Palm Pilot PDF Reader

[Sitaram]

I own a Palm Pilot.

I just visited this link

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readerforpalm.html

My thought is to experiment which reading literature on the palm pilot.

But here is what I find interesting:

Many books are available for free as text files from Gutenberg project.

I have a VERY inexpensive program from http://www.verypdf.com which allows me to convert anything I can print into a PDF.

My plan is to download the free text versions, use verypdf to create a pdf, then read it on my palm pilot.

Should it be the case that size/memory is a problem, then I can always divide up the text file, creating smaller pdfs.

I'm not certain how comfortable it will be to read the small screen, but if I never try, then I shall never know.

It would sure save me money, and it would be easier to carry a palm pilot than some of the large books I might want to read.

[Jay]

Not sure if to respond in any way to this...
But I have a strong aversion to PDFs, how can you read them? They're just sooo... illegible.

[Sitaram]

Indeed, I was hoping for any sort of feedback, e.g. "Oh, that is a dreadful idea because....", or "Gosh I thought everyone was using their palm pilot, why I havent read a real book in a year."

I do have some misgivings about the whole idea, but, I have a palm pilot to try out my idea,.... and the idea of free downloads of books is very attractive. Of course, IF I am near a desktop, then I would be foolish to use a palm pilot. The palm pilot would only be useful when travelling, and of course, there is the issue of how long the battery charge would last.....

[Jay]

Oh, if you were expecting 'Gosh, I thought everyone was using their palm pilot' kinda response... I have no idea what a palm pilot is, guessed it's a small piece of technology that reads PDFs... so sorry, no such feedback from me :)

[Jester]

I got a palm pilot for christmas, and i got an expansion card but i can't seem to get any thing on the card so that i can use it when im traveling... any ideas????

[Sitaram]

The deal with the expansion card is quite deceptive. They sell it to you, but dont tell you that you have to download a special 3rd party program, and then trick the palm pilot into recognizing the card. I shall look and see what the link is to download the program. I did it and got it to work..... but that was almost 2 years ago... so I must brush up and search on google.

Take a look at this link, its not what I was looking for, but it allows you to read documents on a palm pilot and access expansion memory.

http://www.pdamedsolutions.com/support/install_instructions.htm#FAQ1

There is a totally free shareware program called filez for your palm pilot, but I cant remember whether that allows direct access of expansion card.

http://www.palmblvd.com/software/pc/Filez-2000-11-10-palm-pc.html

Here is a link on palm pilot software which looks very helpful...

http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~lipoff/palmpilot/software.html

And here is another link regarding FILEZ utility

http://www.nosleep.net/

[Jester]

thanks.......