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May 25, 2009
bookofjoe MoneyMaker®™© — iPhone Reader Preview
Yesterday's post about reading on an iPod touch got me to thinking about how someone with some computer savvy could create a website consisting solely of an iPod touch/iPhone-size screen window that let you select and read public domain books within it, so as to give a sense of what it might be like to read on the device, a sort of preview of coming attractions for people on the fence about whether to buy one.
Like all my MoneyMakers®™©, this one's worth precisely what you paid for it.
May 25, 2009 at 02:01 PM | Permalink
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For iphone/touch try http://iphonetester.com/ It seems like you could just access samples of books/sites with one of many emulators (http://www.klauskomenda.com/archives/2008/03/17/testing-on-mobile-devices-using-emulators/).
Posted by: marshall minshew | May 26, 2009 9:23:16 PM
Posted by: Waldo Jaquith | May 25, 2009 4:04:11 PM
There are a number of iPhone/iPod touch apps available that do this. I'm not sure whether any are absolutely free, but they're all quite nice.
Posted by: Phillip Winn | May 25, 2009 3:20:28 PM
The issue with this idea is that everyone is running different resolutions. Getting what you see on the computer to match a real iPod/iPhone would be a challenge.
You could always just use a ruler and make your browser the right size. Then just fire-up gutenberg.org.
Posted by: Maximillian | May 25, 2009 2:15:47 PM
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