Comments on: iPod Touch price drops, cheap refurbs

By: Terrance

Terrance — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:12:12 +0000

Just got my iPod Touch 8 GB over the weekend as they drop the price to SGD 308 and been trying Stanza to read my PDF ebook.

Accessing Gutenberg is via Stanza has also been very smooth.

So far the experience has been great !

By: Christine

Christine — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:09:30 +0000

Wow. Thanks Chris.

By: Chris Meadows

Chris Meadows — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:38:46 +0000

You can read unencrypted Mobipocket (of the kind Baen sells). If you have any DRM-crippled books, you would need to crack the DRM to be able to read them on the iPod Touch. The main e-book formats people seem to like to read on the Touch are epub (using Stanza) and eReader (using eReader). There's also a Kindle reader app available. The screen is 3.5", 320x480, 163 pixels per inch (a little over twice the PPI of an average computer monitor). The battery will last for about a day's worth of reading (less if you keep the screen at its highest brightness, more if you keep it dim and turn off WiFi when you're not using it). Whether you can read for a long time without a headache, I don't know. A lot of people (including me) can, some people can't. If you can borrow one from someone and try it out, it would be best. It doesn't have USB capability for anything except syncing mp3s (Apple won't let third-party apps use the cable for syncing), though the 2nd and 3rd generation models have Bluetooth (I believe). You generally put files onto it by downloading them through wifi. More details here.

By: Christine

Christine — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:38:09 +0000

$200? 8gb will hold more books than I will ever read. Can I read mobipocket on them? How big is the screen? How long does the battery last? Can I read on it for a long time without a headache? Does it have usb capabilities? I assumed everything did until my son told me his cell phone doesn’t.