iSilo app for iPhone and iPad
4.6 (
3296 ratings )
Reference
Productivity
Developer:
DC & Co.
9.99 USD
Current version:
6.21, last update: 6 years ago
First release : 24 Aug 2008
App size: 12.99 Mb
Document reader for viewing document files in iSilo, Palm Doc, and plain text format.
Bonus: Get the complete edition of the CIA World Factbook for free, with layout optimized for viewing on your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad using iSilo. In addition to full information for all the countries of the world, the complete edition contains appendixes, reference maps, field cross-reference links, rank order pages, country profiles for all fields, enlarged flag pages with descriptions, enlarged country maps, and more.
Tens of thousands of documents, eBooks, reference works, non-fiction, fiction available for ready download through the iSilo library. Create your own documents too.
Document list provides recently viewed list of documents, ability to categorize documents into single or multiple categories, marking of favorite folders for easy access, and file explorer access to entire document directory with document file management operations, such as copying/moving/deleting/renaming document files and creating/deleting/renaming folders.
Document viewing options provide for font size and typeface selection, along with customizable color themes with selectable background and text colors. Autoscroll with adjustable speed, view documents in full screen, complete support for both portrait and landscape orientations and rotation. Jump history for easily navigating back and forth when following hyperlinks and jumping to different locations in the document. Documents open to last viewed location. Bookmarks. Document text search.
Select a range of text to copy or annotate it with a comment and choice of color highlighting.
Easily transfer documents to your device via USB, via Wi-Fi by connecting to iSilos built-in file server from your computer, or via download from the Web.
Configure the screen to perform actions when tapped. Assignable actions include scrolling, full screen mode, font sizing, among many others.
The latest version adds the ability to view additional file types. Additional image file types include .jpg, .png, .gif, .tif, among others. Additional document file types include .pdf, .htm, Word (.doc, .docx), Excel (.xls, .xlsx), and PowerPoint (.ppt, .pptx). See the manual for more details on the additional file type support.
Pros and cons of iSilo app for iPhone and iPad
iSilo app good for
An invaluable software for medical use, but the Wi-Fi transfer is still a bit unstable (depending on the size of the archives I have to disconnect and reconnect the iPod so that I can go on uploading them)
For a first release excellent. I really wish people would READ THE DOCUMENTATION before posting reviews. Deleting single document, easy. There are some improvements on the way. Ive been waiting for iSilo since the iPhone was released as it was the single most used app on my palm pilot. I am able to use all of my previous documents and now I finally feel at home! Great work!
Still need many improvement to match WM quality but its a good start
Have used for years on palm, awesome. Of course version 1 is not going to be perfect but the programmers at iSilo can be trusted, I can guarantee that from my experience. They are preoccupied with programming, not marketting. Be patient, you wont regret it.
this is a great app but I dont think there is any excuse for putting out an update that erases all the data you have in the app. test things a little more thoroughly before releasing please!!!
Theres a lot of people not happy with this app...
Im not one of them...
So far, it works very well, no crashing, no headache...
I have so much PDB books that I really needed to buy it...
I still think its too expensive...
But it works, and Im happy...
Très très satisfait, jusquà présent...
Some bad moments
Do not install on my 3G iphone with firmware 3.0.
iSilo support is poor and has no email contact.
There is nobody to ask for help.
Ive lost U$ 9, 99
Datei download klappt nicht z.B. von Yahoo, Humyo und Smartdrive, habe 3h verloren!
Data download not working from Yahoo Humyo and Smartdrive, lost 3h. Needs improvement and is too expensive!!!
Sadly, there is no alternative for certain pdb documents! I wish only the bugs would be eliminated: unexpected shut downs and quirky scrolling are the worst. Also the old-style user interface doesnt allow comfortable search or entry in landscape or...
Been waiting for iSilo for iPhone/iPod Touch but am very disappointed after I purchased it and used it. Id say that it is not worth the money at all. I would not recomment anyone to buy this version just yet. You cant even delete a document unless you want to delete them all. The navigation is really terrible. Not user friendly at all. Other eBook reader applications offer much better quality and naviation ability than this and some of them are even free. Too bad, I cant return it for refund. I hope to see much improvement in the next version release.
This application has proven to be worthless to me. It cannot read either my .pdb or .pdf files.
I bought iSilo specifically to read .pdf files and on my Touch. The iSilo "Application Description" on iTunes states the following:
"Additional document file types [that iSilo can read] include: .pdf..."
Unfortunately, I have been unable to open even simple PDF files. When I contacted iSilo support, they responded with this message "The PDF support is limited to what the iPhone built-in PDF viewer has the ability to display."
If it is known that iSilo cannot read all standard PDF documents, then the iSilo description ought to state "SOME .pdf". Or better still, the App Store description ought to say what iSilo told me directly, that is, "PDF support is limited to what the iPhone built-in PDF viewer has the ability to display." Had I known that, I would not have bought the App.
Also, the iTunes App Store iSilo description states:
"Palm Doc... Thousands of documents, eBooks..." and the sample screen image shows both the iSilo Maual and the CIA Wold Factbook "bonus" in ".pdb" format.
Despite the graphic, iSilo has confirmed to me that iSilo for the Touch cannot read .pdb files. They have not yet responded to me as to why the graphic in the App store shows .pdb files even though the App itself cannot read them. The graphic is extremely misleading.
Given that the iSilo cannot read either type of document that I bought it for, it is useless to me. Ill still give it one star because it did upload the files to the touch as advertised even though it couldnt read them.
Reasons: slow on loading and slow on scrolling. Auto-rotating feature is nagging without locking option. Need more work. Too expensive. Developpers not keen at updating software. Difficult document transfer to iPhone. Dont buy it.
