I bought the Touchpad to be a sheet music display, and I've made a nice PDF file of all the arrangements I play with my band, only to discover that the Adobe Reader on the touchpad apparently will display thumbnails but not bookmarks in my PDF file. I tried to work around it by creating a table of contents with hotlinks to each song, but apparently, hotlinks aren't working in the WebOS version of Acrobat reader, either.
Am I missing something or am I truly screwed here?
Is there a third party PDF reader that I should be using?
Anyone got any better ideas for a workaround?
If you're not opposed to it...here is a workaround. (You're not screwed)
Install Cyanogenmod alpha 2 to your Touchpad and use the android version of adobe reader. It works fine.
Thanks, but no thanks. I have CM7 on my Nook Color and I'll wait until they have something stable for the Touchpad.
Believe it or not, cm7 is really stable now, just give it a try, besides, you don't lose webos, it is dual boot (and you share the storage between both os)
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no bookmarks on webOS adobe reader was a really big gripe of mine, i LOVE reading books on the touchpad, but remembering the page # every time got really annoying >:/ (ended up have to make a note in the note app with the book/page#)
im not sure theyre gonna even update adobe for webOS anymore either, but it DOES work perfectly on CM7 alpha
I believe this is what you are looking for. Someone hacked the adobe reader and it appears to have bookmarks now
http://forums.precentral.net/webos-patches/302501-pdf-reader-open-last-viewed-page.html#post3194859
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I believe this is what you are looking for. Someone hacked the adobe reader and it appears to have bookmarks now
http://forums.precentral.net/webos-patches/302501-pdf-reader-open-last-viewed-page.html#post3194859
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great post for those who still use webOS
Dang, I thought that was just what the Dr. ordered, but the bookmarks implementation is the exact same thing as the thumbnails. I need the title of the page to display as a bookmark, not a thumbnail of the page. Darn it, so close.
blerg that sucks, perhaps you can peruse the app store and preware for a more suitable "ebook" reader that also supports PDF's
While Picsel smart office doesn't support bookmarks like you described, it can handle hyperlinks, so your revised PDFs may work. Note though, I only tested this on a single PDF file, so YMMV.
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Dang, I thought that was just what the Dr. ordered, but the bookmarks implementation is the exact same thing as the thumbnails. I need the title of the page to display as a bookmark, not a thumbnail of the page. Darn it, so close.
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That sucks... you can always try posting your feature request on the thread. It seems the author has implemented others suggestions.
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While Picsel smart office doesn't support bookmarks like you described, it can handle hyperlinks, so your revised PDFs may work. Note though, I only tested this on a single PDF file, so YMMV.
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I will take a look at it, thanks!
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Hi.
I would like to have a book reader app, supporting epub or fb2 format. The google books does not support this sadly. I like iBooks for iPad, want something similar.
What I did try:
Google Books - doesn't support local files at all
Kindle - need to create account and doesn't support fb2/epub
FBReader - best for phones, but does not support splitting text into two columns, so you can hardly read in landscape mode.
Kobo - same as Kindle
My favorite one to use is the Nook app. It supports epub files, but I'm not sure about the fb2. You do have to create an account for it but I think it is worth it. My favorite thing about it is that it has the turn page animations and you can change the color of the font and the color of the pages to make it look more like a real book. It also is quite smooth and doesn't lag that much. Hope this helps!
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My favorite one to use is the Nook app. It supports epub files, but I'm not sure about the fb2. You do have to create an account for it but I think it is worth it. My favorite thing about it is that it has the turn page animations and you can change the color of the font and the color of the pages to make it look more like a real book. It also is quite smooth and doesn't lag that much. Hope this helps!
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Nook here for epub, very good
Yup. I also use Nook and sideload epubs. It's very snappy.
I use moonreader+
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Aldiko looks amazing on the Tab. There were some crash issues, but they came out with an updated version that supposedly addressed this. I haven't tested extensively enough to verify, so YMMV.
nook app. Its honeycomb optimized and looks great
Anyone know how to get the book covers to show if you import your own epub files on the Nook app? Its not that big of a deal, but it would look much nicer than the grey "n" that shows up. Any help would be appreciated.
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Anyone know how to get the book covers to show if you import your own epub files on the Nook app? Its not that big of a deal, but it would look much nicer than the grey "n" that shows up. Any help would be appreciated.
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I believe BN has that ability stripped on the Market version of the nook app. If you own a nook color, the stock book reader will display covers, but the market app will not. It is one of the reasons I will revert to stock on my NC (and the fact that I got the tab for other tablet uses).
An alternative is the Aldiko reader - it handles epub and shows cover thumbnails.
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I believe BN has that ability stripped on the Market version of the nook app. If you own a nook color, the stock book reader will display covers, but the market app will not. It is one of the reasons I will revert to stock on my NC (and the fact that I got the tab for other tablet uses).
An alternative is the Aldiko reader - it handles epub and shows cover thumbnails.
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Yeah, but I really like the page turn animation that the nook app offers. Aldiko isn't bad, but it doesn't have the feel of a real book like Nook does. Thanks for your feedback man.
yup, sadly there is no perfect app... yet. Nook has sufficient functionality, and reasonable polish, aldiko the most functionality but lacks polish, google books is all polish and no functionality.
Try CoolReader, it supports 2 columns in landscape mode.
It's also open source, used in many e-ink readers and is highly customizable via CSS.
The only missing feature is the lights out mode for Honeycomb, but it will probably appear soon or you can always contribute a patch.
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yup, sadly there is no perfect app... yet. Nook has sufficient functionality, and reasonable polish, aldiko the most functionality but lacks polish, google books is all polish and no functionality.
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I have been trying different readers and found using Nook for my epub books works great with Calibre. I've had it installed on my pc for easy conversion and recently found there is an android app for it as well. The android app allows you to download your epub books from your pc to your device via wifi. Using the Nook app, I can download directly to My Document directory.
Aldiko on the Tab 10.1?
How does Aldiko behave under Honeycomb on the 10.1? I love Aldiko for all its features, but on my HTC Hero and Desire HD it has ridiculous amounts of lag when updating the book cover thumbnails when you are in any of the views.
On those devices, you scroll down just a few books and you see a default Aldiko cover which after a second or so updates to show the actual cover. If you scroll down more, again the same lag. But what is really annoying is that if you scroll up again to the books you just viewed, which had already shown the cover, they have reset to show the default Aldiko, so you have to wait again for it to update. Just looks so tacky, when the rest of the software is so polished.
I really don't understand why they can't update the thumbnails more smoothly, or just update them once.
Is it the same behaviour on the 10.1 or other Honeycomb devices?
That is the only thing really stopping me from getting Honeycomb over the HTC Flyer, because the Flyer's Reader UI like on all their latest phones is simply beautiful, I think it uses OpenGL so it so fluid. I do want to get the latest Android version, but I am such an avid reader I want the best possible experience...
Thanks for any advice!
Galaxy tab touchwiz rom has an ebook reader which supports epub and you can import your own epub books or pdf's as well.
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Galaxy tab touchwiz rom has an ebook reader which supports epub and you can import your own epub books or pdf's as well.
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Really liking this above the others mentioned
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Galaxy tab touchwiz rom has an ebook reader which supports epub and you can import your own epub books or pdf's as well.
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Cool, cant wait for this upgrade
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Does it show cover thumbnails for imported books?
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yes it does.
I put some pdfs and an m4v and flv video on the device, organized in folders. I go in acrobat reader and it seems to find the pdfs, but just puts them in a single list, rather than showing the file hierarchy.
I would like to be able to browse the file hierarchy and touch a file and have it open. I have a lot of pdfs to put in the device and they need to be organized, not one big list.
Also would like to search for text in PDFs.
Ideally I am looking for something similar to ipad's Goodreader wher you can organize a hieararchy of mixed file types, PDF and video, and view any of them.
Acrobat reader and Quick Office seem to be a little slow to load. I am wondering if there is an app for this that is quick loading.
Any ideas?
Agree that Acrobat reader is one of the worst PDF readers all across the pad platforms. But unfortunately it seems that's the only choice on webos. Hope this wave of TP can bring some new PDF reader to it.
[Q] How to search through a PDF?
please excuse the question but I tried google a few times and couldn't get anything. Can the default adobe PDF viewer even search documents? If it can how the hell can I find the option? Is there anything 3rd party that allows searching through pdfs?
[Q] PDF Reading and Citrix?
To current owners, how is reading pdfs on the TP? Is it snappy like Ipad 2 and how about large pdfs like 100mb or greater? I dont really care about annotations.
Also does Citrix work? I saw an ad showing Citrix working. Thx
For the pdf file it's very fast and snappy,very usable, but only tested with a couple of 50Mo one, if you have bigger to test give me a link.
About citrix, take a look here:
http://forums.precentral.net/webos-development/190779-request-citrix-app.html
And
http://blogs.citrix.com/2011/02/09/...ake-webos-devices-enterprise-ready-at-launch/
Ok, I couldn't resist the temptation and got a Touchpad to play with. The two hospital pages where I use Citrix to access medical records don't work. The demo on Youtube looks so smooth . Adobe Acrobat on the WebOS is just as horrid as on the Android platform. There is no way, I can sit there read the PDFs in this condition. The letters all look fuzzy, and I don't think this is purely an issue with resolution and display. The software doesn't fully render it.
The good part is that flash works really well from the browser. Very well done. Also the cards arrangement of the overall OS is the best I have seen out of all 3 tablet platforms. It's unfortunate. I think it just take a little more work from HP to make it competitive.
1. A better screen. It's listed as IPS display but no where close to the Ipad.
2. Work out the small bugs in the WebOS
This pad desperately needs Alkido.
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please excuse the question but I tried google a few times and couldn't get anything. Can the default adobe PDF viewer even search documents? If it can how the hell can I find the option? Is there anything 3rd party that allows searching through pdfs?
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Not to the best of my knowledge, I've looked through every option and nothing. I also asked this same question about searching PDFs and never got a response. FYI I have a few 40mb+ pdfs w/ schematic drawings and it has the tendency of chugging along or even worse it loses the menu bar uptop where I can select pages from. I'll get stuck on page 230 out of 500 and will have to close the card down and open it up again to get the number list.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mantano.reader.android.trial
I've been following development of this reader over at mobileread for a while, and finally had occasion to grab the trial: very impressive. It is at least the equal of Aldiko on epubs, with better pdf support (for my purposes, anyway--I'm not annotating or anything) than ezPDF, and a very polished UI.
It's not cheap, but finally having an app that renders pdfs readable, and being able to retire 2-3 other reading apps in the bargain, makes it well worth it to me. The level of engagement from the devs also bodes well for the app's future.
I also tried the trial of Mantano and love this app! Finally found an app that doesn't hang when reading my pdf manuals, etc. As mentioned above, great interface and well worth the price to do what it does.
What does this $7.49 app have that Adobe Reader/Cool Reader doesn't?
Or it's just 2-in-1 convenience package?
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Or it's just 2-in-1 convenience package?
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This and fast opening/zooming/page turning of large pdf-files.
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What does this $7.49 app have that Adobe Reader/Cool Reader doesn't?
Or it's just 2-in-1 convenience package?
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Adobe reader doesn't remember your place in the document but has great viewing options. Coolreader doesn't support adobe drm so no library support. Aldiko has lots of nice little touches but sucked with pdfs... mantano addresses essentially all of these issues and others. So my opinion its a worthwhile "2-in-1" convenience.
I still prefer ezpdf. Mantano has poor image scaling.
FYI, the current update is apparently causing FCs on the NC,so you may want to freeze updates until they fix it.
Nice app.. imo, better than Moon Reader etc for epubs!
I've tried near every ebook reader app in the market but I've decided to bought Mantano because is by far the best and stable of all!!
I'm very happy about it and I feel that only a proper widget is missing so I've sent an email to them and they answered me in 10 mins!!
here the answer:
Jean-Marie Geffroy [email protected] to me, Arthur
show details 3:06 PM (7 minutes ago)
Hi Dimitri,
Thank you very much for your kind comment!
Currently you can add a shortcut to a book on your home page, but we'll add a widget someday. Before this, our next big improvements will be the support of teh OPDS catalog format, which will allow you to browse a lot of book catalogs available on the web, and the the synchronization between devices and annotations sharing. But the widget is also on our TODO-list.
Thank you again, and have pleasure with our app !
Best regards,
Jean-Marie
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Jean-Marie Geffroy
President
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FYI, the current update is apparently causing FCs on the NC,so you may want to freeze updates until they fix it.
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you might try reinstalling or clearing app data. i'm not getting any fcs with it. still waiting to be able to link to my library through this thing. hopefully that's what they mean by OPDS catalog support...
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you might try reinstalling or clearing app data. i'm not getting any fcs with it. still waiting to be able to link to my library through this thing. hopefully that's what they mean by OPDS catalog support...
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All the problems I've seen so far are from people who paid for the app. I'm still on trial, but disabled auto updates just in case.
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All the problems I've seen so far are from people who paid for the app. I'm still on trial, but disabled auto updates just in case.
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hmm. i'm already on the paid version. perhaps i'm just unusually lucky. are you seeing people complain at mobilereads or elsewhere?
OT: BTW, in nanowrimo under 'skwalas' if you do jump in.
I just caught up on the MR @MR thread, and it looks like they already released a fix that solved people's problems.
After a few short days using the Mantano, I have to say it is better than the Adobe Reader, at least having the "remember last opened" feature.
ePub supporting was just ok, nothing fancy.
Thumb up anyway and thanks to those members who introduced the tool.
I can't open my downloaded BN ebooks with Mantano. It asks for name and password, but won't accept them. Ideas are welcomed. Thanks.
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I can't open my downloaded BN ebooks with Mantano. It asks for name and password, but won't accept them. Ideas are welcomed. Thanks.
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I believe your "username and password" for B&N's DRM is the name on the credit card associated with your account and the credit card number, respectively.
Got rid of moon+ and repligo on mine. Mantano is awesome!
great app. replaced moon reader but not ezpdf because i need the annoation funcionality
i cant install it on my Acer Liquid E with Liquidnext 1.9.2 Rom.
Any ideas why ?
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i cant install it on my Acer Liquid E with Liquidnext 1.9.2 Rom.
Any ideas why ?
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This is a Nook Color forum. Try the Acer forum.
I still have my wi-fi off and probably will until after holidays when I can concentrate on how to either block or root my NT. That said I am wondering about public library books and update 1.41. If someone does get stuck with that and/or are one of the ones that buy a new NT and it is already installed am I correct this is going to stop the use of public library ebooks or will they still work off our microSD card?
I have one under the tree and want to know that also. What about other sources of books. My Simple Touch can get those. Can we put e-books on the sd card from our computer and will the updated nook tablet read the PDFs?
It will read pdfs, however, it sucks. It does not do text reflow or work well with images. Ive converted a couple of pdfs to ebooks using calibre, and the experience improved, but it wasnt like reading a normal ebook. Frankly, i think the best device to view pdfs is an ipad. Btw i also have an asus transformer and im not impressed by its pdf capabilities either. Just my $0.02
** just got the adobe pdf reader update with text reflow. Works well on just text, but the pdf im viewing ( a byte of python) has a grey color behind the code that doesn tdisplay right with text reflow selected. Its either above or below the actual text. (***massive pet peeve)
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It will read pdfs, however, it sucks. It does not do text reflow or work well with images. Ive converted a couple of pdfs to ebooks using calibre, and the experience improved, but it wasnt like reading a normal ebook. Frankly, i think the best device to view pdfs is an ipad. Btw i also have an asus transformer and im not impressed by its pdf capabilities either. Just my $0.02
** just got the adobe pdf reader update with text reflow. Works well on just text, but the pdf im viewing ( a byte of python) has a grey color behind the code that doesn tdisplay right with text reflow selected. Its either above or below the actual text. (***massive pet peeve)
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A devices ability to do anything with any file type is based on the app you are using, not the device itself (unless speaking from a form-factor POV). You should have noted that you are talking about the stock PDF reader on the NT, and try not to mis-inform people. I have a Transformer as well, with EZ PDF Reader on it, and it's great.
miniblue: Side-load EZ PDF Reader from the market. Best PDF app I've ever seen for Android.
I used multiple pdf apps and none of them worked right for ME.
Adobe
Quick office
Documents to go pdf to go
Aldiko
Reader
I would continue to list them but i just got the ota update pushed to my device. So sorry if you felt that i was spreading FUD.
-cheers
The questions still remains does an NT updated to 1.41 work with public library ebooks?
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miniblue: Side-load EZ PDF Reader from the market. Best PDF app I've ever seen for Android.
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Unless you end up with 1.41, then you cant side load.
But back to the topic, i don't think it would effect library use, or that would be cutting their own throat as that would effect a large number of customers.
Mine is on 1.41 and i may try our local library next week just to see. I am able to still load free format PDF and ePub files that are on my SD card. Thankfully i installed ezPDF before the update.
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Unless you end up with 1.41, then you cant side load.
But back to the topic, i don't think it would effect library use, or that would be cutting their own throat as that would effect a large number of customers.
Mine is on 1.41 and i may try our local library next week just to see. I am able to still load free format PDF and ePub files that are on my SD card. Thankfully i installed ezPDF before the update.
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Please let me know you you make out with this if you do try it. Hubby bought me this for more than just the ability to read library books but still that is important to me. Thank you for your input.
Anyone know of a good epub or pdf reader that does the paper/page animation when swiping between pages?
I tested a couple online and they either garble up my epubs or just crash or loop when loading
The stock Asus "my library" has a great page turning animation function and is good for reading epubs and PDF 's. You can select it by opening any PDF or epub in the file manager.
I also found "mantano reader" which has a great note taking ability within the epub or PDF, however it does not have a cool page turn animation. I need this function for notes at school...
Both great readers
Nook is the cleanest imo. Takes epubs, just place then in the nook/mydocuments directory
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I just tried nook (on my phone) and it seems to work great but, I'm reading a watchtower epub and it has like a paragraph then you can click on the scripture and it takes you to it but how do I get back? I see no options to get back to the page I orginally clicked it on.
My Library locks up and FC's on me sometimes lol its not really cutting it for what I want it for maybe I have to tweak it or something?
Not sure exactly, but if you click toward center of the page there should be controls and options show up
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I like nook but the only thing is, It won't show all my artwork for my books atm nothing shows
Check out Moon+ reader. Very good, tons of options. I like it a lot. I convert everything to epub using Calibre and then import them on Moon.
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I like nook but the only thing is, It won't show all my artwork for my books atm nothing shows
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Search the Market for Nook Book Cover Helper (if your rooted) Its finds the covers for you
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Check out Moon+ reader. Very good, tons of options. I like it a lot. I convert everything to epub using Calibre and then import them on Moon.
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Moon+ is the best on the market, especially if you have any illegal copies of ebooks. If you go pro it's even better. I've tried about every ebook reader on the market, the best are laputa(extinct now), Moon+ Pro, and Alkido.
No others come close. Also Moon+ had an easy change cover option and great note taking, plus the pro version has tts.
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I've always used Aldiko but I'll have to check out Moon+. Aldiko wouldn't read a couple of my pdfs and epubs (like 2/50 so far).
WOW on this long road to finding what I need I think I got my combo.
For all PDF's
ezPDF Reader is really nice and slick (Pay App) (I got it for free on Amazon awhile ago)
For EPUB Files
Convert to Mobi Using Calibre
Then Use Kindle
Kindle is slick and seems to be tablet friendly AND shows all my photos for all my epubs
Thanks guys I'll use this combo for awhile I did like Cool Reader and Moon+ They just acted weird on my tablet. Nook Works great but no book covers. So for now ill rock the Kindle/ezPDF combo till
something doesn't work hehe
Can you Sideload on Google Books? There widget is pretty awesome
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Search the Market for Nook Book Cover Helper (if your rooted) Its finds the covers for you
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I couldn't get NBCH to work on my prime...anyone else have better luck?
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I couldn't get NBCH to work on my prime...anyone else have better luck?
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Are you rooted?
yeah EZ PDF reader is a really good one.
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Are you rooted?
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Yeah I am, sorry I should have made that clear. Only a black screen when I open it up and it won't respond after that. Just wondering if it's an isolated case or what...
i'm not rooted and use the paid ver. of Alkido, i have yet to actually buy a book, d/l'd everything and side-loaded it, reads all of my pdf's and epubs, not sure if i got mobi to work or not, all covers shown and nice layout....went through 3-4 of them and fooled around with the stock one for a few days before i settled on this one, i'll check out moon+ as working with unscrupulous files is a big deal to me on a tablet device (why are epub's more expensive then a hard back or paper back on the market? wtf?...enough of that talk though...)
i bought my device mainly for reading comics (200 gigs +) , video games , and wanking off during meetings at work, figuratively not literally, sicko's, lol...update this thread with your impressions after a while i may have to switch again ;-)
Moon reader+ is good. It can even use TTS to read books for you in the pro version.
Lumiread is a good PDF reader
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i'm not rooted and use the paid ver. of Alkido, i have yet to actually buy a book, d/l'd everything and side-loaded it, reads all of my pdf's and epubs, not sure if i got mobi to work or not, all covers shown and nice layout....went through 3-4 of them and fooled around with the stock one for a few days before i settled on this one, i'll check out moon+ as working with unscrupulous files is a big deal to me on a tablet device (why are epub's more expensive then a hard back or paper back on the market? wtf?...enough of that talk though...)
i bought my device mainly for reading comics (200 gigs +) , video games , and wanking off during meetings at work, figuratively not literally, sicko's, lol...update this thread with your impressions after a while i may have to switch again ;-)
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If you're into comic reading, there is nothing better on the market than ComicRack (has a paired desktop app to for organizing and sync) it's the best one I've used (wanted to read Blackest Night & Civil War events on my Droid) none of the others worked as good as it does.
Given your comics are in the comic format (cbz, cbr, etc).
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I'm still not finding the best app for organizing and annotating research papers. Any suggestions?