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Add PDA functions to your iLiad eBook reader
If you've dropped $700 on an iLiad eBook reader, it may have occurred to you at one point or another that this is a lot of money for a device that basically does two things: lets you read books and take notes in the margins.But one enterprising member of the MobileRead forums has taken it upon himself to add the feature set of a really old Palm Pilot to the iLiad. To be more precise, he's ported several personal information management tools from the GPE handheld Linux suite to run on the iLiad.
The suite includes a calendar, contact manager and to do list. There's no way to synchronize this data with your computer at the moment. But perhaps you'll be able to convince your significant other that it's worth buying a digital eBook reader if you can sell your Palm Pilot*.
[via jkOnTheRun]
*We wouldn't recommend replacing your Palm Pilot with an eBook reader. Might we recommend something in a nice Palm Treo flavor? Or perhaps an Apple iPhone, Samsung BlackJack, or even a used Dell Axim from eBay?
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Adam B. said 12:01PM on 8-16-2007
I'm Adam Boeglin, the person who made this port.
You can find more of my (and other user's) iLiad applications in the Mobileread developers forum: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=106
Feel free to post if you have any questions or suggestions.
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