iLounge has just published its 4th version its Free iPod + iPhone Book. It is a VERY substancial offering weighing in at over 250 pages.   As the site explains– …every year, we publish a Book designed to answer all of our readers ‘ most commonly asked iPod, iPhone, iTunes, and Apple TV questions. Best of […]
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Using The iPhone As An eReader Takes A Step Forward With iLounge’s “iPod and iPhone Book”

Jun 4th 2008 by


iLounge has just published its 4th version its Free iPod + iPhone Book.

It is a VERY substancial offering weighing in at over 250 pages.   As the site explains–

…every year, we publish a Book designed to answer all of our readers ‘ most commonly asked iPod, iPhone, iTunes, and Apple TV questions.

Best of all it is FREE.

Inside you’ll find-

–Over 20 accessory Sneak Peeks. (We really hope to get our hands on a bunch for review!)

–16 sections that cover the full range and lifespan of Apple ‘s media devices.

–100 pages of iTunes Answers

–A gallery of Next-Generation iPhone concept.

I’ve just started reading through it and it is chock full of great content.

You can’t beat the price and it is a great distraction from the fact that WWDC is now just 5 days away (but who’s counting).

A year after the iPhone was released it is nice to see a large line of accessories finally emerging.

The biggest deal about the book though is that…

I tried it by sending both parts to Evernote and then using Evernote’s iPhone-optimized site to access it (in my opinion this works much better than trying to send an email attachment) and it is great! It is easy to read and flip pages. While we have become used to (dependant on?) iPhone optimized sites, it strikes me that this may be the first time a book has been published in an iPhone specific format.

while it is available in formats for large (two pages at a time) and smaller (one page at a time) screens,

 it is also available in a special iPhone and iPod Touch format.

I tried it by sending both parts to Evernote and then using Evernote’s iPhone-optimized site to access it (in my opinion this works much better than trying to send an email attachment) and it is great! It is easy to read and flip pages.

While we have become used to (dependant on?) iPhone optimized sites, it strikes me that this may be the first time a book has been published in an iPhone specific format.

As someone who is using his iPhone for more and more reading, from the NYTimes’ mobile site to a wide range of rss feeds via NewsGator this was a pleasant surprise

And it is one I hope we will see more of in the near future.

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