iSilo to the Rescue
The other night my Palm Tungsten T5 started having fatal errors every time I tried to start Mobipocket reader. Previous to this it had worked fine but now it was acting up. I had a couple of ebooks that I could only get at Blackmask that I wanted to read but this was going to be problematic without Mobipocket.
Saved by iSilo
Luckily Blackmask offers it's titles in iSilo format and I have a free version of the iSilo ebook reader on my Palm. I downloaded the ebooks again in iSilo format and it has worked flawlessly for me as I read these ebooks. Thank goodness Blackmask offers another Palm friendly format!
I have always found the iSilo reader interface to be a bit confusing and plain - it is not particularly hard to figure out, but it always seemed a bit complex. However, iSilo has never felt sluggish or bloated like Mobipocket felt. I have no idea what cause Mobipocket to quit but I suspect the problem is with the Tungsten T5 which a PDA which is prone to instability.
It looks like iSilo is going to replace Mobipocket as my reader of choice for all ebooks from Blackmask.
3 Comments:
never had problems with Mobipocket Reader on my T5.
Yeah it is weird. Mobi worked fine for reading several ebooks and now it causes a fatal error when I try to start it. I may try deleteing it and reinstalling and see if that works. I liked Mobi for reading free ebooks from Blackmask, although iSilo is working fine so I don't feel any pressure at the loss right now.
I tried both Mobi and isilo, and I prefer Mobi, even on a T5.
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