There are plenty of great applications for the iPhone but one has been getting more use than most lately: Stanza.
Stanza is a great book-reading application for the iPhone, iPod Touch, Kindle, Mac and PC. So far I have only tested it on the iPhone, but I’m most impressed. It’s controlled by tapping three areas on the screen: left to go back, middle for configuration, and right to move forward. The font size is adjustable so you can make the text as easy to read as you like. There’s even a great feature to rotation-lock the phone so that if you’re reading it lying on your side it doesn’t auto-rotate.
Stanza offers a range ofclassic texts for free
What I’m finding nicest, though, is the free books that are available. I’m currently reading through Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, and have several more classic texts lined up for when that’s done. If the library of free books turns up nothing, you can always digitise your own texts with the desktop application and import them to your mobile library. This is great if you want to read a document on the go but have struggled with the iPhone’s PDF display.
If you’re on any of the supported platforms, give Stanza a go. It’s a surprisingly simple idea (I mean, all it lets you do is read books!) but it’s become one of those tools I just can’t do without. Why not let us know how you get on with it in the comments?
HT: Headphonaught @ The Nanolog
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