Essential Readers For Your NSeries

As previously spotlighted by Steve over at All About Symbian, there are a number of applications that allow one to do offline reading from your N80 and NSeries device. I thought I would spotlight a few applications on my own. If you have any additional suggestions, please feel free to add your comments.

MOBIPOCKET READER
In my personal opinion, Mobipocket Reader is one of the killer apps for the N80, allowing me to catch up on my reading even while offline, without the use of an internet connection. Not only can you purchase new eBooks from their store, the application allows you to convert your existing documents, be it in Word, PDF, text or other office formats and take them anywhere with you safely tucked in your mobile device. It even has a built in RSS Reader, which gives you the chance to download the feeds from your favorite websites or bogs (such as N80Geek!) and browser though the headlines at your own leisure. You are going to need to have the Windows version installed in your PC first, so that you can download and convert these documents before transferring them to your mobile.

QREADER
QReader is another free eBook reader for 3rd Edition devices. It’s a simple, no frills application which does its job simply and effectively. It allows you to easily read plain text files and has a basic user interface built in.


MOBIZINES
This is isn’t an eBook reader per se. Rather; it’s a cute little Java App that allows you to view articles and other snippets from established magazines. I use it to catch up on news from the BBC, T3, GQ, TOTAL Film, Maxim etc. It has a nice user interface although a little slow when updating magazines.

WIDSETS
Widsets is a simple RSS service that provides useful information available on the Internet directly to your NSeries Device. There are two parts to Widsets - the application you load on your device and a web service you set up and configure on the Internet. Try it, the interface is beautiful and it’s a pretty fun application to use when downloading feeds and such.

CARNIVAL OF MOBILIST
This neat little application is great because it compiles the best writing from all over the web and compiles all these articles to be viewed offline. The feeds are very Web 2.0 and mobile centric but some of you might find the information interesting.

Where to start looking for e-books:
Project Gutenburg – This site is hosts an incredible collection of literary classics. Most of the books here are classic stories from the collected works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Somerset Maugham, HG Wells and many more legendary authors. Other good sites include the Free EBook Library and Manybooks.net. Finally, the BBC has a site for classic Dr. Who fiction. Check it out here.