If there is one application that I did not expect but I have totally fallen in love with it is Stanza on the iPhone. My goal when purchasing an iPhone almost two years ago was to eliminate carrying an iPod and a cell phone. These were two devices that I used daily that were requiring me not only to grab them in the morning but also to charge. The elimination of carrying two devices was the lone reason why the iPhone was for me. I was somewhat interested in the applications, but most of them I did not see being extremely useful. In particular one area that I never imagined using the iPhone for was for ebooks. Mainly because I never enjoyed ebooks on my personal computer, I felt a hand held device I would like even less. It turns out that I not only enjoy reading books on my iPhone but that the application I chose is also a free application.
Since discovering Stanza not only have I been impressed with how amazing the free application is, but even more impressed with the applications ability to easily supply all the free content available directly through the application. Stanza allows you to download free ebooks from the Random House free library and Project Gutenberg to name just a few. I have not even purchased an ebook yet, there is so many great classics that I have wanted to read or read again that I have quite a library built up on my iPhone. Even better, I do not have to carry yet another device, such as a Kindle.
Over the past year I have certainly read many more books than I would have if not for the convenience of having a complete library right at my disposal when I am standing in line or on vacation. While I have found other quality applications for my iPhone, Stanza is easily one I consider to be one of the best iPhone applications period. If you have an iPod Touch or an iPhone, you are absolutely crazy if you do not have
Stanza installed. There is even a desktop application that can be used to import various other ebook formats and other texts into Stanza.
