BooksInMyPhone

I suspect that, in general, librarians are no great lovers of mobile phones. Certainly they have their place but it ain't the library! And the notices that declare "Please switch off your mobile" actually mean "Would everyone else please switch off their mobiles".

But as Mr Dylan sagely put it:
People are crazy and times are strange
I'm locked in tight, I'm out of range
I used to care, but things have changed
Firstly it was the Hairdressing Training resource that the good offices of JISC Collections have made freely available to FE & the invitation to London for the launch party of Hairdressing Training for Mobile Devices. The press release for the event can be found here; to access the resource from your mobile you apparently point your WAP-enabled phone at http://www.htmob.mobi/index.php. Ho hum.
And then it gets worse. That Damascene moment.
I discover that the Samsung phone (mp3 player / radio / mp4 player / wee computer) with the silly Java games can also be reborn as an Amazon Kindle. OK, so slight exaggeration.
[Cut to the chase]

BooksInMyPhone makes it possible for you to read books on your mobile/cell phone!
They format and package books so that you can read them on a java enabled phone. Most phones sold today are java enabled & the book reader program is integrated within each book downloaded.
Features of the BooksInMyPhone book reader program include:

• Adjustable font size settings. Make the letters bigger or smaller according to your personal preference.
• Night-vision mode. Makes it easy to read in a dark room.
• Chapter navigation. Navigate the book by chapter.
• Pause & Auto-resume function. Automatically pauses and resumes to accomodate incoming calls.
• Auto-bookmark. You never have to remember where you're up to in the book.

OK, so we're talking public domain / creative commons books here. As in classic texts. So?

Phones? Maybe. BooksInMyPhone? A resounding three cheers.

http://www.booksinmyphone.com/