpad For iPhone and iPod Touch
Good news! Wattpad is already available for iPhone and iPod Touch.
To those who didn’t know, Wattpad is a mobile application for online mobile ebook reading. “Online” means you have to use an internet connection. The best part is… with iPhone and iPod Touch, there would be no connection fee compared to other phones because they are wifi capable.
This may be the best device for Wattpad or the other way around for online mobile eBook reading. It is already available for download from App Store for free.
They are currently running a contest, they’re giving away an iPod Touch to a lucky Wattpad fan. Not bad but I’m hoping that I will win so I can test and read more eBooks and experience wattpad on iPod.
I wonder if I could also download ebooks and read it offline just like what I did on my N6630. The only way toknow is to own (or win) an iPod Touch. (my fingers are crossed… LOL)
Sony eBook Reader
iPhone 3G, a PDA, Sony eBook Reader or a new symbian phone?
Sony eBook Reader is available in two colors, (PRS-505/LC) blue and (PRS-505/SC) silver. You can also get free 100 Classic titles download. On September 3, I heard there will be 10,000 or more eBooks ready to buy. The Reader Digital Book holds about 160 eBooks or hundreds more with optional removable memory cards. Its nice to know that it reads other eBook formats such as PDF, RTF, TXT, JPEGs, MS Word documents and plays audio books. The specs below sounds fine to me but I still need a new cellphone and have to read Sony Reader reviews first. Its hard to decide when I’m comfortable on reading mobile eBooks on my mobile phone.
Sony Reader specifications:
Weights and Measurements
* Dimensions (Approx.) : 6.9″ x 4.8″ x 0.3″.6 (175 x 122 x 8mm)
* Weight (Approx.) : 9oz.6 without soft cover
System Requirements
* Hard Drive : 20MB9 Minimum available Hard Drive space
* Internet Connection : Broadband suggested3
* Operating System : Operating System — Windows® XP (Home Edition/Professional, Media Center Edition, Media Center Edition 2004, Media Center Edition 2005)& Windows Vista® (Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Ultimate).
* Optical Drive : Optical Drive capable of reading CD-ROM
* Processor : 800MHz Intel® Celeron® class processor or better
* RAM : 128 MB Minimum
* USB Port : USB 1.1 or faster USB Port (Optimal with USB 2.0)
Power
* AC Power : Optional AC Charger requires 120 Volts 60Hz
* Battery Life (Approx.) : Up to 7,500 page turns2
* Battery Type : Rechargeable Lithium-Ion
* Recharging Time : Approx. 4 Hours with USB charging from powered Computer or Approx. 2 Hours when using optional AC wall charger
Media Formats Supported
* DRM Text : BBeB Book (Marlin)
* Image : JPEG, GIF, PNG, and BMP
* Unsecured Audio : MP3 and AAC7
* Unsecured Text : BBeB Book, TXT, RTF, Adobe® PDF10, Microsoft® Word (Conversion to the Reader-requires Word installed on your PC)
Display
* Gray Scale : 8-Level Grey Scale
* Resolution : Approx. 170 Pixels Per Inch
* Screen Size : Approx. 6″ Measured Diagonally
* Technology : E Ink® “Electronic Paper”
Price $299
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Convert LIT To Repligo
Why some people want to convert LIT files to repligo? Mostly, the new generation of bookworms don’t have or limited access to computers, some are always “on the go” and don’t want to carry many things like me… some don’t have a pocket PC or PDA that’s always been handy. These are just some of the numerous reasons why some would rather convert a LIT file to repligo. Anyway, I’ve mentioned here that LIT eBook format is 2nd to most common file to PDF.
How to convert LIT eBook to Repligo format? RGO or repligo format when used to a symbian 60 or S60 is one of the best format for me and there are already many mobile ebook readers prefer to use repligo reader.
Although its possible to copy the text when using Microsoft Reader and paste it to notepad, I don’t recommend it because it consume lots of time in editing. We’ll be needing a LIT converter software, any software will do or you can use ABC Amber LIT Converter to convert the file to any format you like.
We have to take consideration the format available for repligo conversion using Replig0 Windows such as doc (ms word), word perfect, excel, powerpoint, html, pdf among others. The candidate format for ABC Amber LIT therefore are doc (ms word), html and pdf format. If that’s the case, we can convert the LIT file to either doc (ms word), html or pdf format.
To make it clearer, here’s the guide:
- Using ABC Amber LIT Converter, convert your LIT file to doc (ms word) or html or pdf format, then save.
- Open the converted file to its new format. I assume that you have Repligo for Nokia Series 60 converter installed on your computer.
- DOC (MS Word) – use the special integrated repligo toolbar button to start the conversion from within the Office application.
- HTML – click the repligo button on your IE toolbar, then click “convert web page to repligo”
- PDF – choose file, then print, select repligo as your printer.
Note: You’ll be needing Repligo Windows or Repligo for Symbian 60 readers to check if you have successful conversion, they are absolutely FREEwares. On the contrary, Repligo for Nokia Series 60 2.0 converter is NOT free.
LIT A Book!
Would you lit a book? Nah! I’m just in a playful mood to make the title sounds unusual. Even if I consider myself as an eBook addict, I still do read paperbacks and I still keep my collection. Btw, the image at the right is courtesy of ala.org. Moving to a self hosted blog is not that easy, it took time to figure things out… plugins, settings, template customization etc. Actually, I’m not yet done. Anyway, I’ve been browsing my archives and realized that I still have several articles left unpost. Let me start with eBook formats.
