| MobiPocket Reader Features |
Standard |
Pro |
 Retail Price |
Free |
$19.95 |
| OEB Support |
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| Bookmarks |
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| Removable Card Support |
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Index and Dictionary
A Mobipocket Reader dictionary is a specialized eBook that allows the user to
look up word definitions through the built-in Lookup functionality. You're only
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eNews with Web Companion
Another unique feature of the Mobipocket Reader is the capability of
extracting and reading Web Site news from your Desktop PC with the Mobipocket
Web Companion.
Right-click on an enews channel in the Web Companion interface to open the
enews directly in the Mobipocket Reader for PC. You can also secure an enews
channel by setting a password on the enews .prc file that is created. |
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Receive eNews by email on a smartphone
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Image
Viewer
Select any image and select the "Image Mode" item in the popup menu. You
switch to the built-in Mobipocket Image viewer mode. You can then zoom in, zoom
out (PocketPC only) and scroll the image using the mouse. Very useful for big
maps or images |
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| Large Tables support |
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SubPixel Font Technology (ClearTypeŽ and MobiTypeŽ)
On PocketPC : Sub-pixel rendering with Microsoft ClearTypeŽ is
available.
On PalmOS : you can set the sub-pixel rendering
Mobitype mode on color Palm devices.
Note: this feature is currently not available on Symbian devices.
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Additional Fonts
On PalmOS : You can install additional Palm fonts.
On
PocketPC/Windows CE/SymbianOS : You can install True-Type fonts from your
PC, and select these fonts in the Reader Settings. This allows you to read in
non Western-European UTF-8 encoding (Chinese, Japanese, Russian,
etc..) |
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Highlights
You can mark up a section by highlighting it with a stroke of your stylus, as
you would with a highlighter in a paper book. You can also edit and delete
highlights, and view a list of all the highlighted sections in your eBook. |
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Change screen orientation
You can now rotate your PDA screen, in all four directions.
Note: on eBookman you can only rotate in two directions
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Page Auto Scroll
With the autoscroll feature, you even do not need to turn pages any more.
Scrolling speed is adjustable using the up and down hard key buttons.
Note: this feature is not available on eBookman
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Free drawing
Add a blank page in any part of the book you're reading and add free-hand
drawing. You can select from a dozen of pen and background colors.
Note: this feature is currently not available on Symbian devices.
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Annotations
Your personal Annotations - highlights, bookmarks, notes, and drawings - are
stored for you in one unique location and can be easily organized. You can view
all your Annotations from one place (no flipping through pages to find margin
notes or highlights), edit or delete an Annotation. |
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Custom linking
You can add your own custom links between two documents : select some text
in one ebook, and choose the "Add Custom Link" function in the
popup menu, then go to the target ebook section and set the link. |
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Built-in Card Manager
With the Removable Card Manager, it is even easier to move your eBooks
between the main memory and your MMC/SD/CF/Memory stick card.
PocketPC 2002
users can also take advantage of the built-in Flash-RAM folder available on most
PocketPC 2002 to safely store eBook files.
Note: this feature is not available on eBookman and Series 60 devices
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Customizable Toolbar
Take advantage of the new customizable toolbar (in the Settings tab),
and enjoy the new stylish menu bar.
Note: this feature is not available on devices where the Reader does not
have a toolbar, i.e. on Symbian platforms
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Enhanced Full Text Search
A powerful reading function that's not available in paper books,
the Find function helps you search for words or phrases quickly and easily.
You can now search for the next, previous, first or last occurence of any
word, and even search in the annotations.
Note: this feature is currently not available on Series 60 and Windows
Smartphone devices.
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