I interested in getting a Tab and my primary use for it will be reading documents and books. What are the best apps for the following formats:
PDF
epub
cbr/cbz
chm
djvu
I have tried quite a few of the free ones and so far they all suck for one reason or another.
If there is a good pay one, I would not be averse to giving it the ol' 24 hour test.
Tab comes with think free office app. Best pdf reader on android. For comics/cbr/zip use acv (android comic viewer). For books, kindle, nook, aldiko, there are loads
For ebooks, I really like fbreader. kindle and nook have really big fonts that I can't seem to shrink enough. fbreader doesn't have a store, but it can access calibre if you have it set up for opds.
Thanks for the suggestions, I'm looking into them. One format I forgot to mention is HTML. Is it better to convert that to a different format or search for a reader (or browser) for it?
I use ezpdf for my ebook reading. My current favourate with auto crop feature.
Ita difficult finding a good pdf reader. anyone tried good reader on the ipad? its a great pdf manager. Im going to email them to see if they are working on an android version. Adobe reader is good but slow. Others just feel cheap.
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I work for a large newspaper company in the UK so I have access to hundreds of papers in PDF format, each day I grab my local one which is usually over 40 pages and around 120Mb in size.
The ONLY app which doesn't crash at the size of the PDF is the free office app that came with the Tab, pinch zoom or double tapping is quick & smooth and moving from one page to the next is seamless
the Adobe app never even opens the first page!
I use the built-in ebook reader, and could bend it to my will, also it supports epub
With a well setup calibre adding new books is easy as 1-2-3
ayman07 said:
Ita difficult finding a good pdf reader. anyone tried good reader on the ipad? its a great pdf manager. Im going to email them to see if they are working on an android version. Adobe reader is good but slow. Others just feel cheap.
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gnick666 said:
I use the built-in ebook reader, and could bend it to my will, also it supports epub
With a well setup calibre adding new books is easy as 1-2-3
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Exactly, the ThinkFree office pdf reader is teh BEST pdf reader on android. It renders pages with no lag, ayman you can't have tried this if you think its not adequate, try it.
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I use the built-in ebook reader, and could bend it to my will, also it supports epub
With a well setup calibre adding new books is easy as 1-2-3
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Can you post the ereader apk? Upgrading my firmware deleted it...
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mmace said:
I work for a large newspaper company in the UK so I have access to hundreds of papers in PDF format, each day I grab my local one which is usually over 40 pages and around 120Mb in size.
The ONLY app which doesn't crash at the size of the PDF is the free office app that came with the Tab, pinch zoom or double tapping is quick & smooth and moving from one page to the next is seamless
the Adobe app never even opens the first page!
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Have you tried ezPDF ? It works brilliantly on my Tab, it is great for reading technical documents in column mode (with double-tap gestures, pinch/stretch zoom, and horizontal scroll lock). The text-flow view is pretty handy too. It is fast, regularly updated...well worth the purchase
for ebook reading, i use aldiko. its on the market.
I use think free apps and Adobe pdf reader. Adobe pdf reader for android is free from the market.
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For PDFs, ezPDF has by far the best features.
It remembers the page, it remembers the zoom, and it even can auto-zoom into columns and jump to the next column. It also can lock the horizontal position.
Unfortunately it does not have the best rendering quality, text does not look as sharp as with adobe's reader.
Adobe's is fine with the best rendering quality but still lacks features. Not even remembering the page-number is fully implemented.
thinkoffice is just a basic fast pdf-viewer that can not even keep the zoom-level.
Bloody sick of Thinkfree Office - it doesn't remember the zoom level across the document! I need to double tap repeatedly for each page to make the document zoom to page width. Going to try EZ PDF and sees how it turns out.
Ezpdf is the best android PDF reader period..
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Another vote for ezpdf. They recently added annotation tools launching this pdf viewer back to the top of the stack for me.
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roy8846 said:
Ezpdf is the best android PDF reader period..
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le3ky said:
Exactly, the ThinkFree office pdf reader is teh BEST pdf reader on android. It renders pages with no lag, ayman you can't have tried this if you think its not adequate, try it.
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Ahh.. thanks for the tip, just tried out ThinkFree for PDF, never thought of it before. Works great with no lag! Was previously using Aldiko for PDFs and while they opened fine it was really laggy.
Hey guys,
I'm an avid editor and I love using adobe Photoshop and adobe illustrator. I've tried some image editors on the tablet but most of them seem to be built for android phones that provide very very basic editing features. Are there any apps you use that feel closer at home to a more powerful image editing tool? Thanks in advance.
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Try one called Autodesk Sketchbook Mobile. The paid version is only $0.99 and is much better than the free version. It supports layers as well and can export PSD files.
I wish it allowed you to select a page size... the default seems too small for "high resolution" editing.
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PicSay Pro is a decent photo editor. It has been optimized for tablets as well.
Is there anyway to watch shows from my DirecTV receiver (whole home dvr) on my Infinity? I can see my receiver and my list of recorded shows using My Net but it fails to load any of them when I select a show to watch.
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Is there anyway to watch shows from my DirecTV receiver (whole home dvr) on my Infinity? I can see my receiver and my list of recorded shows using My Net but it fails to load any of them when I select a show to watch.
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Nope. DirecTV uses the dnla protocol for the pc app, but it's all secured and encrypted. Currently only the iPad app has access. Would be nice though
Just picked one of these puppies up and I was wondering what the best way to transfer shows/movies/music that I download across to a WD TV Live Hub wirelessly is?
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Just picked one of these puppies up and I was wondering what the best way to transfer shows/movies/music that I download across to a WD TV Live Hub wirelessly is?
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enable windows share on the WD and browse to it on the tablet using ES File Explorer and dump whatever files you want.
Look up double twist on play store. If you buy the full version you get air twist (stream to xbox360, ps3, apple tv, windows pc), and air sync (wirelessly sync between the 2 and sync itunes playlists). Been using it all month, i actually like it a lot.
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Thanks a lot guys. Appreciate it, will try out both options.
Have a try with XBMC, I'm using it with a ftp share and works very well (only some delays with full hd big size movies)
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Just received P900 and left Google to restore apps. Sadly kindle app crashes very time on startup. Tried removing it and any associated files and installed again from play store but still failing. P900 is running Samsung standard image for 4.4.2
Anyone else running kindle app ok?
Was looking forward to reading some photography books on this large tablet rather than my laptop.
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I do have occasional crashes on startup but otherwise it works fine. I am sure you will get it running one way or another.
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I do have occasional crashes on startup but otherwise it works fine. I am sure you will get it running one way or another.
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Great to hear that it does work. Are you using the tablet in standard build or have you made some changes?
I'm not sure what one way or another options might be frankly. Any Sissons would be welcome.
For now I'm stripping DRM and converting Kindle books to epub format. Moon+ Reader reads the files well, especially like the two page landscape format. It also had the ability the read the books aloud (Google TCS downloaded voice packs are exceptional).
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I have the same issue on first launch of the Kindle app, after that it is fine until it gets killed in the background and we do the dance all over.
I have not rooted yet, waiting for TWRP to get straightened out. I am surprised that uninstalling/reinstalling didn't do the trick.
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For now I'm stripping DRM and converting Kindle books to epub format. Moon+ Reader reads the files well, especially like the two page landscape format. It also had the ability the read the books aloud (Google TCS downloaded voice packs are exceptional).
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Could you please share your workflow?
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Could you please share your workflow?
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Sure.
You need a PC (Windows, Linux or Mac) for this
Optionally install Kindle for Windows/OS X - avoid modern UI version (Kindle for Windows works on WINE for Linux)
Install Calibre - http://calibre-ebook.com/ - Windows 32/64 / Linux / OS X
Install drm python scripts - http://apprenticealf.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/drm-removal-tools-for-ebooks/
IF you are not using the Kindle application on the computer, you will need to obtain the keys for the drm scripts (see instructions in download)
Download books with Kindle application or transfer books from your Kindle device
Import books to Calibre as required - selected drm script runs first and removes DRM
Export books in any of the many available formats as desired, I use EPUB (note Kindle use a modified mobi format mostly)
Transfer to devices/cloud-storage/etc as required
You can set Calibre to monitor a directory and automatically import any new books, automatically convert them, and automatically distribute them as you wish.
Have fun.