The page should at least mention that Readmill is an e-book reader for the iPhone. It is not evident upfront from the blog post and the screenshots are not as clear. It almost seems like Readmill could be a read-it-later app like Pocket or Instapaper.
Maybe it's because I ride a bus but not a train. I've never seen a 'raised eyebrow' when someone pulls out an iPad or other larger-than-phone device to read or otherwise pass the time with.
Hopefully someone from Readmill is around to satisfy my curiosity - why would someone raise an eyebrow at that?
When I commuted into and around NYC, reading on a larger-than-phone device was always totally unremarkable, so I'm confused. There's probably a cultural difference here that's interesting.
My issue was the sentence: "Luckily, we have great reading devices in our pockets: our phones."
My phone is not a great reading device. Far too small. I do have ebooks on my smartphone in case I ever needed something to read, but the compactness of the phone made me never do so.
That's cool, but iBooks works pretty well. This is prettier in a Metro-sort of way and less skeuomorphic, so there's that.
My biggest complaint about ebooks in the Apple ecosystem is that iTunes is a miserable way to manage them. And I want a single app for iPad and iPhone, plus a Mac version, which handle at least ePub PDF and mobi, and sync content and metadata. Simple, right?
[+] [-] desigooner|13 years ago|reply
[+] [-] DIVx0|13 years ago|reply
[+] [-] gyardley|13 years ago|reply
When I commuted into and around NYC, reading on a larger-than-phone device was always totally unremarkable, so I'm confused. There's probably a cultural difference here that's interesting.
[+] [-] glennsayers|13 years ago|reply
[+] [-] donretag|13 years ago|reply
My phone is not a great reading device. Far too small. I do have ebooks on my smartphone in case I ever needed something to read, but the compactness of the phone made me never do so.
[+] [-] jonheller|13 years ago|reply
I wish the product page had more information though, unless I'm missing something. For example, how do I add books to my library?
[+] [-] ressawh|13 years ago|reply
You can drag'n'drop any ePub or PDF right into the browser (anywhere on readmill.com) and the app will automatically download it.
There's also the "Send to Readmill" button: https://readmill.com/support#send-to-readmill
[+] [-] quesera|13 years ago|reply
That's cool, but iBooks works pretty well. This is prettier in a Metro-sort of way and less skeuomorphic, so there's that.
My biggest complaint about ebooks in the Apple ecosystem is that iTunes is a miserable way to manage them. And I want a single app for iPad and iPhone, plus a Mac version, which handle at least ePub PDF and mobi, and sync content and metadata. Simple, right?