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stvwrd
Joined: 31 Mar 2005
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 Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2006 10:31 am Post subject: pda's and ebooks in Korea |
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I have a bunch of pdfs on my computer and I was thinking if I had an ebook reader or pda, that I might actually read some of them that I've had for a long time.
I'm just wondering what my options are, as I know nothing about them.
Something that plays MP3's and can function as a decent planner/organizer would be nice, but I don't want to spend more than a couple hundred thousand won either.
Someone out there has to know more than I do about this, and I'd like to know a little more about it before I go and try to negotiate my way through Yongsan.
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2006 3:24 pm Post subject: |
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Have a look through here and see if you can see anything you like. I have a Compaq with Windows 2003 mobile...plays MP3s, has wireless internet, Word, etc...
Not sure what you will get for under 200,000 though... |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2006 3:58 pm Post subject: |
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| It can be hard to find a PDA with an English o/s, since the o/s is built into the ROM. I've seen previously people finding English PDAs at Yongsan. Might take some leg work. I bought myself one when I went back to Canada, a low level iPAQ (iPAQ and Palm seem to be about the only PDAs in town these days). I got a 2 gb SD card and put a lot of downloaded TV shows on the SD card and I can watch stuff on the subway. That's pretty cool. |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2006 4:10 pm Post subject: |
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| mindmetoo wrote: |
| It can be hard to find a PDA with an English o/s, since the o/s is built into the ROM. I've seen previously people finding English PDAs at Yongsan. Might take some leg work. I bought myself one when I went back to Canada, a low level iPAQ (iPAQ and Palm seem to be about the only PDAs in town these days). I got a 2 gb SD card and put a lot of downloaded TV shows on the SD card and I can watch stuff on the subway. That's pretty cool. |
Right....good point. An English OS is probably a good idea. Mine is Korean and I haven't a clue as to the avaliability of English. One can flash the ROM to English and download English Windows CE. |
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stvwrd
Joined: 31 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 2:26 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the pointers. I'll probably print out your tips before I do any sahopping.
I take it there wouldn't be any problem with viewing .pdf files then? |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 4:44 am Post subject: |
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| stvwrd wrote: |
Thanks for the pointers. I'll probably print out your tips before I do any sahopping.
I take it there wouldn't be any problem with viewing .pdf files then? |
I gather we answered every question you didn't ask but the one you did. I would think a PDA would have no problem:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2_mobile.html |
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stvwrd
Joined: 31 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 5:37 am Post subject: |
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Haha, right.
Well, it looks like viewing .pdfs shouldn't be a problem. Still have a lot of research to do. Anyhow, thanks for all the info. |
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alpope23
Joined: 15 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 6:00 pm Post subject: ebooks and pda's and all that mess! |
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Stealing intellectual property is wrong!
So don't download MIRC.
Don't connect to undernet.
Don't join channel #bookz
Don't download any fiction or non-fiction your heart desires.
Don't sae .rtf files as a .txt file
Don't load that file into Wave pdb converter and change it into a Palm OS .pdb file
Don't load that .pdb onto your PDA!
Just don't do it!
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dodgybarnet
Joined: 10 Mar 2003
Location: Directly above the centre of the earth. On a kickboard.
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How geeky are you? If you're interested you could go down my route which is using a Nintendo DS.
Clearly it's designed to play games, but it can do a whole lot more. I'm fairly heavily into the HomeBrew scene (making homemade software work on the DS).
Regarding your needs, I personally use my DS to read books and magazines more than I play games on it. I'm currently working my way through a backlog (2004 to present) of New Scientist magazines that I obtained. It looks great on my DS and my commute flies by.
In simple terms you buy a Nintendo DS ($150), and a flashcart ($100), and then you can do the following on the go (for free if you're naughty):
* Any of the 600+ Nintendo DS games
* Any of the 2000+ GameBoy Advance and GameBoy Colour games
* SCUMMVM games (old Lucas Arts games like Monkey Island and Sam 'n' Max)
* SNES and NES games
Oh, and add to that some other features:
* Movie viewer
* MP3 player
* Ebook reader
* Web browser and TV Tuner
* VOIP
* Personal organiser
* POP/SMTP Email + RSS feed reader
* MSN Messenger
* Comic book reader, which in theory allows you to read any PDF on your DS.
* Put Linux on your DS
If you want to know more I can provide more info. I also have a page detailing more stuff HERE |
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