News
20/02/2008
ReadManiac
goes Open Source
Due
to complete loss of interest to J2ME programming, I'm stoping project
support and starting SourceForge
project. Whether this is a death of project, or group of talented
developers will keep it evolving, will be known in nearest future.
01/09/2006
Version
2.6
Large
interface font, improved bookmarks, default text formatting options
and bugfixes. See
Version history for details.
25/01/2006
Version
2.5.1
Arabic,
Hebrew and Greek support +bugfixes for version 2.5.
See
Version history for details.
10/01/2006
Version
2.5
LITE
books with images, TINY core, filesystem access on Motorola C650,
optimized ZIP extraction, full manual and several bugfixes. This version
took a lot of time for development, but also became a major step in
ReadManiac improvement.
See
Version history for a full list
of improvements.
24/12/2005
Site
has been redesigned.
28/11/2005
Search engine has been updated.
Searh
engine has been filled with links to az.lib.ru
and www.fictionbook.ru libraries.
Now
Search
engine holds links to more than 60.000 books !
04/09/2005
Version
2.4
New slideshow modes, enchanced backlight control and more.
See
Version history for a full list of improvements.
10/08/2005
Version
2.3g
- A few bugfixes and improvements
This
release includes several bugfixes for 2.3 version
23/07/2005
Version
2.3
- MIDP2.0 core, landscape mode, JSR-75 support
New
MIDP2.0 core allows long awaited screen rotation feature.
JSR-75 API support allows phone's filesystem access on a lot of non-Siemens
phones -
see JSR-75 support notes
See
Version history for a list of improvements.
25/05/2005
Version
2.2
- Color and ClearType fonts, LITE version and more
Version
2.2 makes major steps with Color and ClearType fonts support,
and also LITE version.
Now ReadManiac Building Wizard can be used to convert books into midlets
with embeded books (ReadManiac LITE). This is similar to way like
other bookreaders work. So now ReadManiac is much more usable on low-end
non-Siemens phones.
See
Version history for a list of improvements.
25/05/2005
Part
of ReadManiac sources has been released
I
have released TMyFile class hierarchy. TMyFile provides unified access
to txt, pdb,prc, tcr, zip files, and files in midlet resources.
Also hosting jzlib_j2me library by Alexandre Rusev, Alexey Soloviev
(zlib port to j2me).
Check download section.
20/05/2005
Russian
ReadManiac page opened
Russian
ReadManiac page is now running at www.readmaniac.com.ru
17/04/2005
Quick
fix for CX70
ReadManiac
2.1a has failed to browse directories on CX70 with lastest firmware.
Since
version 2.2 is in the middle of development, I decided to release
a quick fix for CX70 - prebuilt JAR files of midlet. See Version
history
14/02/2005
Version
2.1a - quick fix for Nokia version
ReadManiac
was unable to run on Nokia phones with "Error verifying class
Z".
Now fixed.
09/02/2005
Version
2.1 - MIDP1.0 core, minor bugfixes
Now
ReadManiac should work practically on any phone with JAVA support.
Check MIDP1.0 version notes
See a full list of improvements in Version history
25/01/2004
Fix
for firmware 41 (Siemens 65 series)
This
is NOT a new version of midlet. This is special version which works
on firmware 41 and have several disadvantages. See Version
history and Download section.
09/01/2004
Version
2.0 - ZIP, PDB and TCR support, German
version and more
Considering
small storage space, support for compressed
files is
a very usefull
feature. Check ZIP support notes
Search engine has been filled with links to ZIP files.
See a full list of improvemets in Version history
26/12/2004
Version
1.9a - Nokia version (Beta)
Now
ReadManiac can be used on Nokia phones.
However, Nokia version has several limitations, read Nokia
version notes
This version also features improved performance and minor bug fixes,
check version history
16/12/2004
Version
1.9 - ReadManiac got search engine !
Now
I can say that ReadManiac REALLY IS A Library in the pocket !
Just
don't forget your phone when set out on travels, and you could read
any book on your way !
A Search
Engine with thousands of links is accesible right from midlet:
Select "File->Search book...", enter author or book title,
and you can download found book with "File->Get HTTP..."
!
19/11/2004
Slovak
documentation inside package has been updated
Thanks
to Peter Bachraty for translating faq.txt to Slovak.
14/11/2004
Version
1.8c - Czech
version
+
file browser now can browse MMC card on S65 and subdirectories inside
storage on SL45i FW56.
05/11/2004
Version
1.8b - File
browser now works on C65V and other customized models.
+continue
download ("Get next part of the file") now does not require
to download and discard start of the file.
Start of the file is just skipped (if web server supports this).
31/10/2004
English-Central Europe version of midlet did not work. Now fixed.
27/10/2004
Version
1.8a - Slovak and
English-Cyrillic version
+minor
bugfixes. Read version history below.
Also midlet did not work if downloaded througth WAP since version
1.7. Now it's fixed.
24/10/2004
Version
1.8 - a lot of new features
C65
support, file browser on SL45i, partial download with continue, new
fonts and more. This version has major improvements - read version
history below.
29/09/2004
Version
1.7b - Timezone and daylight-saving bug
fix
This
version solves bug with clock late by 1 hour on 65 series. Also "Known
bugs" section has been added.
23/09/2004
Version
1.7a - quick fix for file browser
I
had various reports that file browser does not work. This version
fixes this problem. Check version history below.
19/09/2004
Version
1.7 - full featured browser and more !
Check
version history below. Also FAQ section has
been updated.
15/08/2004
Version 1.6a
- russian version of midlet available !
I
need volunteers to translate midlet to other languages. If you can
dedicate about 4 hours and treat this as serious job, please contact
me. About 15Kb of text need to be translated.
03/08/2004
Version 1.6
with CX65, C60, MC60 and CF62 support.
Indudes
new features and new font - read version history below.
Also FAQ section has been updated.
13/03/2004
Version
1.5 with a lot of new features. Read version
history below.
29/01/2004
Version
1.4 - FREEWARE now !
Since
at present days I do not have enought time to provide adequate support,
which is required by good commercial application, I decided to make
ReadManiac freeware.
New version also has increased stability on SL45i phones.
10/08/2003
Version
1.3 with PUNJAB script support.
Package includes PUNJAB font.
10/08/2003
FAQ section is updated.
10/08/2003
Version
1.2 with a lot of enchantments ! Read version
history below.
10/08/2003
Register for a lower price ! New price is $4.99.
