Plucker is an
open-source
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offline
e-reader
An e-reader, also called an e reader or e device, is a Mobile computing, mobile electronic device that is designed primarily for the purpose of reading digital e-books and Periodical literature, periodicals.
Any device that can display text on ...
for
PDAs, and the associated Plucker file format. The Plucker software suite includes a supporting desktop application for creating Plucker files and transferring them to supported devices.
Plucker was designed for late-1990s and early-2000s low-power handheld devices such as the
Palm Pilot, before the advent of widespread wireless internet and internet-enabled mobile devices. Plucker uses an extensible plugin design to convert content from file formats and web-based formats into a compact Plucker file with
formatted text
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and embedded images, for offline mobile reading.
See also
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Wikipedia:Snapshots – 2000 Wikipedia articles in Plucker format
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FBReader – free FictionBook ebook reader which can view Plucker and HTML files.
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iSiloX
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Evernote
Evernote is a note-taking and task management, task-management application software, application developed by the Evernote Corporation.
History
Evernote was acquired by the Italian technology company Bending Spoons in November 2022.
Usage
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Calibre
References
Sources
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External links
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SourceForgeVade-Mecum Plucker viewer for
Pocket PC
A Pocket PC (P/PC, PPC) is a class of personal digital assistant (PDA) that runs the Windows Mobile operating system, which is based on Windows Embedded Compact, Windows CE/Windows Embedded Compact, and that has some of the abilities of modern ...
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* https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Plucker
* https://sunrise.mobileread.com/
* https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/SunriseXP_reference
* https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Web-clipping_software
Ebooks
Free web browsers
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