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When I get my GT10.1 I plan to read a lot of books. I tried it on my DHD using Aldiko, but I think the screen is to small.
I've seen the videos of the preinstalled book app, it looks sweet! Is it a Google app or Samsung?
I'm wondering what book apps would you reccomend?
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When I get my GT10.1 I plan to read a lot of books. I tried it on my DHD using Aldiko, but I think the screen is to small.
I've seen the videos of the preinstalled book app, it looks sweet! Is it a Google app or Samsung?
I'm wondering what book apps would you reccomend?
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It's the Google Books app. But I find myself using the Kindle app.....but I guess that because I have an amazon account.
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It's the Google Books app. But I find myself using the Kindle app.....but I guess that because I have an amazon account.
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Heh, apparently Google Books is not available in Sweden yet...can't find it on the Market and the Google Books internet page just tells me it's not available. Wonder if Samsung will remove the app on the European/Swedish Tabs...
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Aldiko looks and works great on the Tab.
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Aldiko looks and works great on the Tab.
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Aldiko looks and works great on the Tab.
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The google books app and kindle app are both fine, but I need the ability to sideload epub files, so...
I do wish you could limit the page length in aldiko though. One full screen (in portrait) is an awful lot of text.
Aldiko lets you load ePub files from your SD card. I used Aldiko heavily on my Evo 4G but I find myself preferring the Nook app on the tablet. It loads ePubs, splits the pages in two in landscape mode & has page transitions like you see in the Books app. I haven't tried Kindle, but Kobo also lets you load ePubs.
In general I like google book and like the animation of it. However, its still very poor when it comes to functionality. You can't highlight, write note, or annotate. The app by itself remember your last location but you cant mark a page. It still needs more work to be done as i think its unfinished app. I contacted google regarding that, and they said that they are still working to improve the app as its still and i quote "a baby"
I am gonna receive my Tab 10.1 tomorrow and as you have mentioned, i will be doing lots of reading as its one of the reasons i bought the tab. For the meaintime, I think I will go with the Kindle version unless otherwise, google impvorved their ebook.
I am using Nook. Kobo is also good. But anybody know if there is any book app which has built in English dictionary ( or atleast link to an external dictionary) so if you want to know meaning of a word you just highlight and option is there for meaning/synonymous . This is helpful for people for whom English is not first language.
I've tried quite a few, and I find Montano Reader the best for me. Full anotation and highlighting, bookmarking, side loading of epubs and PDF's. I will let you read almost anything.
Asus has a nice books app mybooks I think, they extracted from the transformer Not sure if its working on other tablets yet.
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I'm all about Kindle. I guess it's partly because I have a lot of books there, and don't want to switch, but I like that it's not overly animated, and I can highlight and search in google, wikipedia, and see dictionary definitions directly from the page.
Kind of blows me away that google didn't add in the functionality to highlight and perform a google search.
I have tried pretty much every reader on the market after getting my gt10.1. Nook is probably does the best job of having all the desires features (thought definitely not perfect). Kindle and google books are lacking major features (most importantly highlighting, bookmarking etc + importing non-drm files). Third party apps like cool reader, aldiko and fbreader all have great functionality, but they lack the polished UI you get from the big names. So I chose Nook, because it has the most functionality to go with its polished look. If it had custom fonts it would be near perfect for me.
I've been using the Nook app so far for my limited reading. I tried that, a well as the Kindle app, and prefer the Nook app so far. Nook seems to have more formatting options and I like the "butter" color scheme for daylight reading - it's sort in between the white and sepia settings in Kindle(both of which are available in the Book app as well).
My biggest compliant so far is that text selection can be difficult. I haven't quite figured out how to consistently make a selection so far.
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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
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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.
So i want to make this pretty straight forward, I'm in college, I like to read my books on my tablet, I like to do all sorts of work on my tablet and until now I was a iLoser carrying around an iPad 2 which I had plenty of apps that I became accustomed too. That said, I now rock the Prime and the Galaxy SII skyrocket. I love android much more than crApple's ios. Can I get any student/professor/anybody that uses their fancy new hardware for work and the occasionally play to give me some great apps tips for the tablet? (first thing I downloaded was Evernote!)? Thanks a bunch! Perhaps if we get a bunch of suggestions we can make a section in the app's section for "school" or maybe "productivity" I also want to add that while I don't have the dock (yet) I will be purchasing one when I see it in stores. (whenever that is!)
*if everyone likes the idea of a productivity/school thread in the apps section I wouldn't mind making it and updating it.
(1) Android Office - The most complete office app I know. It's even got a spell checker.
(2) Ezpdf - best for hand write directly into your pdf files.
(3) Repligo - Best for opening very large pdf files. I use it to open and use regularly a pdf file that is 2000+ pages with lots of images. Renders pages instantly.
(4) Printershare - print through cloud print or through wireless.
(5) Writepad stylus - note taking app with palm rejection, meaning you can rest your hand on the screen and still be able to write. Can save your notes as pdf docs.
(6) Antipaper - Another note taking app that has palm rejection.
FYI, all of these apps were free at one point or other on amazon appstore.
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(5) Writepad stylus - note taking app with palm rejection, meaning you can rest your hand on the screen and still be able to write. Can save your notes as pdf docs.
(6) Antipaper - Another note taking app that has palm rejection.
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Any preference between the 2? Looking for a good note taking app for lectures that dont have slides (where ezpdf will work for me)
I like the preloaded supernote app.
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Any preference between the 2? Looking for a good note taking app for lectures that dont have slides (where ezpdf will work for me)
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I prefer writepad stylus.
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I prefer writepad stylus.
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I checked out both and one of the biggest problems I have with both is that I don't seem to be able to make folders to put notebooks in. I would want to have folders for each class, and then within the folder each notebook would be a lecture. Fairly surprised I cant do somethjing like that so not sure if I am missing something
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I checked out both and one of the biggest problems I have with both is that I don't seem to be able to make folders to put notebooks in. I would want to have folders for each class, and then within the folder each notebook would be a lecture. Fairly surprised I cant do somethjing like that so not sure if I am missing something
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Well, you could create your own folders. After you're done with a particular class, you could output the saved notes for that day as pdf and then store it in your own folder.
Or you could make several notebooks, one for each class, and then keep writing into the notebooks as if it's a paper notebook.
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Another idea is this. Just make blank pdf files or pdf files with lines and then use something like ezpdf or repligo to write directly into the pdf file.
Just a couple ideas.
The main idea is make due with what you have. Be creative. Don't just have a set of ideas of what you want and then get stumped when you can't do exactly what you want.
Oh yah it wouldn't be a big deal if I couldn't, just wanted to check if I was missing some way to do it.
If I can't make folders so long as I name them correctly it shouldnt be a problem since I can do a search for notebooks which should work out the same as a folder so long as my naming is good.
I should probably do the whole export and put in my own folders anyways as a just in case
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(1) Android Office - The most complete office app I know. It's even got a spell checker.
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I seem not be able to find it on any market.
You don´t happen to have a description/link, do you?
EDIT: I suppose you were talking about androffice, right?
In this case, I found it. But it looks like it doesn´t support .***x files, or does it?
Also it doesn´t support formulas in word documents, right?
Due to the nature of the lecture and slides it's best if I annotate/markup the slides themselves so Ive been using ezpdf, but I really like the ease of use and features of the stylus/handwriting, especially the zoom feature on antipaper (Ive seen this on some ipad pdf reader as well ). So are the any note taking apps that allow you to draw on pdfs, or any pdf reader/editors with more robust annotation/markup tools?
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Due to the nature of the lecture and slides it's best if I annotate/markup the slides themselves so Ive been using ezpdf, but I really like the ease of use and features of the stylus/handwriting, especially the zoom feature on antipaper (Ive seen this on some ipad pdf reader as well ). So are the any note taking apps that allow you to draw on pdfs, or any pdf reader/editors with more robust annotation/markup tools?
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Repligo, listed in the 2nd reply
SteveCheeseman said:
Due to the nature of the lecture and slides it's best if I annotate/markup the slides themselves so Ive been using ezpdf, but I really like the ease of use and features of the stylus/handwriting, especially the zoom feature on antipaper (Ive seen this on some ipad pdf reader as well ). So are the any note taking apps that allow you to draw on pdfs, or any pdf reader/editors with more robust annotation/markup tools?
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You can zoom in on your pdf in ezpdf (double tap, or two finger.... opposite of pinch) and do your annotations like that if you need to get closer for your notes.
And when you are zoomed in and have free hand annotations selected, you can use 2 fingers to scroll around even while still in annotation mode.
As for the repligo suggestion I personally found it not quite as nice for annotations because you have to do 3 taps just to start an annotation. Once to bring up menu's, once to select the menu, then again to select "draw freehand", where with ezpdf its just one click on the top bar and your going.
edit. If you are taking lots of notes off of powerpoint/pdf slides, check out this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1435453
With some help figured out how to add some extra blank space to the side of my slides for added room for notes (so the slide takes pretty well the whole screen and all of it is capable of annotating on.
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Repligo, listed in the 2nd reply
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Yeah I've tried all the apps mentioned in this thread, i was asking if there are any pdf annotation apps with the feature set of a stand alone hand writing app. I don't feel like ezpdf and repligo have the robust annotation features that i want.
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You can zoom in on your pdf in ezpdf (double tap, or two finger.... opposite of pinch) and do your annotations like that if you need to get closer for your notes.
And when you are zoomed in and have free hand annotations selected, you can use 2 fingers to scroll around even while still in annotation mode.
As for the repligo suggestion I personally found it not quite as nice for annotations because you have to do 3 taps just to start an annotation. Once to bring up menu's, once to select the menu, then again to select "draw freehand", where with ezpdf its just one click on the top bar and your going.
edit. If you are taking lots of notes off of powerpoint/pdf slides, check out this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1435453
With some help figured out how to add some extra blank space to the side of my slides for added room for notes (so the slide takes pretty well the whole screen and all of it is capable of annotating on.
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yeah that's why I've been using ezpdf as of late, i especially Luke the fact that you can resize all the annotations after the fact. And thanks for the link
Sorry, I've been a bit busy, I plan on testing all these apps and pointers out tonight! thanks for the info!
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Yeah I've tried all the apps mentioned in this thread, i was asking if there are any pdf annotation apps with the feature set of a stand alone hand writing app. I don't feel like ezpdf and repligo have the robust annotation features that i want.
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what about the stock supernote app? Also, you could try just saving extra blank PDFs to your TP with lines in them (ie lined paper), as someone else suggested.
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FYI, all of these apps were free at one point or other on amazon appstore.
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i dont think amazon or the app store works on the prime, atleast i cant pull it up
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i dont think amazon or the app store works on the prime, atleast i cant pull it up
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do you have an android phone? you could install it there, back it up to an SD card via titanium backup and transfer it to your prime via TiBu restore.
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i dont think amazon or the app store works on the prime, atleast i cant pull it up
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It is working on mine...rooted ics
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I've found Dropbox to be really helpful. Not really an android specific app but it has been really helpful in group projects and case write-ups I need to access for class discussions.
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((6) Antipaper - Another note taking app that has palm rejection.
FYI, all of these apps were free at one point or other on amazon appstore.
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How can you even use this? I've tried but trying to write small letters on this is impossible. All i get withthis program are small lines and dots.
I have tried a few out but can't seem to find one that does what I need.
The problem of course is that the NT screen is just too small to read a comic in actual size. I imagine tablets like the iPad would be perfect for this. So I am left either zooming manually which is just an absolute pain and breaks immersion every few seconds, or squinting at a page that has been fit to my screen. The pics are fine but the text is, oftentimes too small. I cannot imagine how people read comics on phones yet I hear them talk about doing so all the time.
Anyone got a preferred app that solves some of these issues?
I dont know what comics you are reading but if you are interesting in Japanese manga(like me) i have some recommendations.
Pocketmanga,i dont know what's going on with this because it were in market as mango then they removed it and it was available in their site,then they named pocketmanga and put it back to market and now they removed it again. So search it in Google. Its probably the best.
Mangawhat, you can find it in the market
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Sw339 said:
I have tried a few out but can't seem to find one that does what I need.
The problem of course is that the NT screen is just too small to read a comic in actual size. I imagine tablets like the iPad would be perfect for this. So I am left either zooming manually which is just an absolute pain and breaks immersion every few seconds, or squinting at a page that has been fit to my screen. The pics are fine but the text is, oftentimes too small. I cannot imagine how people read comics on phones yet I hear them talk about doing so all the time.
Anyone got a preferred app that solves some of these issues?
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Have you tried Perfect Viewer? I personally use it myself as an image viewer but it is advertised as a comic viewer by the author.
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I have tried a few out but can't seem to find one that does what I need.
The problem of course is that the NT screen is just too small to read a comic in actual size. I imagine tablets like the iPad would be perfect for this. So I am left either zooming manually which is just an absolute pain and breaks immersion every few seconds, or squinting at a page that has been fit to my screen. The pics are fine but the text is, oftentimes too small. I cannot imagine how people read comics on phones yet I hear them talk about doing so all the time.
Anyone got a preferred app that solves some of these issues?
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The first thing I'd recommend is trying to read in horizontal/landscape mode. I've got a PDF version of Batman: The Killing Joke and it works just fine reading like that. You only have to scroll vertical, but you don't have to squint to read the text.
If you need a good comic reading app though, everyone seems to be in love with Comic Rack. There's a free version that has ads (But only in the menus; they don't intrude on whatever you're reading.)
So give Comic Rack a try. I haven't used it since I'm not a heavy comic reader, but most people I know who have 7-inch tablets like the Nook Tab say it's just right.
I use Comis Reader Mobi, its not free, but i find it the best. I use it one my phone and tablet, the magnifier function is great for the text.
On my tablet i can read a page in portrait, using the magnifier to read the small stuff.
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I have tried a good 5 or so manga(comic) viewers for the NT, and the best I've come across is the 'Droid Comic Viewer'. It doesn't connect to any manga sites for you to download and view right there, but speaking in just being a viewer, its one of the best. Should definitely give it a try.
+1 for ComicRack
IMHO the best is Manga Watcher ...
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IMHO the best is Manga Watcher ...
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no it isn't...pocketmanga (or other name: mango) is. search it on internet.
+1 for ComicRack.
Also, the Marvel Comics app performs well on the Nook Tablet. It has a zoom feature that pretty much does a frame by frame zoom. Of course the Marvel Comics app only works with comics downloaded from the app, but there are frequent free comics available.
You will need to search and download an APK file as its "not supported" on the Nook Tablet, but works well.
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ComicRack is the way to go.
I use it on my tablet. The only small issue I have with it is the gestures to flip pages and for returning to comic listing.
Comixology and/or Dark Horse.
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I use perfect viewer and have been plenty happy with it. I read way too many comics every week so it gets a lot of use. You can zoom on it as well as reading in landscape
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I'm the developper of "Challenger comics viewer".
The application is available on market : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kill.geek.bdviewer
Don't hesitate to try it ! (there is a video on the market).
Pages are streamed and so, there are no wasted time to load pages.
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Have you tried Perfect Viewer? I personally use it myself as an image viewer but it is advertised as a comic viewer by the author.
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Perfect Viewer is the best app which I used to watch comic off line
ComicRack is bad for 'right to left' comics ( like japanese... ).
in my opinion, 'komik' is best to read in NT.
It is very smooth than others and simple to use.
Manga Watcher is the best online manga reader ever (you can download to read offline of coz).
For ZIP, RAR, CBR, I think Perfect Viewer will be the best choice.
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I prefer ACV (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.androidcomics.acv&hl=ru)
It's simple and customizable.
I use myComics
Hello,
I've been using myComics app for Android to read my comics on my phone, on my way to work!
It works great with small screen devices, because the speech balloon's pop up zoom!
Give it a try.
Thanks,
Direz Gunstad
Comic Rack is the best out of all the ones I've tried
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Hi, I purchased the TF300 a while back but didn't purchase the dock with it. I recently purchased the dock and entered my first year in University. Since I'm new to using an Android tablet for school work, are there any apps that you can recommend? Thanks.
Kingsoft Office is a very good mobile office suit, you can save the files as .doc(x) so editing them at home with your desktop is possible, it's fast intuitive and easy to learn.
I'd highly recommend a good and fast PDF reader, something like readaee pro is a good investment. ezpdf is not bad but you clearly need to decline some of it's permissions the app is way to nosy.
Also a good file-manager such as Root-Explorer, Total-Commander can save you a lot of team and helps to organize your pdf, uni files.
Quickoffice, iAnnotate, ES file explorer, and Any.do would be my recommendation
The one you will find is the place that you are not looking, and no, it is not behind you
The new google docs app is now much more dock friendly, and I end up using that a lot because my school has google domain accounts for everyone.
For offline, I do use Kingston as someone else previously mentioned.
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maybe "Remote Desktop". together with the dock it could work out well...
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maybe "Remote Desktop". together with the dock it could work out well...
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Splashtop is very good.
Here's one I have found useful. Overdrive Media Console. You can use it to access books from your local library.
Splash top + one note on the computer
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I know its abit late but i use Handrite + Adonit Jot Classic to take notes during my classes makes if you like hand writing as much as I do you'll find this combination really usefull
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I know its abit late but i use Handrite + Adonit Jot Classic to take notes during my classes makes if you like hand writing as much as I do you'll find this combination really usefull
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My adonit jot scratched my screen, permanently.
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My adonit jot scratched my screen, permanently.
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Atually i notice that happens when theres "dust"bettwen the screen and the tip, I have a screen protector but i do see small lines not really visible if you aint looking for them
I'm an editor. I use polaris office, read pdf with perfect viewer (and pdf addon), transfer files with teamviewer (also great to check up on my pc @ home), extensively use es explorer for ftp & cloud surfing, also, airdroid comes in handy when having to upload a file on the fly