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[APP] Google docs officially released!!

http://www.conceivablytech.com/7066/products/google-quietly-releases-docs-for-android
Download Google Docs in the Market
I am happy now

Is this an app or is it over the web?

truewarriorkb said:
Is this an app or is it over the web?
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It says right in the linked article, that its a Market app. Or you could have just went to the Market and looked.

Google=win
G2 running Xboarder56's v1.9.5 Stock Gingerbread

Yeah I was stoked about it at first, but this app royally blows. It's seriously NO different than opening your browser on the phone and going to docs.google.com. You still can't edit formulas in spreadsheets (a must since I do my budget on there), and the editing interface is just as bad as the web page, in that you click on a line, have to edit only 1 line at a time and have to save it after editing. Why not just let us edit the cells individually? Thanks for finally getting around to mediocrity Google.

Gwanatu said:
Yeah I was stoked about it at first, but this app royally blows. It's seriously NO different than opening your browser on the phone and going to docs.google.com. You still can't edit formulas in spreadsheets (a must since I do my budget on there), and the editing interface is just as bad as the web page, in that you click on a line, have to edit only 1 line at a time and have to save it after editing. Why not just let us edit the cells individually? Thanks for finally getting around to mediocrity Google.
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I have to admit that I haven't really explored the app very well. But at least it is a start. Maybe make a comment on the app page and email them as to how they can make it better?

adamhlj said:
I have to admit that I haven't really explored the app very well. But at least it is a start. Maybe make a comment on the app page and email them as to how they can make it better?
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My problem with it is that it's literally no different than just opening Google Docs in your browser. I'm just not sure why it was even made if they were going to do it like this, that's all.

how do you even delete documents you dont want on here???

Sinistah_ said:
how do you even delete documents you dont want on here???
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I can't find a way to. Yet another reason why this app is useless
Sent from my G2

How horrible. Hearing this, I'm definitely un installing
Gwanatu said:
I can't find a way to. Yet another reason why this app is useless
Sent from my G2
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Hey they updated it so that docs can be deleted. Now just to add the formula functionality and ill be happy.
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The app is supposed to be able to perform OCR on text photographed with the phone. Anyone get this to work very well? Every time I've tried it (on different forms of source text) it just one line of the text, or a few scattered letters. Seems like it could be a handy function, if it worked.

redpoint73 said:
The app is supposed to be able to perform OCR on text photographed with the phone. Anyone get this to work very well? Every time I've tried it (on different forms of source text) it just one line of the text, or a few scattered letters. Seems like it could be a handy function, if it worked.
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Ah yes, that is a VERY useful thing! Glad to see that there are indeed more features. I just tried it and it's actually very good; I just scanned a page from a book, and although it has a few odd formatting problems, the text was almost perfect. Nice job Google.

How to stop Advertisement?

I´m looking for some Threads here and follow them.
But since a few Days - i have opened more Tabs in IE - sometimes i here sound coming out of my PC.
I can´t find out where they came from, but now i know!
on the bottom of XDA on the right side there is an advertisment, and sometimes there are some videos!
I´m From Germany, sometimes there are News about our German Football-Team about the EM, videos of VIP´s and a Computergame, and i can´t stop them, the reloaded themselves.
What can i do
This is getting on my nervs!!!
I HATE IT!
THX Everyone

16v said:
I´m looking for some Threads here and follow them.
But since a few Days - i have opened more Tabs in IE - sometimes i here sound coming out of my PC.
I can´t find out where they came from, but now i know!
on the bottom of XDA on the right side there is an advertisment, and sometimes there are some videos!
I´m From Germany, sometimes there are News about our German Football-Team about the EM, videos of VIP´s and a Computergame, and i can´t stop them, the reloaded themselves.
What can i do
This is getting on my nervs!!!
I HATE IT!
THX Everyone
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Best Way?
Get a browser that supports adblock.
Some people were saying that if you're a Recognised contributor you won't get ads (I never had them in the first place because I use adblock)
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Whoa, who uses IE nowadays anyway? Chrome + Adblock is all you'll ever need.

Nigeldg said:
Whoa, who uses IE nowadays anyway? Chrome + Adblock is all you'll ever need.
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Chrome is all you'll ever need and more

THIS is not my Question!
I use IE and i don´t want google or firefox or....
Bill Gates is watching @ my PC already so i don´t need google to watch @ my PC, too!
What YOU want is not what everybody wants!

16v said:
THIS is not my Question!
I use IE and i don´t want google or firefox or....
Bill Gates is watching @ my PC already so i don´t need google to watch @ my PC, too!
What YOU want is not what everybody wants!
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There is another way to stop ads, and not sure how well it works, and since I don't use it.
Google for "adblock hosts file".
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16v said:
THIS is not my Question!
I use IE and i don´t want google or firefox or....
Bill Gates is watching @ my PC already so i don´t need google to watch @ my PC, too!
What YOU want is not what everybody wants!
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No need to be so defensive. I tried to help you get rid of both the adverts which are annoying you and the horror that is Internet Explorer. Plus, if you have an Android phone (chances are you do, being on XDA) Google is already 'watching you', and far better on your phone with all of the location data and stuff than on your PC . Speaking of Android, using Chrome would give you much better integration with your phone (again, if you have an Android phone)

[Q] Is Samsung done developing S-Note?

The ONLY thing that makes me even think about buying a wildly overpriced Windows 8 tablet is the ability to use OneNote. The sad part is that S-Note is just so damned close to being a OneNote killer app but it seems like Samsung got 80% of the way there and JUST QUIT.
Let's start with the unreadable .snb standard. As far as I can tell, even .snb readers for Windows can't read it. Unless you export your S-Notes as .pdf''s you are pretty much screwed being able to view them on your Desktop. So why would Samsung choose such an obscure standard with zero compatibility? Next can we talk about Templates? How hard would it be for Samsung to include a Template Editor so the grown-ups can create and save their own Templates instead of being forced to use the few Samsung thinks we all want? How about being able to create and save typing styles? How about being able to restart voice recording on a previously created S-Note? How about being able to embed a recording within a specific spot in your S-Note? If I can embed a video why can't I embed a recording? One of the best things about OneNote is being able to search on written text. Samsung, any ideas on that? How about being able to place a typing cursor just by clicking the screen where I want it? How about automatically typing around pictures instead of over them? How about being able too cut and move blocks of text?
So much about S-Notes just doesn't seen done to me, but as far as I can tell, those crazy Koreans at Samsung think it's perfect as is.
Please Samsung, I don't want to buy a Windows 8 tablet but you are forcing my hand.
** I am hoping that the new Awesome Note app coming with the Note 8.0 will solve some of these issues assuming we'll be able port it to our Note 2.

mitchellvii said:
The ONLY thing that makes me even think about buying a wildly overpriced Windows 8 tablet is the ability to use OneNote. The sad part is that S-Note is just so damned close to being a OneNote killer app but it seems like Samsung got 80% of the way there and JUST QUIT.
Let's start with the unreadable .snb standard. As far as I can tell, even .snb readers for Windows can't read it. Unless you export your S-Notes as .pdf''s you are pretty much screwed being able to view them on your Desktop. So why would Samsung choose such an obscure standard with zero compatibility? Next can we talk about Templates? How hard would it be for Samsung to include a Template Editor so the grown-ups can create and save their own Templates instead of being forced to use the few Samsung thinks we all want? How about being able to create and save typing styles? How about being able to restart voice recording on a previously created S-Note? How about being able to embed a recording within a specific spot in your S-Note? If I can embed a video why can't I embed a recording? One of the best things about OneNote is being able to search on written text. Samsung, any ideas on that? How about being able to place a typing cursor just by clicking the screen where I want it? How about automatically typing around pictures instead of over them? How about being able too cut and move blocks of text?
So much about S-Notes just doesn't seen done to me, but as far as I can tell, those crazy Koreans at Samsung think it's perfect as is.
Please Samsung, I don't want to buy a Windows 8 tablet but you are forcing my hand.
** I am hoping that the new Awesome Note app coming with the Note 8.0 will solve some of these issues assuming we'll be able port it to our Note 2.
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Why don't u do the work and forward the post that you wrote here to Samsung ... you have a better chance of it happening i if you were to send your recommendations to Samsung ... Not many on here work for Samsung I am guessing ....
Maybe they just don't have creative people on this app. ... maybe they would give you something as a reward. .. never know until you try ... or you could learn Java code your own app and instant profit
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Epix4G said:
Why don't u do the work and forward the post that you wrote here to Samsung ... you have a better chance of it happening i if you were to send your recommendations to Samsung ... Not many on here work for Samsung I am guessing ....
Maybe they just don't have creative people on this app. ... maybe they would give you something as a reward. .. never know until you try ... or you could learn Java code your own app and instant profit
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Awesome idea! Please give me the personal email of the Head of S-Note Development at Samsung and I'll get right on that. While you are at it, link me to the Samsung Support Forums on their website - oh that's right, Samsung doesn't have Support Forums.
I'm so happy a super-connected guy like you came along to solve the problem.
Also, I really should have bought a Java book and rewritten the entire S-Notes app myself as you suggest. I'm so dumb. I could have made millions!

mitchellvii said:
Awesome idea! Please give me the personal email of the Head of S-Note Development at Samsung and I'll get right on that. While you are at it, link me to the Samsung Support Forums on their website - oh that's right, Samsung doesn't have Support Forums.
I'm so happy a super-connected guy like you came along to solve the problem.
Also, I really should have bought a Java book and rewritten the entire S-Notes app myself as you suggest. I'm so dumb. I could have made millions!
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Why don't you do a search finding samsungs emails isnt that hard. Or you could just keep stomping your feet and crying about it. That's really productive. :thumbdown: samsungs forum's aren't on samsung.com but Google can tell you how to find em if you actually, you know, searched.
Edit: just cuz I'm feeling nice http://developer.samsung.com/forum/en took all of 2 seconds searching "samsung + forum" on teh googlez
I like to break stuff!

mitchellvii said:
Awesome idea! Please give me the personal email of the Head of S-Note Development at Samsung and I'll get right on that. While you are at it, link me to the Samsung Support Forums on their website - oh that's right, Samsung doesn't have Support Forums.
I'm so happy a super-connected guy like you came along to solve the problem.
Also, I really should have bought a Java book and rewritten the entire S-Notes app myself as you suggest. I'm so dumb. I could have made millions!
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Not worth my time .... keep crying ... back to black ops 2
And please do buy something windows tablet or ipad or whatever and go cry there ...or do something about it grow a pair ..
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[LIST] Must Have Nexus 7 II (2013) Apps

I plan on transferring all of my apps and games over to my Nexus 7 II with Paranoid Android ROM installed from my Note II via Titanium Backup minus the Samsung only stuff in the coming days... will be using both devices depending on situation. Note II will be my never leave at home device while the Nexus will be for school and work. Figured I'd post this to give other people ideas about what to install on their amazing new devices since it can be time-consuming to search and navigate the market sometimes if you are new to the Android scene. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks!
Here are some screenshots of my Samsung Galaxy Note II smartphone as of 08.12.13. Four Apex Launcher Pro homescreens running in CleanROM V5.0 with Perseus Kernel V36.3... The screenshots include my most used and favorite apps somewhat sorted by category... have around 220 apps installed after months of stability and battery testing, but have narrowed it down to the best to be displayed on the 196 available spots due to the custom 7x7 grid... check it out if you need some new Android apps!

Nexus 7 II (2013)... transfer from Note II a work in progress, but feel free to find some new apps and leave suggestions about ones that I should try in the comments. Thanks!

...Reserved for OP

did you throw up in this thread jeezzzz

Amazing job :victory:

OP, with all due respect, you might just be stark-raving mad. Why are you dumping all of your apps on your home screens? Are you aware that the Android operating system has an app drawer?
I have the Nova Launcher going and I have only 3 homescreens enabled and really only use 1. The app drawer is where I have defined categories (e.g. 'Media' or 'Games') for my apps. My homescreen is limited to providing quick access to the apps I use VERY FREQUENTLY (e.g. 'Tasks', 'Maps', 'Messaging') and for the widgets which relay the most important information to me, such as 'To Do' lists, which use the Google Tasks API.
I can't begin to understand your approach.

zeppelin101 said:
OP, with all due respect, you might just be stark-raving mad. Why are you dumping all of your apps on your home screens? Are you aware that the Android operating system has an app drawer?
I have the Nova Launcher going and I have only 3 homescreens enabled and really only use 1. The app drawer is where I have defined categories (e.g. 'Media' or 'Games') for my apps. My homescreen is limited to providing quick access to the apps I use VERY FREQUENTLY (e.g. 'Tasks', 'Maps', 'Messaging') and for the widgets which relay the most important information to me, such as 'To Do' lists, which use the Google Tasks API.
I can't begin to understand your approach.
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In going to have to agree. Also seeing all those persistent notifications is driving me wild...completely defeats the purpose!

One question, considering you recommend these specifically for Nexus 7v2.
Are all these apps compatible with Android 4.3?
Because I can't say that they can be a "Must Have" if they'll crash or only work 50% of the time.

cool

I was assuming the OP just installed all of these apps, and hadn't moved the icons to their permanent location yet. I could be wrong, but I can't imagine anyone just plastering their home screens with all of their apps! Could be how the OP has it setup for use though, who knows and who cares! Who are we to judge how anyone else uses or sets up their devices? It's their device and they can set it up and use it however they please. After all, it would be a boring world if everyone setup and used their devices IDENTICAL to everyone else. Not my cup of tea, but to each their own, and definitely not anyone's place to judge how others use their devices......
SwiftKey'ed from my '13 Nexus 7 FHD using XDA Premium HD

stanglifemike said:
I was assuming the OP just installed all of these apps, and hadn't moved the icons to their permanent location yet. I could be wrong, but I can't imagine anyone just plastering their home screens with all of their apps! Could be how the OP has it setup for use though, who knows and who cares! Who are we to judge how anyone else uses or sets up their devices? It's their device and they can set it up and use it however they please. After all, it would be a boring world if everyone setup and used their devices IDENTICAL to everyone else. Not my cup of tea, but to each their own, and definitely not anyone's place to judge how others use their devices......
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Oh for crying out loud. You are just being a bleeding heart. The guy posted 20 pictures of his home screen on xda...he made a topic just to share his setup. He was obviously looking for some sort of input. If he was self contiguous about his home screens, making a topic and posting his home screens isn't the best idea in the world. I wasn't being disparaging, so your long, politically correct post is unneeded. Wasn't even making a big deal about his homescreens, just left a sentence stating my opinion.

quentin0 said:
Oh for crying out loud. You are just being a bleeding heart. The guy posted 20 pictures of his home screen on xda...he made a topic just to share his setup. He was obviously looking for some sort of input. If he was self contiguous about his home screens, making a topic and posting his home screens isn't the best idea in the world. I wasn't being disparaging, so your long, politically correct post is unneeded. Wasn't even making a big deal about his homescreens, just left a sentence stating my opinion.
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I didn't quote you or point a finger at you, so cry to someone else because I don't care to hear it. I even said that I don't like the setup myself, so I was pointing the finger at myself as much as I was anyone else! Read my post again! Sorry that you got your feelings hurt over something I said in my post.
He did NOT start this thread "just to share his setup" and get feedback on it, you might want to re-read the OP. He stated these were "must have apps" and was sharing the app titles, NOT sharing his setup and "looking for some sort of input ". Lol. Again, sorry you got butt-hurt over a post that wasn't even directed at you. You might wanna get some thicker skin before posting on a public forum for the world to read. All I did was state my opinion, like you said you were doing as well. The only "big deal" that was made was by you, getting so defensive about my post which wasn't even directed at you.
Also, what do you mean by "self contiguous"?
Have a nice day, and refrain from quoting me in the future.
SwiftKey'ed from my '13 Nexus 7 FHD using XDA Premium HD

I'm a neat freak when it comes to my storage so I can only imagine the mess his is in.

RickROM said:
I plan on transferring all of my apps and games over to my Nexus 7
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Woah, this thread turned bad.. anyway...
These are the apps that I currently have installed in my new Nexus 7.
Before I get verbally attacked too, these are in my app drawer on my TSF Launcher.
Rick, any questions about my apps, feel free to ask, or if you recommend anything that I should have just let me know.

Rican Bx Bomba said:
Woah, this thread turned bad.. anyway...
These are the apps that I currently have installed in my new Nexus 7.
Before I get verbally attacked too, these are in my app drawer on my TSF Launcher.
Rick, any questions about my apps, feel free to ask, or if you recommend anything that I should have just let me know.
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Yea, sorry for dropping to this kids level an replying off topic like I did. Glad you clarified that these aren't your home screens though, otherwise you'd be under attack!!! Haha
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quentin0 said:
Oh for crying out loud. You are just being a bleeding heart. The guy posted 20 pictures of his home screen on xda...he made a topic just to share his setup. He was obviously looking for some sort of input. If he was self contiguous about his home screens, making a topic and posting his home screens isn't the best idea in the world. I wasn't being disparaging, so your long, politically correct post is unneeded. Wasn't even making a big deal about his homescreens, just left a sentence stating my opinion.
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Lol, have to agree.
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RickROM said:
I plan on transferring all of my apps and games over to my Nexus 7 II with Paranoid Android ROM installed from my Note II via Titanium Backup minus the Samsung only stuff in the coming days... will be using both devices depending on situation. Note II will be my never leave at home device while the Nexus will be for school and work. Figured I'd post this to give other people ideas about what to install on their amazing new devices since it can be time-consuming to search and navigate the market sometimes if you are new to the Android scene. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks!
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I haven't looked at your set up and all your apps but before I thank you for sharing your app list, I have a question....
"Where did you get the LTE-version of the Nexus 7? How and where I can get it? I couldn't hold off much longer so I crossed the border and got the 32GB wifi-version over the weekend. I can still return it "
And by the way... Thanks for sharing the screenshots.
NEVERMIND... got a little too excited when I saw the 4G LTE symbol. After re-reading your post I just realized..

Rican Bx Bomba said:
Woah, this thread turned bad.. anyway...
These are the apps that I currently have installed in my new Nexus 7.
Before I get verbally attacked too, these are in my app drawer on my TSF Launcher.
Rick, any questions about my apps, feel free to ask, or if you recommend anything that I should have just let me know.
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perv
*runs to play store and downloads sex tube*

timrock said:
perv
*runs to play store and downloads sex tube*
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Lmao!
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timrock said:
perv
*runs to play store and downloads sex tube*
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LMAOOOO!!!
jerk-on-the-go

[Q] App Suggestions

I don't feel like I utilize my tablet as much as I would like to utilize it and I think that it is because I don't know of some of the cool apps that are out there. I use the my Nexus 7 to watch Networking videos and to read networking books (currently studying for my CCNP exams). I use Mantano Reader for books because I read a lot of PDF books. Which is alright but since the resolution of the screen I have to read the books sideways, if there is anything better that would be suggested that would be awesome. Or if there is any suggested apps that you guys use that would be good too. Thanks,

I use Quick Office for reading PowerPoints and the Kindle app for pdfs (I've heard moon reader is better though).
I'm studying for my CCNA
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Protomartyr said:
I use Quick Office for reading PowerPoints and the Kindle app for pdfs (I've heard moon reader is better though).
I'm studying for my CCNA
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I haven't really messed with Quick Office that much it was expensive for what I wanted to use it for. I thought about using Kindle for PDFs but don't you have to be online to access your PDFs.
Awesome about the CCNA I passed mine in August, I think I am going to take my CCNP Route exam next week. Good luck on your exam though. I thought it was pretty tough compared to some of my college exams.

s2pdpyro said:
I haven't really messed with Quick Office that much it was expensive for what I wanted to use it for. I thought about using Kindle for PDFs but don't you have to be online to access your PDFs.
Awesome about the CCNA I passed mine in August, I think I am going to take my CCNP Route exam next week. Good luck on your exam though. I thought it was pretty tough compared to some of my college exams.
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Quick office is actually free now in the play store
If the PDFs are on the device then you don't need to be online. If they are on the cloud then yeah you would have to be connected.
And it's a good thing you took the CCNA in August. They've made some changes to the exams that took effect in October. IPv6 and some updates (and a little but more difficult lol). Hope you do well on the CCNP!
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Protomartyr said:
I use Quick Office for reading PowerPoints and the Kindle app for pdfs (I've heard moon reader is better though).
I'm studying for my CCNA
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A few days ago I bought Moon Reader Pro for pdf-support, because it is imo by far the very best reader off all I tried with epub-type ebooks. The pdf-support in Moon Pro does however not have text-reflow (fit text to screen after zoom), which I find ridiculous. Would I have known that, the free version would have been good enough. (With Ad Away I already have no adds in Android). However for epub Moon is so good the developper deserves my money and no hard feelings here at all.
The only pdf-readers with both decent text-reflow and also good dark theme with night/reversed view I found are Ez Pdf Reader (paid) and Adobe Reader (free). I might have tried them all. All others did not have both or not as good. Ez PDF I like very much and has a lot of options. Adobe good to.

Why don't you like Cool Reader for epubs?
It has the best background (very eye-friendly) and tons of customization options.

hasenbein1966 said:
Why don't you like Cool Reader for epubs?
It has the best background (very eye-friendly) and tons of customization options.
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I have never used Cool Reader I will have to check it out. I have only really used Mantano and EZpdf for reading books. But I am always up for more suggestions of things to test out. Thanks.

For PDFs actually Amazon Kindle is the best reader app!
Fast scrolling, fast page previews, flawless rendering.
Only drawback is that you always have to go to a file manager, click on the book you want to read and chose Kindle. The app doesn't store on it's start screen documents which were opened from outside the Kindle ecosystem. But otherwise, most comfortable reading experience!

For PDFs actually Amazon Kindle is the best reader app!
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I have to say that you are right on that I didn't know that you could open PDFs using the kindle app like that. The only thing that it doesn't look like it has is annotation but in all honesty I don't use that much. Thanks for a how-to on how to use the kindle app.

s2pdpyro said:
I have to say that you are right on that I didn't know that you could open PDFs using the kindle app like that. The only thing that it doesn't look like it has is annotation but in all honesty I don't use that much. Thanks for a how-to on how to use the kindle app.
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I'll second the surprise and the thanks - I also didn't notice Kindle as an option when selecting from a file browser. It actually works very well as a PDF reader.

hasenbein1966 said:
Only drawback is that you always have to go to a file manager, click on the book you want to read and chose Kindle. The app doesn't store on it's start screen documents which were opened from outside the Kindle ecosystem. But otherwise, most comfortable reading experience!
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If you save your PDFs (or whatever) in /sdcard/kindle then the kindle app will include them. Although admittedly that doesn't help if you've got all your books arranged in a different directory structure.

Why not use adobe reader? I like that I can't annotate and see those also in my laptop.

I have had problems with rendering with adobe. It will take a while for pages to load especially on bigger books.
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Wow thanks for the suggestion I don't mind having them in the kindle folder it is nice for them to appear in the app.
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