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** As well as 1st-3rd Kindle generations, when buying used | ** As well as 1st-3rd Kindle generations, when buying used | ||
* Kindle DX | * Kindle DX | ||
** One of the better devices for reading manga. Although, it may be inconvenient when reading currently running series as chapters must be loaded onto the device manually. | |||
===Touch screens=== | ===Touch screens=== | ||
* Kindle Touch | * Kindle Touch | ||
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** Launcher8 | ** Launcher8 | ||
** GoKeyboard | ** GoKeyboard | ||
==Converting Files== | |||
E-books come in a variety of formats and you may find one that your device does not support. | |||
* [http://calibre-ebook.com Calibre] - (Cross-platform) Converts between almost every e-reader supported format. | |||
* [http://kcc.vulturis.eu KindleComicConverter (KCC)] - (Cross-platform) Converts and optimizes manga and comics to epub, mobi, and cbz formats. | |||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
http://nookdevs.com/Main_Page | http://nookdevs.com/Main_Page | ||
[[Category:Hardware]] | [[Category:Hardware]] | ||
[[Category:Recommendations]] | [[Category:Recommendations]] | ||
Revision as of 23:41, 1 February 2014
Recommendations
Keyboard
- Kindle Keyboard
- As well as 1st-3rd Kindle generations, when buying used
- Kindle DX
- One of the better devices for reading manga. Although, it may be inconvenient when reading currently running series as chapters must be loaded onto the device manually.
Touch screens
- Kindle Touch
- Kobo Touch
- Nook Simple Touch
Frontlit
- Kindle Paperwhite
- Kobo Glo
- Nook Simple Touch GlowLight
Beyond Stock
Nook
- GApps and SearchMarket?
- Install multitouch Fast Mode kernel
- Disable Android and B&N bloatware by using a SystemAppRemover (or oandbackup?)
- AFfileDownloadService.apk
- AccountAndSyncSettings.apk
- AirRuntime.apk
- ApplicationsProvider.apk
- BnAuthenticationService.apk
- BnCloudRequestSvc.apk
- ContactsProvider.apk
- CryptoServer.apk
- DemoMode.apk
- DeviceManager.apk
- DeviceRegistrator.apk
- GlobalSearch.apk
- gtalkservice.apk
- Music.apk
- NookCommunity.apk
- Phone.apk
- QuickStartActivity.apk
- Social.apk
- SysChecksum.apk
- Talk.apk
- TalkProvider.apk
- TelephoneProvider.apk
- WaveformDownloader.apk
- Downclock CPU
- build.prop:
# Tweaks persist.sys.use_dithering=1 persist.sys.purgeable_assets=1 debug.sf.hw=1 video.accelerate.hw=1 debug.performance.tuning=1 ro.compcache.default=18 ro.kernel.android.checkjni=0 ro.HOME_APP_ADJ=1 # Dalvik options dalvik.vm.execution-mode=int:fast dalvik.vm.heapsize=128m dalvik.vm.deoxopt-flags=m=v,o=y # Battery ro.ril.disable.power.collapse=1 pm.sleep_mode=1 wifi.supplicant_scan_interval=180
- Remap buttons with NookTouchTools
- Useful apps:
- Cool Reader
- Perfect Viewer
- APV PDF Viewer Pro
- Mango
- Root Browser/ES File Explorer
- Calculator MobiCalc
- aCalendar
- Launcher8
- GoKeyboard
Converting Files
E-books come in a variety of formats and you may find one that your device does not support.
- Calibre - (Cross-platform) Converts between almost every e-reader supported format.
- KindleComicConverter (KCC) - (Cross-platform) Converts and optimizes manga and comics to epub, mobi, and cbz formats.