Can anyone recommend a good pdf viewer mainly for textbooks? I had a transformer and they have a really good reader called "My Library". I like the fact you can double tab on any part of the screen and it will fit the page vertically so you can just scroll left and right to view the left portion and right portion of the page without scrolling up or down. Does anyone know a app that does something like this? I just bought ezPDF reader and when I double tap it zooms too far in so instead of fitting the page vertically. This is all in portrait mode if that matters.
Haven't tried it myself, but saw on the mobi forums that a lot of people like Mantano Reader (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mantano.reader.android&feature=search_result). Seems to have a bunch of PDF features plus epub abilities.
Is there any way to detach the Flyer's notes app from Evernote? The pen & keyboard keep getting in each other's way when I open a new note in Evernote when I just want to scribble something with the pen.
I always thought Evernote was just the back end syncing... Not sure how that would remedy your problem with the keyboard. Depending on how you write or hold the Flyer, try to keep a finger from the non-pen hand touching the margin of the note... It should reduce keyboard from popping up.
For those who are lucky enough to try out HC on their Flyers, I have a few questions about the pen functionality that I can't seem to find anywhere.
I know you can use the pen to touch apps and scroll and such, but how is the functionality of the pen when used in the apps?
To be more clear, you know how the pen takes screen shots of anything you touch when you want to annotate anything (in an app that's not compatible with the pen)? How does that change in HC? In a YouTube video I only noticed that it acts as your finger when you use the pen.
I use the Flyer a lot in school and it gets frustrating to have to take snapshots of every single power point that I want to highlight or annotate. (Mostly because some powerpoints I don't annotate and aren't included in the folder of those that are annotated) Does HC allow for more functionality with the pen with other files/apps such as PPT files? The functionality of the pen with Polaris Office and PDF Reader just isn't enough to be efficient to be used in an educational setting IMO.
Thanks.
Pen in HC works exactly like how your finger works, except with the pen-enabled apps. Those still works the same way as in GB. To use the screen shot scribble mode, there is an extra option in the pen menu when you click the pen hardware button.
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The same functionality it just can be used as a capacitive stylus now versus in gb you could only use it in certain apps. Now you can virtually swipe and touch any screen and menu. I have two office applications I'm going to see if the stylus works in either and get back to you
The dev of the app quill resized it correctly for flyer. Pressure sensitivity works great and so does palm rejection. Just thought I'd give the heads up
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aostl said:
The dev of the app quill resized it correctly for flyer. Pressure sensitivity works great and so does palm rejection.
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The pen detection for HTC devices is included in version 6.2 and higher. You can get it on the Android Market or download the apk for free from Google Code
Thanks for your help in debugging/testing!
- Quill developer
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The pen detection for HTC devices is included in version 6.2 and higher. You can get it on the Android Market or download the apk for free from Google Code
Thanks for your help in debugging/testing!
- Quill developer
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Is there a preferred way to get in touch with you for more testing?
I currently have both the Flyer and Jetstream. Pen input works on both with pressure sensitivity.
I can't seem to get zooming to work at all.
I have a number of suggestions as well. I had actually been thinking about forking your code to make adjustments
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The pen detection for HTC devices is included in version 6.2 and higher. You can get it on the Android Market or download the apk for free from Google Code
Thanks for your help in debugging/testing!
- Quill developer
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My pleasure. Thanks for developing a cool app
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cmunho said:
I can't seem to get zooming to work at all.
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Press the 4-diagonal-arrows icon. Then you can pinch-to-zoom, at least it *should* work ;-)
I do check up on XDA threads; or PM me if you want...
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Press the 4-diagonal-arrows icon. Then you can pinch-to-zoom, at least it *should* work ;-)
I do check up on XDA threads; or PM me if you want...
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Hi! This method works well. But when I double tap, it zooms just a tiny bit. About 5% is my guess.
AF241 said:
But when I double tap, it zooms just a tiny bit. About 5% is my guess.
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Double tap switches between fill screen width and fit everything on screen. If your virtual paper is almost the same as the screen, then the change can be very small. Try e.g. A4 paper and rotate the tablet into landscape, then you'll see a huge change.
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Double tap switches between fill screen width and fit everything on screen. If your virtual paper is almost the same as the screen, then the change can be very small. Try e.g. A4 paper and rotate the tablet into landscape, then you'll see a huge change.
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Got it. This app is perfect. Just one suggestion- Please enable pinch to zoom in quill/pencil modes so that we can zoom in to write with 2 fingers and drag with one finger. This allows writing to be more neat. at the moment I have to switch between quill and drag mode to and fro.
:: I have also noticed, while the htc note app recognises only 2 pressure levels, quill registers at least 4 different pressure levels.
I applaud the developer for getting the pen response implemented very well. I guess I was expecting more features with all the excitement, but it does what it says well. Not a replacement for the HTC notes app, but a nice little handwritten sticky note app.
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Please enable pinch to zoom in quill/pencil modes so that we can zoom in to write with 2 fingers and drag with one finger.
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Your palm will often trigger single-finger touch events, so we can't use those in the fountain pen / pencil mode.
Its intentional that the 2-finger move gesture while writing doesn't change the zoom - otherwise it is hard to fill a whole page with evenly sized handwriting.
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Your palm will often trigger single-finger touch events, so we can't use those in the fountain pen / pencil mode.
Its intentional that the 2-finger move gesture while writing doesn't change the zoom - otherwise it is hard to fill a whole page with evenly sized handwriting.
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I understand but please give thoughts on enabling an option to enable 2 finger pan and zoom.
pm/email sent.
Great app, would he nice to have the eraser button work on the pen but other than that this is awsome
Just wanted to say that quill is a great app.
Is this working with the View. The market says not compatible and when I try to install the apk I get a Parse Error.
i think it works on HC version, isn't?
redzee said:
Is this working with the View. The market says not compatible and when I try to install the apk I get a Parse Error.
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I got the same error with the stock gingerbread, you need HC. I still prefer the stock Notes app. Syncing to evernote is brilliant.
Pen input mode?
There are 3 pen input options in v8.1, I tried all 3 but could only get my scribe stylus writing to appear when the "any touch event writes on screen, no gestures" mode is active. This is not so handy because I lose out on the gestures. Anyone get their scribe to work in the other modes? Seems like it should recognize the scribe in all modes!
I'm on wifi-only Flyer with latest HC release.
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There are 3 pen input options in v8.1, I tried all 3 but could only get my scribe stylus writing to appear when the "any touch event writes on screen, no gestures" mode is active. This is not so handy because I lose out on the gestures. Anyone get their scribe to work in the other modes? Seems like it should recognize the scribe in all modes!
I'm on wifi-only Flyer with latest HC release.
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mine works fine in all 3 modes
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mine works fine in all 3 modes
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Maybe a difference with the software or hardware...are you on View or Wifi Flyer? HTC pushed Honeycomb update or did you install a custom/Globatron ROM?
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So I was looking for an app with palm rejection for the Transformer Prime. I was kind of looking for something similar to Notetaker HD for the iPad which uses the bezel of the tablet as the palm rejection area.
I couldn't find anything similar on the Android market so I decided to give another try on Supernotes. What I ended up doing was putting a regular computer mouse pad on top of the tablet and using the "Guided Line" feature to make sure that I was on the right spot. So far so good, this is in fact the best solution that I found and works way better than any other app!
However I'm having problems reading my own notes. I can't seem to find a simple Zoom feature on Supernotes, so could someone tell me how to zoom in? If it is not possible, are there other apps that have a similar "guided-line" feature and its as organized as Supernotes.
Thanks a lot!
I am not aware of a way to zoom in SuperNotes either. That has been my biggest problem with it.
Here are some handwriting apps that I have tried on the Transformer Prime that have zoom features that you may want to check out:
LectureNotes: my favorite (so far). Has scroll bars and zoom feature so you can write in the zoomed mode. Has option to enable a "save zone" for palm detection. 3 standard pens, and 12 custom pens that you can configure the size, color, and opacity. Can add multiple layers (overlays) to each page. Can enter text via keyboard. Can add keywords to each page, and search across notebooks for those keywords. Developer is very responsive, and has implemented suggestions and fixes quickly. There is a free trial version (limited # of notebooks and pages), and a paid version.
Writepad Stylus: Very good palm detection. Has zoom mode (can write in zoom mode), and scrolling. 3 standard pens, and 4 custom pens. 4 paper types, but cannot change the pattern size. Can enter text via keyboard, but it's a bit quirky.
Antipaper Notes: No palm detection. Has zoom mode, (can write in zoom mode), and scrolling. 6 pen sizes in 3 colors (15 colors in Pro version). 4 paper patterns, but cannot change the pattern size. No text entry for keyboard. Free and Pro version.
Hope this helps...
Yeah note taking apps on android are really behind ios right now but it seems like things are picking up. Hopefully in few months we will see something comparable to Notability.
Try wearing a glove or long sleeve. Better than carrying around a mouse pad.
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So I was looking for an app with palm rejection for the Transformer Prime. I was kind of looking for something similar to Notetaker HD for the iPad which uses the bezel of the tablet as the palm rejection area.
I couldn't find anything similar on the Android market so I decided to give another try on Supernotes. What I ended up doing was putting a regular computer mouse pad on top of the tablet and using the "Guided Line" feature to make sure that I was on the right spot. So far so good, this is in fact the best solution that I found and works way better than any other app!
However I'm having problems reading my own notes. I can't seem to find a simple Zoom feature on Supernotes, so could someone tell me how to zoom in? If it is not possible, are there other apps that have a similar "guided-line" feature and its as organized as Supernotes.
Thanks a lot!
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Have you tried to enable palm rejection using TouchScreenTune app from the market? It should allow palm rejection support everywhere in all apps.
vitalij said:
Have you tried to enable palm rejection using TouchScreenTune app from the market? It should allow palm rejection support everywhere in all apps.
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I think that TouchScreenTune requires your device to be Rooted, correct? I've been holding off rooting my Prime, but this may be a good reason to do so.