The Franklin eBookMan is a discontinued handheld device made to read ebooks. This gadget, made from 1999 until 2002, has standard PDA functions and can play and record sounds. It has a black on green touchscreen, contains 8 or 16 MB of RAM, and uses its own proprietary operating system. Its handwriting recognition system accepts nearly natural handwriting. Although research and development on the eBookMan ceased in 2002, new eBookMans continued to be available from Ectaco. As of April 30, 2011, all support and downloads for eBookMan were discontinued.
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| - The Franklin eBookMan is a discontinued handheld device made to read ebooks. This gadget, made from 1999 until 2002, has standard PDA functions and can play and record sounds. It has a black on green touchscreen, contains 8 or 16 MB of RAM, and uses its own proprietary operating system. Its handwriting recognition system accepts nearly natural handwriting. Although research and development on the eBookMan ceased in 2002, new eBookMans continued to be available from Ectaco. As of April 30, 2011, all support and downloads for eBookMan were discontinued. (en)
- Der eBookMan ist ein Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), der im Jahr 2000 vom US-amerikanischen Unternehmen Franklin produziert und von Ectaco vertriebener wurde.Das Gerät ist primär als E-Book-Reader konzipiert, unterstützt werden aber auch PDA-übliche Funktionen wie Terminplanung, Adressverwaltung, Taschenrechner, sowie das Abspielen von MP3-Dateien und die Aufnahme von Sprachnotizen. Des Weiteren gab es eine aktive Community, die zahlreiche weitere Software, wie zum Beispiel Office und Grafik Anwendungen, sowie Spiele für das Gerät entwickelte. E-Books können im Mobipocket (bis Mobipocket Reader Version 4.8), Textdatei, HTML, PalmDOC und Franklin-eigenen FUB Format gelesen werden. (de)
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| - Der eBookMan ist ein Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), der im Jahr 2000 vom US-amerikanischen Unternehmen Franklin produziert und von Ectaco vertriebener wurde.Das Gerät ist primär als E-Book-Reader konzipiert, unterstützt werden aber auch PDA-übliche Funktionen wie Terminplanung, Adressverwaltung, Taschenrechner, sowie das Abspielen von MP3-Dateien und die Aufnahme von Sprachnotizen. Des Weiteren gab es eine aktive Community, die zahlreiche weitere Software, wie zum Beispiel Office und Grafik Anwendungen, sowie Spiele für das Gerät entwickelte. E-Books können im Mobipocket (bis Mobipocket Reader Version 4.8), Textdatei, HTML, PalmDOC und Franklin-eigenen FUB Format gelesen werden. Als Betriebssystem kommt das von Franklin entwickelte FranklinOS zum Einsatz, das weder zu Palm OS, Windows CE oder EPOC kompatibel ist. Ende 2002 wurde die Forschung und Entwicklung von Franklin eingestellt. Seither wird das Gerät als elektronisches Wörterbuch angeboten. (de)
- The Franklin eBookMan is a discontinued handheld device made to read ebooks. This gadget, made from 1999 until 2002, has standard PDA functions and can play and record sounds. It has a black on green touchscreen, contains 8 or 16 MB of RAM, and uses its own proprietary operating system. Its handwriting recognition system accepts nearly natural handwriting. Three models of eBookman were produced: the 900 (8 Mb memory - no backlight), the 901 (8 Mb memory - backlight) and the 911 (16 Mb memory - backlight). All come with an MMC (not SD-compatible for the 8Mb model, but properly compatible with the 16Mb models.) slot which allows for memory expansion. The eBookMan can read contacts and appointments from Microsoft Outlook; synchronization with a Windows PC is done through a USB cable. Early eBookMan units lost all information stored on them when the batteries were changed. Franklin acknowledged the problem, and replaced all defective units at no charge. Its DRM system is tied directly to the hardware, which resulted in an immediate problem for marketing: it was not possible to try the device in-store since it wouldn't work until the user connected it to an Internet-linked PC and downloaded their own registered version of the OS. Support was provided via a home page at Franklin, now removed, which when development ceased in 2002 was still describing the device as 'new'. Although research and development on the eBookMan ceased in 2002, new eBookMans continued to be available from Ectaco. As of April 30, 2011, all support and downloads for eBookMan were discontinued. There is an active user base. Some users have written programs for the eBookMan. Many games were developed and a free version of the Mobipocket reader was developed for the eBookMan to take the place of the underpowered Franklin reader which came with the device. (en)
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