Palm e-book

Fictionwise, is a leading e-book retailer and is known to many around here as the owners of the eReader. Long-time e-book seller eReader has finally made a mobile browser-optimized version of their online store for wireless users, including full support for Palm OS devices.

Launched last week, the beta. Fictionwise, the new owners of eReader. Most of the items in its collection are the full texts of public domain books. These reference books can be browsed, searched, and read online and include illustrations found in the printed volumes.

You can access public domain titles, featuring political texts and classics in literature, history, and information technology sets. Catalog Site Activities. Explore cloudLibrary Frequently Asked Questions hoopla No waiting for adult, children, and teen e-books and e-comics. An indicator in the top right corner will show the existing speed after two pages have been read. Fuzzy logic text format recognition determines the required format paragraphs, spaces, margins of any textual file automatically and without error.

Full text antialiasing with different masks 2x2, 3x3, and 4x4 can make text reading more comfortable. New multithread rendering engine allows the generation of antialiased text without visible delays. Super Smooth scrolling allows the generation of additional scroll steps with sub-pixel precision.

Instead of 1 step, Super Smooth generates 2, 3 or 4 small sub-steps of scrolling. This technology is very much like the one used in TVs with Hz refresh rate. Some thin and small fonts can cause text flickering during Super Smooth scrolling.

That means that all the MS Windows languages and codepages are supported. You can read files in any language, irrespective of your MS Windows version.

It is necessary to have the appropriate font, though. There are two font modes: automatic layout and original formatting, using proportional and fixed width fonts respectively. The first mode allows the reading of a text with any font size. The second mode retains the original text formatting for viewing. Automatic layout ensures you'll never have to use horizontal scrolling.

For reading layout, text can be aligned as Full, Left or Center. It is possible to adjust any font properties: size, color, font attributes bold, italic Moreover, it is possible to choose negative values for any setting.

As a result, visible text can be very dense without visible distortions. New rendering engine allows any font available in the system to be used as a monospaced font.

In addition, each file can have any number of bookmarks. ICE Palm eBook Reader Professional stores all imported text files in its own library to allow fast text preview without actual document opening. Today Today gives a one page overview of current appointments, tasks, mail, etc. Databases Pilot-DB Pilot-DB is a flat file database with a strong set of features and a desktop component that will run on multiple platforms.

Handyshopper HandyShopper is a shopping list database application that can also be used to create any simple kind of list. SiEd SiEd is a text editor with features such as split screen views, editing of plain text files, and support for external keyboards. Readers eReader eReader is an ebook reader that will read ebooks in both the standard PalmDoc format and in eReader format. Time, Calculations and Conversions Chime Chime is a utility that presents the time in speech, chime and vibration.

Converter Converter is a free unit conversion tool that supports over unit types in 23 different categories. SnapCalc SnapCalc is a simple calculator that can be launched, like a DA or hack, with a simple stroke or button sequence.

ClockPop5 ClockPop5 is a clock popup application that can display appointments and phone info on the ClockPop screen. Watchmaker Watchmaker is a clock application with configurable analog and digital clocks, as well as daily and weekly alarms.

Metro Metro is a guide to public transport systems with data on over cities. Tide Tool Tide Tool will compute tides and currents worldwide as well as provides some sun and moon data. Web AvantGo AvantGo is an offline newsreader and web browser. OperaMini Opera Mini is a fast, mobile browser. Plucker Plucker is an offline web page browser and ebook reader. Utilities Launchers McPhling McPhling is an application and DA launcher from which you quickly select from a list of your favorite applications or switch from your current application to the previous one.

Julian DA — Performs Julian date conversions. ScrBtn ScrBtn is a basic, fast application launcher. Switch5 Switch5 is a preference panel application which can switch immediately to the previous app, or will select an app from a list of recently launched apps. Filez FileZ is a system utility and file manager application. ShortCut5 ShortCut5 is a preference panel application which supports large shortcut definitions with additional support for macro shortcuts. Speedy Speedy is a benchmark utility for the Palm.

Spell5 Spell5 is a clipboard editor and an English spell checker. ZGrab ZGrab is a full screen screenshot tool. The Core Pocket Media Player The Core Pocket Media Player is an open-source audio and video player that can play many formats of video and multimedia files such as mp3, avi, ogg, mpg.

Games Sudoku Sudoku is a placement puzzle game. Pyramid Solitaire Pyramid Solitaire is a solitare game. Crosswords Crosswords is a Scrabble clone. Feringa Feringa is a chess game. PilOth PilOth is a clone of Othello. Yahdice Yahdice is a clone of Yahtzee. Icon Manager Icon Manager is a icon creator and editor.

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