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OverDrive apps for iPhone and Android now support ebooks no comments
OverDrive has updated its iPhone and Android apps, 
at long last adding support for ebooks. This means you should be able to borrow ebooks from your library (as long as it is powered by OverDrive) and read them on your Android phone or tablet (providing it has access to the Android Market) and iPhone.
At the moment the new versions include a few features such as bookmarking, brightness control and font size adjustment. OverDrive is promising to add more advanced features such as annotation, text-to-speech and more. One nice feature that is included is the ability to visit your library and download ebooks directly to the device from within the app.
The OverDrive Media Console can be found in the Android Market and in iTunes. OverDrive has a library finder to locate OverDrive-powered public libraries in your area.
Update: OverDrive is reporting that there is an apparent bug in the new version of the iPhone app that may affect you if you upgrade from an existing Media Console v2.0 installation. If the upgraded app is crashing, try powering off the phone and then restarting it. This seems to work until a permanent fix comes along.
Update 1/8/2011: At the OverDrive booth at CES I was told that an iPad optimized version of the OverDrive app should at last be released by the end of Q1 this year.
Update 2/15/2011: OverDrive released the new iPad app today.
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New OverDrive iPhone app will read ebooks no comments
OverDrive has announced a new iPhone app to be released next month that will add the ability to read ebooks borrowed from your local OverDrive powered public library. An iPad specific app and an Android app that will finally include ebook support will be forthcoming as well. Hopefully we won’t have to wait too much longer for the iPad and Android apps — they have been a long time coming.
Below is a preview video of the iPhone app from Overdrive:
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OverDrive to Support Android, Release Integrated Application no comments
In a press announcement today OverDrive says that support for Android based devices is finally coming. Once this is in place you will be able to read ebooks with Adobe DRM and borrow library ebooks to read on your Android device. The Android app is the first of a series of new apps that will integrate ebooks, audiobooks, and interactive and multimedia into one application.
From the press release:
OverDrive (www.overdrive.com), a leading distributor of eBooks, audiobooks, and digital content for libraries, schools, and retailers, announced that it will release a series of apps that will combine eBooks, audiobooks, and interactive and multimedia content into one user-friendly application. The apps will be available for both mobile and desktop operating systems, including Windows®, Mac®, iPhone®, iPad®, Android™, Windows Mobile®, and BlackBerry®. Millions of end users will benefit from a single software solution for all OverDrive-supplied content, as well as on-the-go access to eBooks from OverDrive-powered library and retail catalogs.
"The significant investments that libraries and retailers are making in premium eBook collections will have even greater value when users can access titles on their mobile devices," said David Burleigh, director of marketing for OverDrive. "Existing eBook collections, as well as upcoming interactive and multimedia content in a variety of genres, will be compatible with apps for iPhone, iPad, Android, and other mobile operating systems."
Android devices will be the first to experience OverDrive’s app with integrated eBook reading features. The app will enable wireless downloads of premium, copy-protected eBooks, as well as enhanced accessibility and usability features such as text-to-speech. This and other mobile apps are being developed under a license agreement with Adobe® and using the Adobe Reader Mobile 9 SDK. All OverDrive apps will support EPUB, PDF, and eBook content protection functionality, including library lending and expiration.
Amazon announced an upcoming Kindle app for Android a few days ago, and today the Financial Times is reporting that in the first quarter of 2010 Android based smartphones outsold those based on Microsoft Windows Mobile for the first time ever.
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OverDrive Audiobook App Available for Android 3 comments
Overdrive has released its audiobook app for Android. Owners of Android based devices can use this new app to borrow or purchase audiobooks from their local libraries and other sources. Audiobooks borrowed from public libraries will automatically expire and are removed from the device when the loan period is over.
OverDrive Audiobook App Now Available in Android™ Market
Android app enables wireless audiobook downloads from libraries and booksellers
(Cleveland, OH) – February 11, 2010 – OverDrive (www.overdrive.com), the leading global distributor of audiobooks and eBooks to libraries and retailers, announced that its audiobook app for AndroidTM is now out of beta and available as a full release. OverDrive’s audiobook app for Android enables users to wirelessly download MP3 audiobooks from more than 10,000 libraries and major online retailers, including Barnesandnoble.com, BooksOnBoard.com, and Borders.com. Major devices, including DROIDTM by Motorola®, DROID ErisTM, and Nexus OneTM, can now be used to access OverDrive-supplied MP3 audiobooks on the go. To install OverDrive® Media ConsoleTM for Android v1.0, visit the Android Market on your device or download directly from http://overdrive.com/software/omc.
Android users can visit http://search.overdrive.com on their devices to find libraries that offer MP3 audiobook downloads. With the zip code search, users can find a local library’s mobile-optimized download website. Using the ‘Advanced Search’ feature, they can browse for audiobooks in the MP3 format. Users will then be able to check out an available title with their library card and download directly to their Android device with OverDrive’s audiobook app.
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