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[Q] best pdf viewer

whats the best pdf viewer?

hyperbyteX said:
whats the best pdf viewer?
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Adobe
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repligo is very good also

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I´m using adobe reader too.
Works perfect, only small lags when scrolling in big pdf´s.

ezPDF is faster and rendered better than adobe and repligo. They also just added free hand annotations.

The biggest complaint I have with Adobe Reader is that it's not compatible with Honeycomb. For now, I'm using the PDF reading functionality of Aldiko, since it paginates in a way that makes sense for a tablet, but it crashes far too often to be optimal. If anyone has a suggestion for PDF viewers for Honeycomb, I'd love to hear! Thanks!

Blazerman said:
I´m using adobe reader too.
Works perfect, only small lags when scrolling in big pdf´s.
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Yup Same here. It's actually works pretty well, you just have to be patient with it.

Repligo is definitely the best pdf reader I have tested so far (One of the very few paid applications I bought)
All pdf ebooks are readily available very much like an epub ebook now with Repligo. Reflows text while preserving text formatting, remembers your last position, instantly moves from page to page, etc.
If you think Repligo is expensive, you can choose ezPDF. Although not as fast as Repligo, ezPDF is very fast with a nice page flipping animation. Lock to column feature is very nice, especially for reading multi-column pdfs (like many academic papers).
If you do not want to pay anything, I guess your next best option is Adobe Reader. Yeah, it renders pages perfectly, but it does nothing apart from that. It does not even come close to Repligo or ezPDF with respect to functionality.
If you can afford $ 4.99 or $ 0.99 , Repligo or ezPDF is Absolutely recommended.

ezPDF. Worth the money.

[Q] best pdf reader

Hi all
I'm looking for an app to open my PDFs like how I read book in google books or ibook on ipad, they're really good looking apps.
do you know how I can import my PDFs to google books app? or any app that can does what I need.
& thnx

I use ezPDF Reader for that. It works great on the Xoom.

Lare2 said:
I use ezPDF Reader for that. It works great on the Xoom.
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+1....ezPDF is one of the best PDF readers I have used. Rivals Good Reader on the iPad.
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thnx,do you know anyway to run ios apps with some sort of simulator or things on honeycomb?
that would be cool

Fastest PDF reader

Hey! what's the fastest pdf reader???
Tryed out EZPDF reasder and aldiko but still too slow.
Adobe reader seems to be perfect but I'd like to have an App that shows me the ebook in a digital library, function present in aldiko and ezpdf reader.

try out smart office plus
http://www.getjar.com/mobile/284654...ckkgukoylczlhelc&c=6toaay65sqmnugrr3A&lang=en

Hi, for me MANTANO READER is the best!!...try it!!
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I use quickoffice pro. Smoothest pdf reader for me

franzfrontal said:
Hi, for me MANTANO READER is the best!!...try it!!
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tryed out this! Wow So fast!!!! It's great, and has listing library-looks too! Aldiko was the most beautiful how was looking but to slow to run pdf book of 60-70 mb!

Yep, Mantano reader is the one...

superfastmonkey said:
Yep, Mantano reader is the one...
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Just tried this out and while its a little flakey adding large(200+ megs) pdfs to the library, its the Fastest/best for catalog lookups!
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Mantano Reader is great . Thanks for sharing. I have been using Repligo Reader for a long time and the only feature it has that Mantano does not is that while you are reading Repligo allows you to pull up page thumbnails to advance so you get a preview of the full pdf book/magazine. I wonder if one exist that shows two pages at a time the way Zinio does?

Mantano reader sucks, takes ages to load a pdf-file with 48 pages. Ezpdf reader is even worse, isn't there any decent fast pdf reader for tablets?!
Which one to use for bigger pdfs books? 100-200mb

Yep I agree as well! Mantano Reader FTW!

Chaosgod27 said:
Yep I agree as well! Mantano Reader FTW!
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Well its ****. I tried to open a 48 pages pdf file and it takes ages for it to load...same goes with replico, EZpdf and all other pdf readers on the market. Seriously isn't there any decent pdf reader for android? I am going nuts

I use ezPDF Reader... it's not super fast, but it is a good app. I don't like Mantano: it get stuck for some time when you pinch and then scroll the page, while ez is more fluid.

Comparison on EZPdf and Mantano on Nexus 7
On my Nexus 7 EZPdf is really slow at turning pages if I'm trying to quickly flip through pages. Mantano will let you skip pages without rendering it right away and then plays catchup once you stop flipping. It ends up working better for me. Skipping through a pdf at about a second or so per page in Mantano is a more enjoyable experience for me than EZPdf, Mantano will actually render the page quickly, whereas EZPdf will work okay for the first page or so, but then slow down and give you their hourglass symbol, which ironically is an infinity animation which makes it feel more like infinity. ;P
As for a 200+ page pdf taking long to load up, for me it's about 5 seconds and that is using external usb flash I have attached with USB OTG. What takes a bit of time is loading your initial "Library" screen with the cover preview. It asks you if you want to preview covers when you import them, it would be nice if the developer would cache these covers instead of building them everytime. Also, because I'm using several removable storage drives if a pdf is not available and you press it, the app force closes.
However, overall Mantano is a more enjoyable experience, it doesn't have the nice page turning animation like EZPdf and EZPdf seems to be less susceptible to force closes. If EZPdf would cache and render more pages then one back and forth, the experience would be a whole lot better. I purchased EZPdf, because at the time it was the best one out there for PDF, no regrets in purchasing it, but the developer could refine the product more by pre-rendering the pages to allow readers to flip through a bit faster without an "infinity" lag.
Problems reported by other users of Mantano complaining of slowness may be the phone/android device itself. Nexus 7 has quad core, so the rendering by the processor is not an issue for me. However, perhaps Montano and EZPdf should have modes for different processor speeds to allow or disallow the prerendering of pages and/or the number of pages back and forth to cache.

Mantano is def the best, EzPDF is ugly and not good at rendering pages. It's also so hard to use because the tools is everywhere..

best ebook reader?

looking for a good ebook reader for ebooks i buy thanks

I prefer Coolreader.

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I prefer Coolreader.
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thanks ill try that :good:

Moon reader pro works well for me. I haven't tried coolreader though.

i always use aldiko.. but with my tablets i use mantano..
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nadmaj said:
i always use aldiko.. but with my tablets i use mantano..
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i will check that one out too thanks

Nobody use ireader? It's the best
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I'm also looking for the best ebook reader.
I'm now using Moon+ Reader Pro. It's good and full of options, but I'd like to try some other (hopefully better) reader.
In my case it's important that the reader supports at least both the PDF and EPUB formats. A plus for the GNote 10.1 would be the possibility to make handwritten annotations with the SPen.
Considering the apps previously suggested here are my notes and comparisons. I've not included Cool Reader and iReader as I think they don't support PDFs.
Moon+ Reader Pro [GP Average rating: 4.7]
from the GP app page: "New designed book reader with powerful controls & full functions, supports epub, pdf, mobi, chm, cbr, cbz, umd, fb2, txt, html, rar, zip or OPDS formats".
it's possible to annotate (handwriting) in pdfs but not in epubs (epubs can take typed notes tough).
price for the full app is €3.80.
Mantano Ebook Reader Premium [GP Average rating: 4.1]
from the GP app page: "Read, annotate, listen to any EPUB 2 or PDF ebook with the most powerful Android ebook reader compatible with the Adobe DRM".
it seems it's possible to annotate (handwriting) both pdfs and epubs (from the GP app page: "Create text and freehand notes, attached to a page, to a highlight, or standalone")
price for the full app is €8.36 (!).
Aldiko Book Reader Premium [GP Average rating: 4.2]
from the GP app page:"Support EPUB, PDF formats as well as Adobe DRM encrypted eBooks".
it seems it's not possible to make handwritten annotation but jsut typed one in both pdfs and epubs (in the app's description is said that: "You can create your own bookmarks, notes and highlight anywhere in the book" but there's no explicit mention to handwritten notes).
price for the full app is €2.49.
My conclusion
I'm considering trying out Mantano Ebook Reader Premium, even if some of its user's reviews are not so much positive.
Any further comment or advice?

sphere314 said:
I'm also looking for the best ebook reader.
I'm now using Moon+ Reader Pro. It's good and full of options, but I'd like to try some other (hopefully better) reader.
In my case it's important that the reader supports at least both the PDF and EPUB formats. A plus for the GNote 10.1 would be the possibility to make handwritten annotations with the SPen.
Considering the apps previously suggested here are my notes and comparisons. I've not included Cool Reader and iReader as I think they don't support PDFs.
Moon+ Reader Pro [GP Average rating: 4.7]
from the GP app page: "New designed book reader with powerful controls & full functions, supports epub, pdf, mobi, chm, cbr, cbz, umd, fb2, txt, html, rar, zip or OPDS formats".
it's possible to annotate (handwriting) in pdfs but not in epubs (epubs can take typed notes tough).
price for the full app is €3.80.
Mantano Ebook Reader Premium [GP Average rating: 4.1]
from the GP app page: "Read, annotate, listen to any EPUB 2 or PDF ebook with the most powerful Android ebook reader compatible with the Adobe DRM".
it seems it's possible to annotate (handwriting) both pdfs and epubs (from the GP app page: "Create text and freehand notes, attached to a page, to a highlight, or standalone")
price for the full app is €8.36 (!).
Aldiko Book Reader Premium [GP Average rating: 4.2]
from the GP app page:"Support EPUB, PDF formats as well as Adobe DRM encrypted eBooks".
it seems it's not possible to make handwritten annotation but jsut typed one in both pdfs and epubs (in the app's description is said that: "You can create your own bookmarks, notes and highlight anywhere in the book" but there's no explicit mention to handwritten notes).
price for the full app is €2.49.
My conclusion
I'm considering trying out Mantano Ebook Reader Premium, even if some of its user's reviews are not so much positive.
Any further comment or advice?
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go with mantano.. as i've said i use it on my tabs.. for phones i recommend aldiko..
and i never had any crashes with mantano.. unlike what you see in GP feedbacks.. only negative is it's a little pricey..
your choice mate..
EDIT: you can always try the free versions before purchasing..

I would also recommend Aldiko, I use it for years now. It reads everything :good:

nadmaj said:
go with mantano.. as i've said i use it on my tabs.. for phones i recommend aldiko..
and i never had any crashes with mantano.. unlike what you see in GP feedbacks.. only negative is it's a little pricey..
your choice mate..
EDIT: you can always try the free versions before purchasing..
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Mantano is the best for pdf. Really good for epub ebook.
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thanks guys!

I'm an avid book reader and have been using Kindles now for 3-4 years.
After getting my Samsung Note 10.1 three weeks I decided to test the three main ereader apps – Aldiko, FBReader & Moon + Reader. I ended up buying the 'pro' versions of Aldiko and Moon.
I read several books on all of them and have now gone back to my Kindle as none of the readers accurately rendered the books. Sometimes italics didn't show, other times suddenly a chapter would appear in bold. The thing is the books appeared to be rendered ok until I looked at them in the various ereaders and my Kindle and noticed the differences. If I had only looked at them in just one reader, I would never have picked up the problems.
In one book all the flashbacks to earlier years were in italics. None of the readers rendered this correctly which made the story hard to follow.
Big disappointment but the search will continue.

Dalby69 said:
In one book all the flashbacks to earlier years were in italics. None of the readers rendered this correctly which made the story hard to follow.
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That sounds like some great feedback that would be very useful to the developers of the products you tried! If you haven't already, please take the time to let them know which book(s) you tested and what the issues were so that they can improve their software.

UserNamer said:
That sounds like some great feedback that would be very useful to the developers of the products you tried! If you haven't already, please take the time to let them know which book(s) you tested and what the issues were so that they can improve their software.
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I have done that (twice now to FBReader) including attachments showing the various problems but I haven't heard back from any of them.

Mantano Ebook Reader Premium is the best for me

Mantano reader's annotation tools
Finally I've decided to go for Mantano Reader Premium.
After some time spent learning its UI I must say that's a very good reader program for epub and pdf.
The Interface, the workflow and the bookshelf organization is rational and well designed (I'd say better than that of Moon+ Reader Pro). So, I don't regret having spent €8.36 for it.
Anyway, since I had great expectations about its annotation functions, I must say that I've been a little disappointed to see that the notes added to a pdf or a epub file are not directly visible upon reading/browsing/reviewing a book but can only be activated and accessed by clicking on a small icon placed on the top pf the page.
That makes, for me, the purpose of annotation (especially drawn notes and marks but also typed notes) almost useless.
Furthermore I noticed that there's no eraser and no undo/redo tool in the draw note editor.
I've asked for these features to be considered as a future improvement to the app in the Mantano's support web page.
(...I'll come back if I receive some feedback from the deveopers)

Honestly, I do not use any of the above mentioned anymore. I switched to EasyPDFReader and never looked back. It says it reads epub too but I have not tested that yet. Give it a try
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mannyvzla said:
Honestly, I do not use any of the above mentioned anymore. I switched to EasyPDFReader and never looked back. It says it reads epub too but I have not tested that yet. Give it a try
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I couldn't find it in Google Play (or is it "PDF Reader" by "Ivan Ivanenko"?)
I only found an easypdfreader for Windows (but here we are talking about Android apps...)
Can you share a link or give us the exact app name and/or the market where it is available?

I used moon reader pro since gb time for it text to speed for chinese user. But ics no more support for it. So I used vbook pro for listening my chinese ebooks.
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[Q] PDF rendering performance?

Hello all,
Probably due to thread prioritization, android tablets always suffer from pdf rendering woes. I was wondering how the tf700 fared as it has a more reasonable resolution than the nexus 10. I've heard that mantano has proven itself to be efficient in caching and rendering, but I don't know anyone with a tf700 and cannot check. Would love to hear experiences.

I prefer to use Perfect Viewer. Works fine for me, I read all my graphic magazines on my tablet as PDF.

I read a lot (both e-books and magazines), and the TF700 serves well. I use Mantano for my e-books (and sometimes for magazines), but it does stumble on full page imagery (actually it doesn't load it at all, and just shows a blank page). Repligo handles that a lot smoother! I've used Moon Reader+ in the past, but it did not feel quite as smooth as Mantano and lacks some features the latter provides, as far as I recall, although that may have changed since.
To be honest, the last few updates from Mantano's dev(s) haven't really brought anything new or unique, and performance seems to have degraded the last few months -- that specifically applies to loading an .epub of (very) large .pdf, for example; once you're in, it's all good.
The 700's screen resolution is really great when looking at graphs and such -- autopsy photographs, organs in all their splendor, radiographs ("X-rays")... Heh!

Does anyone have experience reading scanned books? Those tend to be 300-600ppi scanned images, sometimes clearscanned by acrobat pro.

Pinktank said:
Does anyone have experience reading scanned books? Those tend to be 300-600ppi scanned images, sometimes clearscanned by acrobat pro.
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Yup, I do. I'm using Aldiko Pro, file is a PDF. Performance is good, loading speed is very fast in my case

Pinktank said:
Does anyone have experience reading scanned books? Those tend to be 300-600ppi scanned images, sometimes clearscanned by acrobat pro.
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Did you miss the part where I mentioned graphic magazines? The ImagineFX, 2D Artist, 3Dworld, Expose, Photoshop Advanced, Digital Artist and Digital Arts Magazine are all full-res mags, they're exported at 600+ dpi directly from Indesign.
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Pinktank said:
Hello all,
Probably due to thread prioritization, android tablets always suffer from pdf rendering woes. I was wondering how the tf700 fared as it has a more reasonable resolution than the nexus 10. I've heard that mantano has proven itself to be efficient in caching and rendering, but I don't know anyone with a tf700 and cannot check. Would love to hear experiences.
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Short answer: Solo PDF reader (free, just a reader, no annotation ...)
Longer answer and background:
Coming from iPad, my main disappointment with my TF700 (and my other android devices) was/is the laughably poor performance in reading PDFs. Yes, they may load very quickly, and yes it can handle very large PDFs. I am talking about getting smooth and silky transition from one to another page or flipping through pages. After trying more than 10 readers, I settled on Solo PDF reader for reading purposes. As I said I cannot annotate them but it gives me the graphic performance close to what I had on iPad.
I don't know the details but it is insulting that my old iPad2 flips through pdf pages faster and smoother than my cutting edge android tablet.
I am sure not everybody share my sensitivity on this. But I am sure it is not a lot to ask. It is just baffling to me and I guess it should be a software issue in Android.

ShadowLea said:
Did you miss the part where I mentioned graphic magazines? The ImagineFX, 2D Artist, 3Dworld, Expose, Photoshop Advanced, Digital Artist and Digital Arts Magazine are all full-res mags, they're exported at 600+ dpi directly from Indesign.
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Yes they are, but they contain graphics and text as vectors, unlike scanned books which are single, giant images per page.

Matte paintings as vectors, that's a new one.

ShadowLea said:
Matte paintings as vectors, that's a new one.
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The images are obviously not vectors, but the magazine is a proper export that combine properly hinted and rendered fonts and not gnarly messes(if converted to vector) or solid image pages.

Ah. Well, not always. Thing is, they're not all from the 'official' (ahem) source. Most are actually just giant jpegs.

Guys use perfect viewer with the pdf add on. You'll never be disappointed reading a pdf ever again

Just another option that I didn't see listed - I've tried them all and personally prefer EZ-PDF Reader (I have the purchased version) - especially since it now supports dual-page pdf viewing, which is great in landscapre mode on the TF700 - can view two pages at once like a real book or magazine.... I believe that Perfect viewer with the PDF plugin does this as well.
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jtrosky said:
Just another option that I didn't see listed - I've tried them all and personally prefer EZ-PDF Reader (I have the purchased version) - especially since it now supports dual-page pdf viewing, which is great in landscapre mode on the TF700 - can view two pages at once like a real book or magazine.... I believe that Perfect viewer with the PDF plugin does this as well.
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EzPDF is great too -- I have used both EzPDF and Repligo and found Repligo to be a tad faster/smoother. I'll try Ez again, who knows?

Repligo FTW!!!!! ive tryed a lot of others and there simply s no substitute for repligo pdf viewer.

While it might not be the fastest, Mantano is doing a great job at organizing collections and keeping track of what I am reading at the moment.