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I doubt many of you will be spending $599 on a UMPC just for the Kindle PC application but if you’re thinking of a mobile tablet PC anyway, here’s my top tip for a good PC-based ebook reading experience. The Viliv X70 UMPC. (Video after the jump.)
I won’t claim that this is a perfect e-reader device (see this article for an idea of the ideal PC for ebook reading) and as the Kindle software is locked-down to the Amazon store, it’s hardly flexible but considering I can run Mobipocket, PDFs and practically every other format of ebook known, it works out to be quite the flexible solution. Oh, and it’s a PC!
For those that aren’t familiar with the X70, it runs an Intel Atom at 1.3Ghz with a fast SSD drive and has a battery life of up to around 7 or 8 hours. It weighs 660gm and you can buy it with an optional built-in 3G module. More information here.
Make sure you watch the video in ‘HQ’ mode (button bottom-right) for the best quality.
November 11th, 2009 at 9:22 am
Hi! Thanks for the video. Helps a lot! Coincidentally my wife received her hardware Kindle in the mail today. Wanted to see how this looks on a tablet
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November 11th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
Mobipocket.com has offerred an ebook reader for pc and essentially every pda/smartphone since 2000.
btw, Amazon bought mobipocket in 2005 to jumpstart their Kindle ebook library. I think Kindle and mobipocket library are about the same size.
The mobipocket reader is much better then the Kindle reader.
I am really surprised that Amazon didn’t tap their mobipocket employee’s experience when they came up with the Kindle pc reader. I am also very surprised that Amazon hasn’t merged mobipocket and kindle formats by now.
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November 15th, 2009 at 12:31 am
I don’t see versions for the Mac, Android, nor Ubuntu…
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November 12th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
….. and it happens that there is “djvu” also around …… just to mention another format
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November 14th, 2009 at 8:13 am
Apparently, ClerType works all wrong here…
as if it ignores the switch to portrait orientation.
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November 15th, 2009 at 12:30 am
Now we just need to see the software on Mac, Android, and Ubuntu.
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