I have played around with several and found Aldiko to best suit my needs. Here are my reasons:
1) First and foremost, easy access to Creative Commons titles. I have grabbed most of Cory Doctorow's works (I own them all in paper form) and Charles Stross titles as well (ditto). I mean what good is a reader without a library?
2) Pleasant, easy to access, easy to use, interface. Easy to adjust brightness, switch to night-time mode, change font size, etc.
3) Intuitive, basically no learning curve.
Anybody else try it?
I should have also mentioned Aldiko Sync, a app that lets you sync with Dropbox.
I use it too. Tried go book and some others, but aldiko is the only one that is usable on my phone and almost perfect on my cm7 nook and touchpad
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koop1955 said:
I have played around with several and found Aldiko to best suit my needs. Here are my reasons:
1) First and foremost, easy access to Creative Commons titles. I have grabbed most of Cory Doctorow's works (I own them all in paper form) and Charles Stross titles as well (ditto). I mean what good is a reader without a library?
2) Pleasant, easy to access, easy to use, interface. Easy to adjust brightness, switch to night-time mode, change font size, etc.
3) Intuitive, basically no learning curve.
Anybody else try it?
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I like Aldiko. I also like FB Reader because it has a small apk size and is fast, but it is not as visually appealing as Aldiko..
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I am looking for a mobile RSS Reader. Do not know much about them. am using pRSSreader and Viigo. Brand new to both but am really liking the feeds. Obviously free is nice, but would pay if it was a good reader. Want the full article, offline ability, ease of adding links, so new that I do not even know what i want - other than not to spend a lot of time entering links into a bad piece of software.
WM 6.1 Pro
Do a search for YomoMedia. Works great, looks nice, and you can manage your subscriptions from your PC as well as from the phone. And it's free.
i like that i can organize my feeds on the desktop. it has been difficult getting the feed urls entered into my device. with yomomedia, can you download the entire article and look at them offline?
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i like that i can organize my feeds on the desktop. it has been difficult getting the feed urls entered into my device. with yomomedia, can you download the entire article and look at them offline?
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I'm testing it right now (great find by the way, thanks Commdr64!!), and on the few feeds I've tested so far, the full version of the article has been included with the downloaded updates, available when you're offline.
It's a nice clean interface, runs smooth, and I like that you can manage your subscriptions from the desktop
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Ok, I've found some feeds now that don't have the full article downloaded for offline viewing...they download in the app, but only when you click a link for the full article. I can't seem to find any settings that change that behavior, so I'm guessing it's dictated by the feed and not the app.
Right now I'm using the default RSS reader installed which works great, but Yomomedia sounds also very interesting.
I use SPB News (Full Text News Reader ) it's pretty good here's a link , and it has a Free Trial. I use alot of SPB products.
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/pocketpc-software/news/
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Right now I'm using the default RSS reader installed which works great, but Yomomedia sounds also very interesting.
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What default RSS Reader? My HTC TP2 does not have one.
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Ok, I've found some feeds now that don't have the full article downloaded for offline viewing...they download in the app, but only when you click a link for the full article. I can't seem to find any settings that change that behavior, so I'm guessing it's dictated by the feed and not the app.
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I was thinking that some feeds would not want the article downloaded. I am new to it but why would they want to give you the full article? Would think that they would want you to go to the site. Anyway ... I will download tonight and play with it.
RSS reader
I spend almost an hour in a train on my way to work/home and need a reader that can retrieve articles for offline reading. So recently I spent my whole weekend testing about 13 rss readers and podcast catchers - all i could find on the web. thought i would share my experience. I actually installed all of them and compared one by one. In my opinion the best reader is Egress and it is far superior than any of the readers both by the number of features it has and also customizations you can do. The only feature that this reader does not have compared to all others is that it is not designed to sync with online/desktop readers. I do not need that because in the train i read specific feeds only and leave the rest for desktop reading. It has not been updated for some time (i think it went to android), but even now its touch interface and visual looks are very modern. It is not free... The second best is Yomomedia, though it installs few things on device even though you choose Storage card.
wondering if you tried pRSSreader? it is not verying finger friendly and it is pretty stripped down. but i am a stock WM person - no too interested in the flash. but so far i like thr pRSSreader. don't know enough to know all the features. i do like that i can flag and save the likes to delicious to look at later on my desktop.
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wondering if you tried pRSSreader? it is not verying finger friendly and it is pretty stripped down. but i am a stock WM person - no too interested in the flash. but so far i like thr pRSSreader. don't know enough to know all the features. i do like that i can flag and save the likes to delicious to look at later on my desktop.
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Yes, I tried pRSSreader as well and still have it on my device. However, I do not need an article to be saved for further reading in delicious (actually, i do not think such option is available in pRSSreader , as far as i can remember viigo has it).
egress is actually not flashy at all, just very convenient for use with fingers: scrolling up and down or left and right is well thought and produces intuitive results. The real winner is actually customizations available in its Options menu. For example, pRSSreader allows you define global setting on how to retrieve offline/webcontent. Egress allows both global and per feed customizations. You can organize your feeds, say, using Google reader and then export opml file to egress. I believe you can get 30-day trial version of egress, just try it.
how do you think egress compares with pRSSreader?
i save the feeds/urls in delicious because it is an easy way for me to flag them for later review on my desktop.
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how do you think egress compares with pRSSreader?
i save the feeds/urls in delicious because it is an easy way for me to flag them for later review on my desktop.
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I believe i have replied in my previous post. Also as I mentioned in my first post, there is a free excellent alternative - Yomomedia.
SpeedReader 1.5
Even though Windows Mobile 6.* is coming to it's end, there still isn't a decent PDF Reader. Adobe Reader LE 2.5 is fast & efficient, but lacks outline & text-only views, and PocketXPdf v0.5.0 is slow as F*&%!! & seems to've lost support eons ago, but has outline and text-only views. So, what I'm requesting, if the devs of this here xda-developers community of ours are willing, is for the development of a PDF Reader that melds the best from the two, leaving behind the gross, and possibly adding support for multi-touch. I think we all need it to be --
# fast & efficient, able to open large .pdf files quickly
# with outline view, so we can browse by chapter, rather than only by page
# & a text-only view for even speedier performance in .pdf files that may be image-heavy, but one only requires the text
# multi-touch zooming (pinch to zoom)
So, here's to hoping at least one dev out there is in the request-taking mood.
::cheers:: \(^_^)/
I often searched for good pdf-viewers.. we have 600 dollar phones, but they can't handle pdf.. the mobile adobe viewer sucks. Would definitly like a replacement.
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... we have 600 dollar phones, but they can't handle pdf...
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My sentiment, exactly. And, I'm sure devs've gotta feel the same.
I had the same problem. Try Foxit Reader.
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... Try Foxit Reader.
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Tried it, and although it's quite fast, it still lacks outline view, and pinch to zoom would be nice, too.
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Just bumping to show my dedication to this thread here. Devs ... we all need your help. Adobe & Foxit've failed us, mainly, because they're lacking outline view & multi-touch. So, a fresh, new app is totally necessary at this point.
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Might as well've called this thread Pong, as I see I'll be doing a lot of ::bump:: 'ing for this topic.
Well, I see no devs are interested in this. Does that mean there is already a PDF Reader that...
Opens .pdf files fast & efficiently
has outline view
and, supports multi-touch???
http://calibre-ebook.com/
Has anyone used this yet on the fire and if they did? ur reviews u liked it or hated it??
I used Calibre for a few days just to try it out and reverted back to the dropbox method. It did what it was supposed to just fine (I suppose, first time using it) but found that I didn't like the default directory it moved my books to. I'm also using some different reader apps for different types of e-books, so I tried out the conversion tool built into Calibre. It definitely converted my file (after about 45 mins.) and then looked pretty rough in my reader once I moved it over to my kfire.
Best readers I've found so far..
-ezPDF Reader - For all my .pdf books
-Cool Reader - For everything else
also used Moon+ Reader for it's library of books.
So... Yes the Calibre worked fine with the KFire. It's news function is great. Gathering articles and newspapers from 1500 different sources and making them into an easy to read format with which you can transfer to your KFire or read with Calibre's built in e-reader. Good app to help with your library too if you have a lot of books.
Good app and works for KFire, I just like doing it the hard way I guess.
I've used Calibre since 2009. I love it. Its great for formatting different ebooks to other file types: pdf, .ebub, .lit. I use it in conjunction with Aldiko Book reader. Aldiko is bar none to best ereader app i've found for Android.
I have used it for several years on my Kindle 2 and now Fire. I love the way I can use it to save genre and upload-translate to either Kindle. It keeps all my books in one spot. What's not to love? I don't seem to have any conversion problems between various formats.
ON the Kindle 2, there is a plug in that allows making collections automatically using the tags or genre etc. Alas this doesn't work for the Fire, but it isn't Calibre's fault, the Fire doesn't support collections. I sure wish it did, it makes finding books really nice on the Kindle 2.
Thanks to everyone!! loving my new fire
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I used Calibre for a few days just to try it out and reverted back to the dropbox method. It did what it was supposed to just fine (I suppose, first time using it) but found that I didn't like the default directory it moved my books to. I'm also using some different reader apps for different types of e-books, so I tried out the conversion tool built into Calibre. It definitely converted my file (after about 45 mins.) and then looked pretty rough in my reader once I moved it over to my kfire.
Best readers I've found so far..
-ezPDF Reader - For all my .pdf books
-Cool Reader - For everything else
also used Moon+ Reader for it's library of books.
So... Yes the Calibre worked fine with the KFire. It's news function is great. Gathering articles and newspapers from 1500 different sources and making them into an easy to read format with which you can transfer to your KFire or read with Calibre's built in e-reader. Good app to help with your library too if you have a lot of books.
Good app and works for KFire, I just like doing it the hard way I guess.
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I have the same problem with Calibre. I bought my first e-ink reader (Nook) a month ago. I have around a few hundred ebooks in my collection. I downloaded caliber. Althought it’s a great e-book management software, I have a couple of problems with it. Specifically the way it stores your ebooks after importing them. It organizes/stores e-books in its library in folders in the following order: Author --> Book Title -->Actual e-book file (epub/mobi etc).
However, I have always stored my books in this manner:
* If a book is in only one format, I won’t put it in a separate folder and will rename it the following way: Book Title – Author Name.epub
* If a book is in more than one format, I will put the e-book files in a separate folder in the following manner: Book Title – Author Name.epub, Book Title - Author Name. mobi
Having my e-books in the above way makes it easier for me to organize them. Its just a personal preference, I guess. I am wondering if its possible to organize your Caliber Library this way. I have looked around but wasn’t able to find my answer.
I hope someone else can provide some insight?
Thanks.
Yep, works well, although some formats end up in documents rather than ebooks.
I use my 17 inch laptop (Windows 7) all day and wondered a long time if a tablet could work as an occasional laptop replacement for conference trips, working on documents at a cafe, etc. So far, the a100 has been great for email, netflix, music, calendar, fb, and the like. But it just comes up short for Word-like functions (typing, editing, PowerPoint and pdf's). I have bought Docs To Go, trialed Quickoffice, use Kingsoft, but they are all so clumsy and awkward. I don't think the formatting is very good on any of them. I use a Logitech Bluetooth keyboard, so typing isn't really an issue, but the apps are so limited. A tablet so far just hasn't been what I hoped for, or adequate to occasionally replace my laptop in the main use I wanted it for. Other than that, for the most part, I really like the a100.
Does anyone else share my experience/perspective?
Would going to a larger tablet help (don't really want to, but would be willing to consider it)?
Any opinions??
More simply, would a larger tablet work better typing Ms Word compatible documents? Anyone have this experience?
Ptackley said:
More simply, would a larger tablet work better typing Ms Word compatible documents? Anyone have this experience?
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Larger or smaller, you'll still be limited by the quirky app workarounds, at least for MS Office. You CAN use the web UI for MS Office offered through MS's SkyDrive. Works great. Still isn't exactly like a full inatll of Office but it's really close... Much closer than the 3rd party apps.
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I'll leave this right here.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/103876278794381402383/posts/JM1u4aokm1t
Tx Redneck,
i went to download Onlive Desktop and it says 'Your device isn't compatible with this item'. I think it requires a 10" inch screen minimum for compression. At least that is what I read by one user.
How did you get it to work on the a100?
I downloaded the apk from the website and works nicely. A greaaaat app.
Ok, I finally downloaded it and now to learn how to use it. Thanks for the suggestion!
If you are doing a hard core word, spreadsheet or presentation editing no tablet can satisfy you even large or small even with ipad premium apps. Maybe wait till a stable windows 8 powered tablet is released.
If Im in your place and I will need to make an occationally hard core editing I'll Just leave my 17 inch laptop on and connected in the internet then I'll just use Team viewer to remotely controll it and do the editing I needed.
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I've found a few threads on this, but nothing related exactly to the nexus 7.
Just bought mine, mostly to use for university since I have to read dozens of pdfs and books each year, and wanted to save on printing.
I've had Ezpdf for some time, and while it works really well it has a tendency to crash when I'm highlighting... not fun... its slow to save so I lose a few pages of notation each time it crashes.
I have it hooked to dropbox, which is vital.
Anyone know of a better pdf annotator that works just as well and can sync with dropbox?
btw, I've used qpdf which I found real clunky and iAnnotate which is still taking baby steps.
Anyone else?
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I've found a few threads on this, but nothing related exactly to the nexus 7.
Just bought mine, mostly to use for university since I have to read dozens of pdfs and books each year, and wanted to save on printing.
I've had Ezpdf for some time, and while it works really well it has a tendency to crash when I'm highlighting... not fun... its slow to save so I lose a few pages of notation each time it crashes.
I have it hooked to dropbox, which is vital.
Anyone know of a better pdf annotator that works just as well and can sync with dropbox?
btw, I've used qpdf which I found real clunky and iAnnotate which is still taking baby steps.
Anyone else?
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I think you can use Mendeley for your academic purposes.
http://blog.mendeley.com/tipstricks/android-on-mendeley-an-app-guide/
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I think you can use Mendeley for your academic purposes.
http://blog.mendeley.com/tipstricks/android-on-mendeley-an-app-guide/
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I'm sold! Thanks for the tip.
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I think you can use Mendeley for your academic purposes.
http://blog.mendeley.com/tipstricks/android-on-mendeley-an-app-guide/
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I spoke too soon. Just checked and there are only beta alternate apps for android. None of them allow for pdf note-taking.
I've used iAnnotate in the past and liked it. But now since Adobe Reader has annotating capabilities, I just use it.
imho Adobe Reader is just enough for everything. I have yet to find a better one...
I was trying to use Adobe reader, but its lack of cloud support make it much more difficult.
I just found Foxit pdf for android (have no idea how I missed it last time). Looks like the perfect match for studies. Never found foxit written down on any other forum site. Its an amazing app so far and looking forward to further development.
Buy EZPDF. Now.
That is all.
But seriously, it IS the best annotator out there. Underlining, strikethroughs, double-page viewing, TONS of options and settings, drawing, highlighting, custom colours for all of these writing tools, text boxes - the works. And it's pretty quick, too.
The crashes while highlighting, by the way, have JUST been introduced - Android 4.3 seemed to cause them. They're the biggest annoyance for me, too. The crash is directly tied to the length of time you hold your finger down. Around ~3 seconds seems to trigger it on my Nexus 10. They're quick to address bug reports, I'd suggest emailing them.
Repligo is the best. Sorry but nothing comes close...