A book on my phone!
Now on Orange World (Belgium)

A collaboration between the French company Cityneo and software creator François
Grimonprez has produced a new mobile phone service : A Book On My Phone.
Already available on OrangeWorld (Mobistar in Belgium) « A book on my phone" allows you to download complete books onto your mobile phone and read them whenever you get a spare minute

A Book On My Phone will offer classic literature by authors like Dumas, Baudelaire, and Jules Verne. A Book On My Phone uses Txm (Text for mobile) computer language to produce a quality equivalent to « MS ClearType ®» and compatibility with 107 different sorts of mobile phones.

« A book on my phone» puts a library in your pocket ! Whether you're at the dentist or in the car, sipping a coffee, waiting for a friend, or simply killing time, A Book On My Phone gives you access to the books you most want to read anytime, anyplace. Whether you're listening to a radio interview and want to double-check the interviewer, searching for a quote, or want to get the facts straight in a discussion with friends, A Book On My Phone lets you quickly access the reference or the author you're looking for.


A TXM book : How does it work?
Txm compresses a complete volume like “Around the World in 80 Days” from 440 Kcharacters to a size a modern cellphone can easily handle 220Koctet. A Book In My Phone also offers convenient functions like "last read", "bookmarks," "go to chapter", and "go to page".

OrangeWorld.. and much more
Belgian cellphone company Mobistar quickly perceived the potential of the Book On My Phone application and encouraged the development of the service together with CityNeo. The result was
OrangeWorld's Good Reading> M-book feature.
“A Book On My Phone” will soon be available on Vodafone (Proximus) and intends to win over many other carriers. Thierry Marigny, CEO of Cityneo in Paris, heard opportunity knocking and has joined the campaign to place the service on additional carrier portals worldwide.


The advantage of TXM

TXM optimizes the readability of text on the small (and very small) screens of mobile phones.

TXM is a simple and easy application that is enjoyable to use.

TXM takes full control by displaying optimized type (fonts).

TXM optimizes the transfer of the book data - resulting in faster and cheaper downloads.

TXM provides for an integrated library on your phone.

TXM provides for secure transport of content, protecting your copyrights.

TXM displays all roman script Indo-European languages.

TXM allows the user to adjust basic settings such as size of type and orientation for an optimized reading experience.