Tag Archives: iphone ebook reader

iBooks 1.1.1 for iPhone: better PDF and multimedia support, speed increase

by on July 20th, 2010 at 1:26 pm

I’m a relative newcomer to iBooks (Free), but I already like it a lot more than Stanza on my iPhone 3GS. There’s something about the iBooks that just *feels* right, and the quality of the page turning animations always amazes me. I can’t say anything about the PDF and multimedia …

iBooks tip: set your eBook’s language to activate the dictionary

by on July 2nd, 2010 at 3:00 pm

A huge thanks to commenter Muero for this information. He corrected the mistake I had made in my original sarcastic post about how the dictionary feature of iBooks simply didn’t work in Canada. Apparently, it has nothing to do with how many maple leaves are on your flag, but, rather, …

This is what happens when you use iBooks for look-ups in Canada

by on July 1st, 2010 at 4:49 pm

Apparently, we Canadians speak a very different language from the folks in Cupertino, eh? Update: Aha! It’s really, really not made very obvious, but the dictionary feature of iBooks is actually dependant on the language metatag of the eBook you’re reading. See this post for more information – and thanks …

Stanza for iPhone updated to 3.0.3: iOS 4 compatibility

by on June 26th, 2010 at 12:29 pm

You’ve seen this kind of post before An app has been updated with multi-tasking support. The interesting part here is the ability to launch Stanza for saving PDF’s from Mail and Safari — I really can’t wait for more apps to integrate this feature. Share this:

Stanza for iPhone updated to 3.0: iPad and PDF support

by on June 4th, 2010 at 11:59 am

Not much to say here for Stanza iPhone users, except for the addition of PDF, DjVu, and Comic Book Archive support to the app (although I swear Stanza could already read PDFs…). The text about syncing books through iTunes looks exciting, but I believe it only applies to iPads for …