what’s the cheapest ebook reader, or modified pdf that will read ebooks, available?
Posted Monday, November 2, 2009 by admin
i’d like something roughly the size of a paperback. i don’t care if it’s twenty years old, or used, as long as it can read a variety of file types – stuff from project gutenberg, pdf’s (the latest ones, if possible), random proprietary formats… basically, i want to get free ebooks onto it, and, uh, read ‘em. maybe even buy some, if i’m feelin’ crazy. pda functionality would be nice, but is not, at all, necessary. a certain amount of product support, be it company or “fan” based, would be nice, and replacement parts would be good, too. any ideas?
well, what I did was download a tiny *jar program that allows me to read *.pdf and *txt files on my cell phone -it’s an ancient sony K700i. It costed me nothing, since the program is freeware and you can get it on the net. If you have a cell phone that can run java applets, you should try it yourself.