Comments on: Droid smartphone launch: Better for e-booking than the iPhone, especially as more apps show up?

By: David Rothman

David Rothman — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:08:57 +0000

Congrats, Spider. Keep us posted about your Droid and WordPlayer. The more details, the better!

Thanks,
David

By: Spider Mattheson

Spider Mattheson — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:23:37 +0000

I got the Droid when it came out Friday. I’ve been long due for a new phone after living overseas with the navy for almost my entire enlistment. Just back to the states, I was eager to get an Android phone. I was debating the Droid or the Cliq and decided to drop T-Mobile for the Droid. After just a few days of playing around with it I am definitely won over. The best thing I had overseas for a small pda-like device was my iPod Touch and even though I jailbroke it, I’ve really been hankering for something open source.

I just downloaded WordPlayer, so I don’t know how well it will handle all the mobi books I have on my Kindle (sans DRM, of course) but my first impression is that it isn’t as polished as Aldiko. I read some of Art of War on Aldiko and liked the experience. I like the wide range of options. I hope I come to like WordPlayer because it has a rather impressive listing of accepted formats and it works with Calibre. I’m simultaneously excited and concerned at how much time I’ll continue to waste playing around with this phone.

By: David Rothman

David Rothman — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:24:57 +0000

Big thanks for the catch, Michael. I’ve changed the photo. David

By: Michael Harris

Michael Harris — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:03:27 +0000

David,

A minor comment, but I believe your picture is of the Motorola Cliq available trough Tmobile, not the Motorola Droid from Verizon.

By: Alan Wallcraft

Alan Wallcraft — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:57:50 +0000

The application is WordPlayer – it comes with an ebook of “Art of War” pre-installed. The original WordPlayer post mentions several other Readers, including Aldiko and FBReaderJ.

What the Android lacks is a Reader supporting DRM. However, B&N is reportedly working on an eReader app.

By: Ken Nickerson

Ken Nickerson — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:19:45 +0000

Android could easily become the default OS for readers, both mobile phones and eBook readers themselves (Alex). you can try this out today with the Android reader at Shortcovers: http://www.shortcovers.com/android for this and other Android phones. it’s beta, but “beta than nothing”. works well on free and top-10 type books available in the store. thx.

By: uncola

uncola — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:45:13 +0000

there are two really good ebook readers on the android market, Aldiko and Wordplayer