Now, even though the Galaxy S2 has that nice and big 4.3" Super AMOLED Plus screen, its still not a replacement for your kindle or regular books - but, its a very nice thing to have when theres nothing else available!
Now, I havent actually purchased any books through the app (will let you know if I ever do of course), but there are many free books available. I downloaded Mary Shellys Frankenstein
, and Sun Tzus Art of War
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The app allows you to easily browse through various categories, and making selections on what to read is as straightforward as youd expect:
The main part, which of course is actually reading the book ;) is very easy and pleasant to use. There are normal settings youd expect, like being able to save a bookmark of where you are in the book, or change the font size. It even has a cool "night mode" feature, which inverts the colours (white text on black background instead of black on white...)
One thing that still amazes me about the Galaxy S2 is how black the screen is when its displaying black! The pixels are actually turned off completely, so they emit no light whatsoever. When viewing stuff on the phone that has a night mode feature at night is always amazing to behold!
Anyway, back to the book reader app - Im not so sure that Ill ever read a full book on my phone, the screen is big and clear, but it just doesnt beat a good old fashioned book, or even the excellent Amazon Kindle
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.Here are some more screen shots of how the text looks:
The above screen shots shows the different font sizes, as well as what "night mode" looks like.
Turning pages is done by a simple tap or a swipe, which produces a very nice looking page flip effect (which you can also change in the settings if you want...).
That pretty much covers how the Readers Hub Books part works. Very nice indeed!
Next time Ill cover the Magazine part.
Anyway, till next time!
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