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From E Books to Vcards
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Mar 23, 2002, 02:05 PM
 
Is it possible to create E Books out of Vcard files to be read on the iPod?
     
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Mar 23, 2002, 02:26 PM
 
I don't think this is possible with vcards.Vcards can get limited number of characters.So you would have to have many many vcards for just one e-book.Let's all hope that apple will get this feature on the new updates.Look at the instructions for the vcards.8 lines on the screen and the letters very readable!!!!This is great.Common apple impress us.
Don't count on 3rd party developers for e-book on iPod.It would be messy.Remember the contacts that some 3rd party developers produced?They were small small mp3's.Man this was ugly.And they wanted our money for this....
     
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Mar 23, 2002, 02:29 PM
 
Check http://atomicmedia.net/podnotes.php for some 3rd party free utility.
I haven't tried it yet but I will...
     
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Mar 23, 2002, 02:34 PM
 
There really must be an easy way to make the iPod into an information reader. If the Vcard file format is not good enough then Apple really should supply an exclusive file format and information synching utility for the iPod in a future update. It is so easy to implement. Avant Go would be really easy.
     
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Mar 23, 2002, 02:38 PM
 
Well podnotes I said earlier is quite good.If only it would be built for OS9,it would be great.(I rarely use OSX).
For now it can write 1000 characters.Quite good I could say.
     
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Mar 23, 2002, 02:46 PM
 
Originally posted by phobos:
<STRONG>Well podnotes I said earlier is quite good.If only it would be built for OS9,it would be great.(I rarely use OSX).
For now it can write 1000 characters.Quite good I could say.</STRONG>
Good. I copied a whole html page with a large selection of text. Podnotes broke it down into three files and they are quite readable on the iPod.

Obviously a neater solution would be brilliant.
     
   
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