I want a portable book size data cd reader(not a laptop.) You put in a
cd with html document files and can read the words on a screen. It
wouldn't have internet, wouldn't show photos, or play music and would
read only. Is there such a thing? Thanks.
"I want a portable book size data cd reader(not a laptop.) You put in a
cd with html document files and can read the words on a screen. It
wouldn't have internet, wouldn't show photos, or play music and would
read only. Is there such a thing? Thanks.
I don't think so - Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader can store documents but do
not have CD drive. Sony Reader also displays Adobe® PDFs, personal
documents, blogs, newsfeeds, and JPEGs (can read from Memory Stick or SD
card.
I thought it would be good to be able to type "written" pages of
whatever I wanted, and save the pages on cds, and then be able to have a
portable device I could carry wherever, and put the cd into it and be
able to read my notes/words. Maybe someone can make one.
I thought it would be good to be able to type "written" pages of
whatever I wanted, and save the pages on cds, and then be able to have a
portable device I could carry wherever, and put the cd into it and be
able to read my notes/words. Maybe someone can make one.
PDAs like Palm let you do this, but not from CD storage. I was suggesting
Amazon Kindle or Sony Reader because of larger screen size - but they cost
@$400, which could be barrier for your purpose.
Norman Seifert wrote:
> I want a portable book size data cd reader(not a laptop.) You put in a
> cd with html document files and can read the words on a screen. It
> wouldn't have internet, wouldn't show photos, or play music and would
> read only. Is there such a thing? Thanks.
>
Given the availability of large, inexpensive flash memory, your search
is unlikely to find a viable product. There would be no advantage to a
CD-ROM reader over a flash drive which can be loaded from one's computer.
Thanks for all the information. So using a USB flash drive instead of a
cd, I can take a html "written"(not photo or music)) file off a pc(save
it into the flash drive) and then connect the flash drive to a Palm or
Sony reader and see the file?
Yes, the price of the Sony is too high. Which Palm and compatible flash
drive would work?
Norman Seifert wrote:
> Thanks for all the information. So using a USB flash drive instead of a
> cd, I can take a html "written"(not photo or music)) file off a pc(save
> it into the flash drive) and then connect the flash drive to a Palm or
> Sony reader and see the file?
> Yes, the price of the Sony is too high. Which Palm and compatible flash
> drive would work?
>
I've not used the Palm or Sony reader but I've had no problems running
HTML from a flash drive. I've even transferred a full CD-ROM to flash
drive including its own browser and run that. (Unfortunately, the
browser I use for that is no longer available legally.)
portable data cd reader??? 
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