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Hi there
I'm buying an Android tablet soon and I will be using it mainly for book reading.
I have a couple of questions about it for anyone that uses their tablet for it.
Is there ANY way to import your own eBook files into Google's new honeycomb book reading application? I'm not talking about uploading them to Google's servers, just dragging a book to a location on the tablet or something so that the application picks it up?
Are there any other good eBook readers that include a smooth animated page turn (like iPad eBook apps) and displays 2 pages rather than a single page paragraph? Optimized for tablets...

Nook has the two page view, BETTER page turn animations than the google app (and anything ive seen on ipad), and allows sideloading of epub files locally.

patass said:
Nook has the two page view, BETTER page turn animations than the google app (and anything ive seen on ipad), and allows sideloading of epub files locally.
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+1 for nook app. It looks good, it's super stable, and it sideloads easily.

I agree. The nook app is wonderful. 2 page looks fine if that's your thing, and the page turns look great. Also the best part in my mind is the ability to read books you purchased in original font. Though, since sideloading is your thing...you still get the best viewing features in Nook.
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Nook app is the best. Way better than google books and u can add ur epubs.
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ive put my epub books in the content folder but it hasnt picked them up?
sorted just put them in nook/mydocuments and goto my files

anyway to get coverart on them?

[Q] What's an app you can't live without on your tablet?

I have had this thing a week, its rooted, stock 3.1. I fixed the speaker balance.
I am now seriously lacking apps. What are your favorites? non games preferred. I've realized quickly just because i like it on my Dinc doesnt mean its a great tab app.

Ok - don't laugh...Pulse (free)
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.alphonso.pulse&feature=search_result
I don't use it in widget mode. I just love having all of the articles from all my favourites sites aggregated nicely. I am using this app on my 40 minute train ride every day.
Also Trillian
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.ceruleanstudios.trillian.android&feature=search_result
Lets me use all my IM accounts in one place.
and of course - who could live without the awesome dual battery widget
https://market.android.com/details?id=org.flexlabs.widgets.dualbattery&feature=search_result

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Keepass. not honey comb specific but I honestly can't remember my 5 billion passwords - this little guy stores them all for me in a nice little encrypted DB. It's also fully compatible with the windows version which we use at work.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.android.keepass&feature=search_result

Droid comic viewer, perfect on a 10" screen
https://market.android.com/details?id=net.androidcomics.acv&feature=search_result

another vote for Pulse...
One app I really really with they had for the tablet is teh HBO Go app
best app I've ever had on my Evo

- Kindle
- Pandora
- RR File Locker
- Plex
As far as HBO Go, works just fine in the stock browser; there's a thread in this forum somewhere that 'splains how. I do wish netflix worked though.

Thumb Keyboard
ADW
Reader HD
DropBox
Groove IP
Skype
Splashtop HD
xkcdViewer
Gtask
Evernote
Polaris Office is the probably the best office app; Quickoffice is a close second.
I love this thing. It does everything I want--I use my PC to create presentations and the Transformer to present (and edit) them.

Pulse is awesome but it lacks one essential feature which they seemingly refuse to add: a mark as read function for articles that are synced with reader.
I only used pulse because greader pro wasnt available, now it is and the new honeycomb interface is awesome, I highly recommend it. News360 is another great news reader.
Kindle is great, thumb keyboard makes typing a lot easier on a tablet but it takes a little getting used to.

Cerfer5 said:
Thumb Keyboard
ADW
Reader HD
DropBox
Groove IP
Skype
Splashtop HD
xkcdViewer
Gtask
Evernote
Polaris Office is the probably the best office app; Quickoffice is a close second.
I love this thing. It does everything I want--I use my PC to create presentations and the Transformer to present (and edit) them.
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Shame Evernote hasn't updated to support HC like Catch has...
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Ghosttown, drop box, androzip, file manager HD, news360. just a few I use most.

eli.kennedy said:
and of course - who could live without the awesome dual battery widget
https://market.android.com/details?id=org.flexlabs.widgets.dualbattery&feature=search_result
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Thank you. I had been using the dockwidget posted here way back but this one is prettier and seems to be more responsive (customization is nice too).
For me its:
Gmail/Calendar
Polaris
Gallery
Kindle/Books
Talk
Games (pinball, Angry birds, CTR)
Weatherbug
CNN
I understand that half of these are baked in but they do it so well.

The ones I use multiple times a day are:
- Keepass (password app)
- Evernote (for keeping notes, saving articles, etc.)
- PhoneMyPC (rdp app for accessing my office pc)
- Sugarsync (to access files on my PC and office PC)
- Taptu (news reader, for entertainment, gadget, health news)
- Friendcaster (Facebook client)
- Twitter
- Opera Mobile (web browser)
- Tapatalk (for accessing forums)
- News360 (News reader, for real news)
- Gmail
- Reader HD (google reader client for honeycomb)
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Shame Evernote hasn't updated to support HC like Catch has...
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Catch doesn't have notebooks--I'm not used to using tags. It seems like a disorganized jumble to me but that's a PEBKAC issue, not a software issue.

SuperUser
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TheMathMan said:
Shame Evernote hasn't updated to support HC like Catch has...
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I thought they did. I have a beta direct from them. It's good.

- All Google apps
- Dropbox
- Opera Mobile 11.1
- Google+
- FriendCaster
- Titanium Backup
- Moboplayer
- Polaris Office
- Catch Notes
- Thumb Keyboard
- JustReader
- News360
- Equalizer
- Pandora
Yup, pretty much covered the basics.

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I thought they did. I have a beta direct from them. It's good.
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Just got it. There are even offline notebooks on it. Thanks for the heads up!

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nobody talk about tweetCaster HD Beta? its the most tablet friendly ap for twitter, cant live w/o it now =)
others:
wordpress
Friend Me
Pulse
ezPDFreader
Google Docs
Evernote
Argentina Noticias (just for Arg users =D )
Google+
Unrar Free
Swiftkey (the best but its too small on tablet, any one knows other kb like this on full size?)
Ndrive
miren Browser (no FC on mine)
my 2 cents, just have mine sice a week ago so i dindnt play too hard on it yet

-Remote desktop client
-ConnectBot (to access my web server, and port forward my rdp sessoins in case I'm on a restricted network, and it's more secure since I use key auth)
-Polaris Office
-Thumb keyboard (I do have the dock, but just in case)
-K-9 mail
-Skype
-TalkDroid
-Twitter
-Subsonic (I don't store any music on the device, I stream it from my server since I'm always connected over 3G via my phone)...
-Rockplayer
-Dolphin Browser HD
I do have a lot more ofcourse, but these are the most important ones, I use these apps during the day wherever I am...

Chalk up another vote for Pulse. lol

Flipboard vs Google Currents

Having used the much hyped Flipboard app since a week and the under estimated Google currents app for months, my comparison might approve biased.
The performance of the Flipboard app is far below satisfaction,I agree that further updates will improve that, but come'on man, the app is a major attraction feature of galaxy s3 and so needed to be more polished.It maybe that my 320x480 screen and lame processor might be the reason, but still Google Currents, too, wasn't made specifically for my device and it runs far more smoothly,duh.
The most annoying part is that many of the stories open in full site mode, not in magazine mode, unlike Google currents.The full view takes hours to open on a slow connection, so again Currents is the winner.
What do you think? Don't come yelling at me if you are a Flipboard fanboy and find something wrong in my post.

I'm a Flipboard fanboy and find everything wrong with your post!!1!
Just kidding.
Having used both, I have to say I don't see anything special on Flipboard other than the nice-looking animations it has. The clunkiness was probably your device though. Now, don't take it as if I'm bashing your phone or anything. I'm just saying... do remember it's being pushed first to a major device with impressively powerful specs to then start working with the lower-specced devices, as have others done before with other apps (I'm almost sure of this).
I do prefer Currents, though, for the same reasons you said. Full article is something I'd prefer as an option, like opening on the browser. Magazine style is much better for reading on phones.
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I myself bash my phone,it's dumb,it's lame,but it's still not as crap as iPhones because it's an Android

I prefer Currents as a reading app because articles are more accessible, and it's much easier to navigate. In Currents, while you are reading an article from a subscribed source, you can conveniently tap an icon and there pops a list of other articles from the same source with headlines and snippets for you to check at a glance what is of interest to you. As for Flipboard, yes, the pictures are big and nice, but navigating within it is just so inefficient. I actually feel "isolated" in the app. I need to read quickly over lunch, so Flipboard is just not for me. Actually my favorite reading app is nether Currents nor Flipboard, it's Pulse News.

Yeah,I have used pulse too and see of it's features, like disabling image loading when not on wifi and it's interface are better than currents, btw flipboard home screen is the worst, wasting all the screen estate
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I have used both as well and updated Flip to 1.8.4 just two days ago.
The thing i like about flipboard...FB / Twitter integration...THAT'S IT
refresh is quite slow on flipboard...and what is up with just 4 pages?? Then you have to go and click more and view rest of your topics to choose from.not cool...
I like Currents...i like that it's true magazine style as even the fliping is left to right like reading a magazine rather than flipping from bottom..(flip style)...
Currents also seems to refresh quite quickly..if G DOGS can incorporate FB / Twitter / G+ in currents...that would be AWESOME....

I was so hype when the apk got posted. And to be honest I'm still using flud lol. Its nice but I like fluid more. On a side note that was the only thing my iPhone friend would say he wouldn't get a android. Now its on it he came up with some other bull

Flipboard content seems limited. Maybe I haven't explored it enough. I too like that you can add your FB/Twitter feeds to it. I don't post much, so it works great for keeping up.
I currents, also.

Flipboard is more for tablets rather than phones. I think that Currents is better on a phone but on a tablet, nothing can beat Flipboard. I'm using it on my iPad 3 and it is amazing app. Just my 2¢
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I have it on my iPad, too. I always thought it was limited. I hate that it just stops updating after a set number of pages.

I think flipboard shows more content, at least that's how I feel. In currents there is only this one banner area and the icons below doesn't show any info about new articles. While flipboard shows lots of pictures. Other than that I've found one big flaw in each of the apps. Please correct me if It's wrong and explain me how
Flipboard lacks offline support
Currents doesn't seem to have a way to favorite items?
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Flipboard and Pulse both are about or below 3mb. In comparison why is Google Currents a bloated 7+mb? I guess because it shows bigger pictures ؟ :-/
Pulse seems good - but they should definitely allow users to reorganize pages. Also the 12 feed per page limitation doesn't make sense, especially because you can't club multiple feeds together in one feed or line.
On the other hand, I know it is probably a matter of personal preference, but I feel both Google Currents and Flipboard sorely lack the ability to allow continuous vertical scrolling on articles. On Flipboard it does happen for most articles but not all, and Google Currents seems determined to pagify every article it finds. This is very annoying to me especially as a smartphone user.

So which one do you end up using?
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I have ruled out Google Current... wish it could show vertical scrolling articles, but paginating every story is unacceptable for me, and is a complete deal breaker.
I am evaluating Flipboard & Pulse now. Both are good, but perhaps I am slightly inclined towards Pulse. It allows me to see all headlines at a glance and also shows vertical scrolling feed for all articles. I am planning to try Yahoo Pipes to combine multiple feeds into one.

Pulse is my current favorite, and as far as pagifying every content is considered, I'm ok with that, because if I want to see full web pages, I'm better off with my opera mini which loads the story 3x faster

Yes but imagine, these readers could do it with zero lag as they are loading the story anyway. Pulse, though, doesn't fall into this category - it doesn't paginate anything (thankfully).

I like Filpboard better because it can suggest content sources for me. For example if I want to read about all things Hockey, it automatically suggests a bunch of articles for me. Currents doesn't do that. I select ONE source for Current and that's all it will ever show me (At least in my exploring of the app).

both are really good but i find myself using currents more. as beautiful as flipboard is, i prefer being able to see multiple headlines at once, and the ability to search through all your news sources which you don't seem able to do from flip.

Taptu
What about Taptu? It has that excellent scrollable news widget and you can combine rss feeds.

Have you guys tried feedly?
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[Q] how to sync last page read in ebook reader

Hi XDA,
I use both my Note 10.1 and my Amaze to read books in my off time and I am wondering if there is a way to sync the two devices so that i'd have the same Ebook in both devices and it would be at the last page I read?
currently, I have to read one book on one device, and another book on the other, or i'd have to go searching for the last page each time, which gets pretty tedious.
I currently use FBReader, but am willing to switch to a different app if it would do this.

for fbreader you can use fbsync. it's free in the market. You can also try moon reader. I it syncs using Dropbox. kindlemsyncs too, but iIhate the limited interface.

madsquabbles said:
for fbreader you can use fbsync. it's free in the market. You can also try moon reader. I it syncs using Dropbox. kindlemsyncs too, but iIhate the limited interface.
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thanks, FBsync requires root, so i'll have to wait until i finally get around to doing that on my note, but the moon reader option works like a charm :good:

krzysiekh said:
thanks, FBsync requires root, so i'll have to wait until i finally get around to doing that on my note, but the moon reader option works like a charm :good:
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whoops, sorry, i forgot about that detail. i really like kindle since i could sync my ipad, pc, phones, and tablets. i just really hated the limited customizations. i prefer reading black with red text at night and kindle wouldn't allow that.
moon reader + is my choice now since i really don't read on much anything other than my android devices.

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.