E-Books on your Cell-Phone

[Colin Dunstan]

Audible.com and Sprint PCS have announced a co-marketing program that allows you to listen to audio e-books on cellular phones.

As part of the agreement, each new AudibleReady Smart Device from Sprint will include the AudiblePlayer application with introductory audio content loaded into the device ROM. The first such phone, the Sprint PCS Vision Smart Device SP-i600 by Samsung, is already available US-nationwide in various Sprint Stores ($469.99 after savings).

Of course, you can also use your Treo 600 to listen to Audible.com content. But I think it is interesting how cell phone technology is heading towards the information-rich online world.