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Best free pdf viewer?

I am looking for a free pdf viewer. The one that comes with the Nexus One isnt cutting it for me. I need a free pdf viewer that can handle large files.
- Greymarch
I write about technology, including the Nexus One, at my website.
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So this doesnt really answer YOUR question, but you seem like someone who might be able to anser mine. I purchased an ebook and I can only view it with adobe digital edition or something like that. Everytime I try to open it on my phone, the only place I need it, it says I need a password. I emailed the ebook company and they never wrote me back. Its frustrating and dont really know where to go from here if anywhere at all. Sorry to change the subject but just seemed like the right time to present this proble,.
And I am sorry if this is in the wrong place.

repligo reader is good, but not free
I think the quickoffice one that comes with astro its quite good too

greymarch said:
I am looking for a free pdf viewer. The one that comes with the Nexus One isnt cutting it for me. I need a free pdf viewer that can handle large files.
- Greymarch
I write about technology, including the Nexus One, at my website.
http://www.greymarch.com
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I have tried every single PDF viewer on the Market and they are all complete and utter garbage.
Luckily I was pleasantly surprised when I flashed the Desire ROM. Lo and behold, it had a PDF Viewer, one that was actually worth using!
I highly recommend switching to Desire, or trying to pull the files out to make it work on stock Android.

If I'm not mistaken quick office comes on most the roms that will run on the nexus. You just need a file browser that will call it up for you (astro or my fav SUFBS) seems to open fairly large pdf files for me. Not a lot of options but it's better than any I've found on the market. From the sounds of it the OP has already used quick office though. Anyone know of any apps not mentioned here already?
For the ebook file, maybe try aldiko, I didn't like it, but that's why I usually just look for rooks on pdf format to download.

[Q] Anyone found a good PDF app?

I was planning on using Adobe Reader, but it's not compatible. Anyone have a recommendation?

vodkaequalslove said:
I was planning on using Adobe Reader, but it's not compatible. Anyone have a recommendation?
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If you're willing to part with $.99, ezpdf reader seems to be pretty good. And it supports highlighting/annotations!

Surprisingly, the built in pdf readers of MyLibrary and Polaris Office are pretty good too. I impulse bought ezPDF before finding out about the built in ones. I think the built in ones are sufficient if you don't plan on annotating.

mirumirai said:
Surprisingly, the built in pdf readers of MyLibrary and Polaris Office are pretty good too. I impulse bought ezPDF before finding out about the built in ones. I think the built in ones are sufficient if you don't plan on annotating.
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EZPDF was one of the free ones on the Amazon appstore last month. Amazon is still doing a free app a day. I suggest installing it getting all the free apps, cuz you may never know when you may end up needing one of them.

donatom3 said:
EZPDF was one of the free ones on the Amazon appstore last month.
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Now that you mention it, I remember seeing that, and thinking that I had no use for it. How quickly things can change...
Does EZPDF save your progress so you can pick up where you left off later?

vodkaequalslove said:
Now that you mention it, I remember seeing that, and thinking that I had no use for it. How quickly things can change...
Does EZPDF save your progress so you can pick up where you left off later?
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Yes, with the latest update that is one of the things they highlighted, I use it all the time and feel it is far superior than the other PDF readers. Developer is very active in improving and enhancing its features.

I think the built in one that comes with the transformer is pretty good
The only thing i dislike about it is the refresh rate on flipping pages,

+1 for EZPDF
I have tried many but I my favourite is EZPDf, its most complete

Why get a PDF reader when myLibrary handles it fine.

i got ezpdf for free from amzon. it is kinda slow to switch pages. I like repligo reader a lot better. Also allows you to annotate pdfs.

ravizzle said:
i got ezpdf for free from amzon. it is kinda slow to switch pages. I like repligo reader a lot better. Also allows you to annotate pdfs.
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I agree. I've tried ezpdf, but Repligo is my favorite.

Nthing ezPDF, though I'd love to see one that can do a two-page display for landscape.

My experience is that MyLibrary's and Polaris Office's rendering quality is pretty poor. ezPDF's and Repligo's quality is about the same though Repligo is faster at switching pages due to Repligo rendering a low resolution version first which provides you enough information to know whether you wish to read that page or swipe to the next one. However, certain (complex?) pages fail to be rendered by Repligo (you just get a blank page with an X) whereas ezPDF manages those pages without a problem. If Repligo can fix the page fail issue then Repligo would seem to be the best out of the four.

when you get the apss from amazon...how do you know it's compatible for the transformer?

captkronos said:
My experience is that MyLibrary's and Polaris Office's rendering quality is pretty poor. ezPDF's and Repligo's quality is about the same though Repligo is faster at switching pages due to Repligo rendering a low resolution version first which provides you enough information to know whether you wish to read that page or swipe to the next one. However, certain (complex?) pages fail to be rendered by Repligo (you just get a blank page with an X) whereas ezPDF manages those pages without a problem. If Repligo can fix the page fail issue then Repligo would seem to be the best out of the four.
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Now that Adobe Reader has been released for Honeycomb I thought I would update the above with the fact that, then though I had assumed having come from Adobe that it would be the best, its rendering is just as poor as MyLibrary and Polaris Office. For the time being I will be staying with Repligo; and ezPDF as a back up.

Mantano Reader seems pretty good, 7 day fully functional trial available.

Repligo is the best on the market, but there are a few thing in my wishlist:
- Continuous scrolling
- Two page view
- Support for textbox
OfficeHD Pro can display PDFs very well. Although, you cannot make any modification to the file.

I've yet to find one that beats GoodReader on the iPhone. It allows annotation etc and has a great feature where you can zoom in but lock the screen horizontally meaning that the text can fill the entire screen yet scrolling won't mess alignment up. I've love them to port this app or have another one copy this.

jimbob1971 said:
I've yet to find one that beats GoodReader on the iPhone. It allows annotation etc and has a great feature where you can zoom in but lock the screen horizontally meaning that the text can fill the entire screen yet scrolling won't mess alignment up. I've love them to port this app or have another one copy this.
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Goodreader is one of the best PDF readers on the market of any device. Oh man do I wish they had a android version because I have tons of books with my annotations in them and for this fact I still have my iPad. The one feature that I absolutely love is locking of screen size. I emailed them back a few months ago and they never replied back if they are porting to android..

Repligo is the best, for me.
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ComicRack

Best PC comic reader software of all time now has an app in the Android market. It's a reader that syncs with the PC version. If you read digital comics you are going to want to check this out ASAP.

Drybonz said:
Best PC comic reader software of all time now has an app in the Android market. It's a reader that syncs with the PC version. If you read digital comics you are going to want to check this out ASAP.
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Tried it out yesterday. UI looks good but I don't like the way it handles folders. I prefer Komic's nested folder structure. It also takes up a lot of RAM and feels sluggish on my TF. But overall a good start and better than Perfect viewer IMO.

atb1o1 said:
I don't like the way it handles folders.
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It destroys Komik. What do you mean by the way it handles folders? Are you using it with the desktop software?

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It destroys Komik. What do you mean by the way it handles folders? Are you using it with the desktop software?
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I don't use the desktop version of ComicRack. What I mean is that ComicRack doesn't show the nested folder structure like Komik.
Just an example, on my explorer my X-Men folders are
X-Men
|_ Uncanny X-Men
__|_ Phoenix Saga
|_ House of M
__|_Decimation
Komik will show just my X-Men folder on my "shelf" and let me drill down to the rest of the folders.
ComicRack will display all my folders in one list disregarding the nested structure. It is just my preference to keep the structure in place so it doesn't look messy and if you know how to make ComicRack behave that way I would love to know how.
Don't get me wrong, I like ComicRack. I think it does a better job displaying the comics compare to komik, plus it is only the first release. I'll be looking forward to more improvements.

I love this program on windows, have been using it for years, but prefer Perfectviewer on my tab for the same reason as atb1o1 - it doesn't have folder view, you can browse your files only through library. I see this trend in music players and other programs like ebook readers too, and i hate it. I keep all my files well organized in folders/subfolders and that's the way i prefer to browse them. One more thing, it doesn't display some of cbz files in library at all, and they are readable in other readers and windows version.

You can use the side bar to sort different ways and then stack in the browser. If you still can't find a sorting method that suits you go to his website and request a feature on the forum. He has been updating like crazy with new features sometimes twice a day. Also, use it with the desktop version... it's the best comic manager around.

Man this converted me. I was using komik mainly to read my hundreds of comic stored on my SD card, but after using comic rack for a day it just doesn't hold a candle. I do miss the stylized look of komik, but comic rack just works smoother and easier. Awesome find man.

The paid version just came out with wireless sync, and he is adding network sharing with the desktop version soon, so that you will be able to access your whole PC library from the tablet.

Wow the scrolling is just so smooth
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yeah can't stand the comic view. i have too many comics for a single list. also the paging response is too unreliable and laggy. has potential though.

gottahavit said:
yeah can't stand the comic view. i have too many comics for a single list. also the paging response is too unreliable and laggy. has potential though.
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Are you using the series stacking in your list?

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Are you using the series stacking in your list?
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Yeah I've tried all the sorting/stacking options. very interesting exercise in over-engineering complexity. Just like my mp3 player all I want is a simple folder view, or if absolutely necessary a compiled series view based on folder/file names. No question there are some neat "eye-candy" UI options, but KomiK is far more useable.
All that aside the page turning is just too unreliable. I'll page once it'll be buttery smooth, then the next time it will do nothing with no indicator that it even took your input. Then when you get sick of waiting thinking it ignored you you page again and it flips pages twice. Generally KomiK is smoother and when it occasionally gets hung up loading a page it tells you with the little "Loading" toast message and never stacks the page turns like CR seems too.
This is is just my observations, obviously a lot of work went into this app and it sounds like it fits other peoples reading styles better than mine. I have about 12gb of comics on my sdcard at the moment so I may be to the extreme.

I've been waiting for CR for awhile and have been using it since the day of release.. Comics are the main reason I have a tablet..
Although I love the app, it's not really ideal for large collections.. I haven't noticed any issues with page turning, but viewing by folder structure would really help.. It was suggested on the CR forums and he did add a sort by folder option.. but it's basically the same as sorting by series.. All the folders are lumped into one big list..
The closest I've come to being able to view things the way I'd like is using the 'genre' tag in CR for windows.. (Spider-man,X-men) So then I sort by genre and stack the series.. That way I can just go to Spider-man and only see those series without them being mixed in a giant list of other series..
Not totally ideal and will probably be annoying to maintain, but it's working for me so far..

Oh well different people like different things. Occasionally Komik seems to get hung up on some comics, but otherwise it's the best I've found. I have a comixology account, but can't stand their reader so I convert all the comics I get from them to cbz to read in Komik.
edit: ok just got an update pushed and i must say its much improved. folder view is almost good enough, but mult level would be better. paging is much improved bug would be better with finger tracking. launching is much faster than komik now. i still find komik a better design, bit now it's close. hope they keep up the improvements.

Drybonz said:
Are you using the series stacking in your list?
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Stacking works fine as long as your naming scheme is in sync with what ComicRack is expecting, but if it isn't (and you're not synching from the Desktop version) it's problematic.
I do like comic rack (though the touch response seem a tad flakey at times) but it really could do with a way to define stacks manually within the Android App

Matchstick said:
Stacking works fine as long as your naming scheme is in sync with what ComicRack is expecting
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Yes, you will get the most out of it if you are using ComicVine, which is the standard, to name your files.

Tried it seems nice and all, but I have this weird bug with page turns. After a few pages, next/previous starts going random. Instead of the next/previous page I get to a random page.
Any idea why?
In the mean time PV works just fine.

i tried it too but went back to pv again... imho it has better scaling algorithms...
comicrack is fancy but sometimes crashed and some comics did not scale very well (it looked like antialiasing was missing)

Christian Troy said:
i tried it too but went back to pv again... imho it has better scaling algorithms...
comicrack is fancy but sometimes crashed and some comics did not scale very well (it looked like antialiasing was missing)
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Did you notice problem a with page turns?
I didn't notice anything wrong with scaling.
As to crashing, are you sure you have enough ram? I tried it on the Asus transformer.
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Yes on transformer.
I mean that some text look like not being properly antialiased, that doesn't happen with pv's default scaling algorithm.
Sometimes it crashed changing pages and sometimes library was missing and i had to restart the app several times... it has a fancy UI but i prefer pv

[Q] two-page landscape ebooks?

So, I lucked out this christmas and recieved a Transformer, a welcome upgrade from my nook color. I've been looking all day to no avail for an ebook reader that'll do two page landscape for PDFs. I used Aldiko on my NC and was totally happy with that, but this screen is just so much bigger... feels awkward reading one page at a time.
So does anyone know of an app that might fit these criteria?

I use the stock MyLibrary app and use Calibre on my desktop to convert my books to epub format, works quite well for me.

Cool Reader has that and more. The UI is kinda crappy, but the features pay it off. Also it's free
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Ireader is a good one

Fbreader does it as well.

Fbreader is great,but crashed very often.

Perfect Viewer has a two-page mode for CBRs or PDFs

I use the stock MyLibrary. I find it useful as the font size can be increased or decreased as needed, you can also read in two page or single page mode (depending on the orientation of the tablet).

wow, thanks for all the suggestions. Is there anything caliber esque that I can use from honeycomb? I'm away from my main computer for a few more days

Best comic book reader?

Anyone going to be using this to read comics/manga? Any recommendations on comic book reader apps?
I want one that can read from a cloud drive. The only one i've seen that can do this is the Challenger comics viewer app.

there also is CatComic which cost money but is worth it.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=meanlabs.comicat&hl=de

ken2802 said:
there also is CatComic which cost money but is worth it.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=meanlabs.comicat&hl=de
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I tried it and its almost perfect, but seems to be missing one feature that I'm looking for.
I want to be able to tap to scroll, where the comic will scroll for me down the page when i tap the screen. And after it reaches the bottom, the next tap will turn the page. Do you know if Comicat has this feature?

unsure if it does, most of the time i just use the volume keys.
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i just know of one viewer which does it for sure and that is Perfect Viewer but this one doesnt support cloud storages.

I would go with ComicRack. Though it costs money for the fully featured version, it is by far the best reader I have used. It also has a PC counterpart that will sync everything with it, like info, and where in the books you are.
http://comicrack.cyolito.com/

mkygod said:
Anyone going to be using this to read comics/manga? Any recommendations on comic book reader apps?
I want one that can read from a cloud drive. The only one i've seen that can do this is the Challenger comics viewer app.
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for manga's i would go with mango http://mango.leetsoft.net/ been using this for years ! :good:

I've been using Perfect Viewer for years now. Will do the 'tap to scroll' that you like.
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ComicRack has the most robust features of all. However, Astonishing Comic Reader https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aerilys.acr.android has some Material Design, has no ads, and only has donations if you so choose.
ComicRack is awesome, but it is just too ugly for me!

I've always used this and found it very good.
Has been removed some time ago from play store, but developer keep working on it and you can download it from his website
http://www.manga-watcher.com/

I have been a long time user of ComicRack, but I just tried out the Astonishing Reader, and ... It's pretty good, but not enough to sway me away from ComicRack.
The ability to automatically group and sort by series, as well as other variables for a large collection is invaluable.
And when i loaded up a comic and paged through, while nice, it wasn't quite as silky smooth as I can get on ComicRack, there seemed to be a flash of loading with each page change.
Just my 2 cents, it might work great for you, thanks for the recommendation though, always worth checking out what else is out there, rather than getting complacent with "what I've always used"

moon+ reader is good

edru said:
I would go with ComicRack. Though it costs money for the fully featured version, it is by far the best reader I have used. It also has a PC counterpart that will sync everything with it, like info, and where in the books you are.
http://comicrack.cyolito.com/
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:good: +1. BY FAR THE BEST!

Buka HD(ibuka.cn) seems perfect for this 4:3 screen (it has been optimized for Xiaomi MiPad, also 4:3), but it is only available in Chinese Language. The HD version can use the whole screen of N9, instead of having black bar on both sides). The online sources on Buka are also plenty enough.

Does ComicRack let you read comics from cloud services like CatComic?

I am also interested in this. It would be good experience for me.

ComicRack for offline comics and MangaWatcher for online (not available on google play but maintained) hands down the best of each world.

Comiccat is hands down the best. Syncs with the cloud as all and auto caches next issue from Dropbox so you can read through your whole library from the cloud. You can even set it to delete locally cached copies after reading.
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cmscritic said:
Comiccat is hands down the best. Syncs with the cloud as all and auto caches next issue from Dropbox so you can read through your whole library from the cloud. You can even set it to delete locally cached copies after reading.
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I use both ComicRack and Comicat. One thing that I really don't like about Comicat is that when you sync to issues in the cloud, you get no cover art. That bugs me beyond belief.

mkygod said:
Anyone going to be using this to read comics/manga? Any recommendations on comic book reader apps?
I want one that can read from a cloud drive. The only one i've seen that can do this is the Challenger comics viewer app.
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ComiCat is the best and u can read of google drive

another vote for comicrack. i had already paid for the desktop version so getting the the android version was a no-brainer. love the sync and the ability to sort titles. i got them sorted by published date so i can go through my old stuff chronologically like when i used to buy them as a kid.