Mobipocket goes J2ME to bring ebooks to masses
By Dusan Belic on Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 at 2:24 AM PST In Applications, Java
With modern feature phones becoming more powerful these days, it doesn’t surprise to see many of the original smartphone application makers developing J2ME version of their apps. We’ve seen this happening with Epocware, which brought its popular dictionaries to feature phones, and now Mobipocket is trying to do the same thing with its mobile ebook reader.
Mobipocket Reader for Java phones is still in the “alpha” stage, hence you may notice a number of bugs and (in)stability issues. The application was developed for Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE) feature phone, but should also work on other Java-enabled handsets.
It’s a good news that Mobipocket is trying to reach the mass market, even though at this stage I would suggest only the adventurous among you should try out Mobipocket Reader. At least until the app hits the “beta” status. Here’s the link which leads you to the page where you can find out more about the app and also download it.
[Via: jkOnTheRun]
That ebooks can load the books into my sidekick LX? Please email me at xPositively16x@gmail.com. Thanks for posting this! I hate to read the thick book, the Sony Reader Digital is totally cool, but I hope if ebooks can load the novels into cellphones better than Sony Reader Digital.