They both need ready access to vast amounts of information. iSilo is the professional’s e-book format.ĭoctors and lawyers have one significant thing in common, besides being highly-paid professionals. Instead, it took laser aim at a very narrow market segment and concentrated on meeting that segment’s every need.
It has accomplished this largely by “staying beneath the radar”-unlike MobiPocket or eReader, iSilo never tried to become a widely-adopted mass market e-book format. Over ten years later, iSilo is perhaps the only original e-book format company left that is both still active and under its own ownership. Whereas the other formats were trying to replicate the printed-book experience on the small screen, iSilo was most concerned with replicating webpages on the small screen. Parts of this review are taken from my review of iSilo v1.31 for the iPhone, updated to reflect changes.īack in the ‘90s, when Peanut Press and MobiPocket and others were concentrating on making print books readable on PDAs, iSilo was coming at things from a different direction. The downside is that, as with many powerful tools, its user interface can be a trifle arcane and hard-to-understand, especially for new users. ISilo and its free document converter iSiloX make up an extremely powerful tool for taking web content with you wherever you go. However, if neither of these conditions applies, you can probably give iSilo a miss. Likewise, if you are a member of the medical or legal professions, you will find a considerable amount of useful pre-made iSilo content available to you.
The availability of iSilo reader apps for a fairly large number of other devices and platforms is another plus. If you need to mirror web documents or sites on the iPhone with an absolute minimum of time and effort, particularly those heavy on tables, iSilo is definitely for you. If you’re wondering whether the iSilo reader (v5.17) for the iPhone and iPad is worth the hefty $9.99 cost, the answer depends on whether you’re within its target audience.
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