Have you ever read a long document on your computer screen? I’m talking novel-length. It’s not nearly as comfortable as paging through a book from your couch. But if you’re brave enough to try something even more doubtful, stories are becoming available through cell phones.
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GigaOM’s Moka’s mBook service, which launched today, appears to be the newest kid on the block. It “sends text-message or email bits of books to phones,” and - this is good news for most folks, but bad news for War and Peace fans - “[t]he messages are 160 characters.” (Expect quotes, not passages.)TokyoPop Manga Reader - its site is definitely the most colorful of the bunch, and the reader itself seems to have been Fehrenbacher’s favorite option. “[I]t’s actually fun to read for awhile,” writes our GigaOM guide. “The content skews young and even the 3G experience is a tad slow, but worth it.”
I think I’ll stick with my paper copies for now, but if you’re determined to receive content on your cell phone, the market appears ready and willing to satisfy your needs.
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