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Turn Your BlackBerry Bold or Storm Into a Kindle

By Rick Broida

January 22nd, 2009 @ 11:00 am

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Tags: RIM BlackBerry, BlackBerry Bold, Mobipocket Reader, Handhelds, Hardware, Rick Broida

mobipocket-reader-for-blackberry-2.jpgGood news for BlackBerry-toting book lovers: E-book app Mobipocket is now available for the BlackBerry Bold and Storm.

For those unfamiliar with it, Mobipocket.com is an online e-book store that carries thousands of fiction and non-fiction titles. Mobipocket Reader is the software (also available for Palm, Windows Mobile, and many other portable devices) that lets you view the books on your BlackBerry.

It also provides a Kindle-like over-the-air bookstore, meaning you can preview, purchase, and download books right on your device — no PC required.

You don’t even need a PC to install Mobipocket Reader: Just point your BlackBerry’s browser to m.mobipocket.com and you can fetch it over the air.

I know many people dislike the idea of reading a book on a small, electronic screen, but I urge you to give it a try. I’ve been reading this way for years (first on a PDA, now on my iPhone), and I love both the convenience and the environmental friendliness. [via jkOnTheRun]

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    engineeral

    01/26/09 | Report as spam

    RE: Turn Your BlackBerry Bold or Storm Into a Kindle

    I have been using Mobipocket for quite a while on my Blackberry World Edition. I create free (!) e-books from copyright-free texts from sources like Project Gutenberg using the PC software from Mobipocket. I also was able to make e-book copies of Nova Scotia legislation for use in my work, again for free.

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    engineeral

    01/26/09 | Report as spam

    RE: Turn Your BlackBerry Bold or Storm Into a Kindle

    I have been using Mobipocket for quite a while on my Blackberry World Edition. I create free (!) e-books from copyright-free texts from sources like Project Gutenberg using the PC software from Mobipocket. I also was able to make e-book copies of Nova Scotia legislation for use in my work, again for free.

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    minniebhupathi

    11/11/09 | Report as spam

    RE: Turn Your BlackBerry Bold or Storm Into a Kindle

    I have been reading books on my Blackberry Bold using Mobipocket and it is just awesome.
    i had a Treo and then a Samsung Blackjack but the BB Bold was the easiest to set up and use for this purpose.

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