I was just playing around with the transition effects in Ultimate Launcher, and I was thinking how cool it would be to have an ebook reader that was finger friendly (slide to turn page) and used the same transitions for page turns. I imagine you could just slide your finger across the screen and the page would curl and turn, or fade, or whatever effect you choose. I have no programming skills at all, and maybe I'm the only one who'd be interested in this, but it sure seemed like a cool idea.
I like the sound of that!!
There are all too few really good e-book apps out there. I would love something that would in corporate this. Why stop at turning the page? Why not use the gestures from HTC Album. For example to turn the page slide left or right, to change between landscape and portrait reading use the rotate gesture from HTC Album, maybe even zoom in and out using HTC Albums zoom in out gesture.
Good idea, wish I had the skill to get the ball rolling???!!!
diigibio
Also sounds like a good idea to me. Right now I used Microsoft reader but it's far from the best solution.
Picsel Proview
today i use picsel Proview.. to see documents (and .pdf)
it uses zoom capabilities... but there´s no such thingie like transition effects. AND its a memory hog.
it would be nice if A_C come with this.. using the S2* API.
omg.. this make sloth happy!
=P~
For ebooks, i use mostly Mobipocket reader - desktop version can import from a few popular formats (pdf, html, txt. Rtf and doc need MS office to be installed :/ )and create ebooks in its own format, which then can be sent to your phone/pda. It supports turning the page forward/back by touching the right/left edge of the screen, so you can read without using stylus or dpad. However if you want to open another book, you'll probably still need to use the stylus, or at least a fingernail
But something with more finger-friendly interface (especially for opening files) like S2V, iContact of pocketCM would be nice. And of course some cool transition effects wouldn't hurt too
Maybe we should ask A_C to create another good program from "Slide2" Series
and call it Slide2Read S2R ...!!!!
azzambm said:
Maybe we should ask A_C to create another good program from "Slide2" Series
and call it Slide2Read S2R ...!!!!
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I Agree...
A_C read this.. please
I really wish I had any skill at coding and could do this myself. I think it would be a cool program. There probably just isn't enough demand to make it worth anybody's time. It was a nice idea though...
has someone here gotten the Microsoft Reader to work on WM6 ?
I have a few ebooks here that i'd like to read...
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has someone here gotten the Microsoft Reader to work on WM6 ?
I have a few ebooks here that i'd like to read...
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YEP, it works fine
Is there a version or mod of Microsoft Reader that works with 6.5.3? One that is finger-friendly.
bart3385 said:
Is there a version or mod of Microsoft Reader that works with 6.5.3? One that is finger-friendly.
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not tht i could find one. i hunted lots
but then u can get it to wrk...its a pain to press the buttons at the bottom (showing page nos.) but once u get a hang of things, it aint tht bad. Currently reading PERFUME: STORY OF A MURDERER.....but then i wish the reader behaved better
u can also get this DVOLPAD (some name like tht) to read. It turns the volume keys into page up page down buttons....helps with MS Reader
Related
using clearvue - = crap!
any offers?
try the free adobe reader
it ll read any pdf u throw at it(but takes >7mb)
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readerforppc.html
Never had any problems with this one. Got it installed on SD card rather than internal memory but works just fine.
G
trying it out now!!!
cheers
gotta be better than clearvue - it blows
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trying it out now!!!
cheers
gotta be better than clearvue - it blows
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it's better, but not that great either. very bloated and crashes often. is fast though.
i personally like Ansyr Primer, which is no longer sold. a little slow in rendering, but doesn't crash as often as the adobe and less memory hungry. you can also add annotations and bookmarks. it doesn't do tagged files like the adobe reader, which is one good things going for it.
I don't know why there is so little development in producing good pdf readers.
in any case, using pdfs a lot, i keep them all, and find them useful for different types of documents.
with Primer, you have to apply a vga aware patch, from something like tweaks 2k2, if you have a vga machine. I bought my copy a while ago. if nobody is selling it, i've checked and noted other sources do have it.
PocketXPDF
http://pocketxpdf.sourceforge.net/
I find it the best one.
Renders pages in real VGA.
best regards,
P
just for the record - the adobe ppc pdf reader sux.
it lasted 2 hours on my rig.
trying sourceforge jobbie now . . .
Try `foxit' pdf reader which has just released for ppc ,the evaluation purpose .( just reminds it and there no limit of days as i have neen using it for so many number of days) the best or the worst part is that it runs from itself , installs no files on windows folder . it is one single file(1.25 mb) transferred via active sync to the storage card then add to today screen via pocket plus and then through resco explre make it the default program to view pdf files
nabuhonodozor said:
PocketXPDF
http://pocketxpdf.sourceforge.net/
I find it the best one.
Renders pages in real VGA.
best regards,
P
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Use this one all the time.
Putting into full screen landscape allows half of a full page to be easily readable.
Only down side is the delay in waiting for the next page to load - hopefully this will be fixed in a later version
Matt
Hey matt.
you're only bloody right!
this is a good reader guys.
nice rendering, i think a little better than clearvue and certainly the pile of elephant turd that is the adobe reader - that was just embarrassing!
lr
Help please
Hi All
Coud someone please get the .cab file from :
http://pocketxpdf.sourceforge.net/
And put it on the board , as my proxy at work wont let me download it the normal way.
Please please please someone help
thanks
Steve
Ask and you will receive my brother!
Many Many thanks
Many Many thanks
You are a life saver !
Steve
it takes bloody ages to load initially and the page load times is fairly crap but full screen and programmable h/ware buttons makes it kewl.
as i said before the rendering is pretty wicked too!
WOW!!!! Just installed PocketXPDF and it has got to be the best PPC PDF reader available. Rendering the pages does take a while but at least it is worth the wait.
Thanks for sharing that with us.
Adobe?
I tried my pdf book which has 2700 pages in my JASJAR with Adobe reader,it nicely tagged it for viewing in "reflow mode" (text wraps around to fit the screen) so that we need not scroll it horizontally even after zooming.
Wow! how nicely Adobe did it and I could read the book continously in reflow mode with zoom.I think NO Other pdf reader can do this.Even 'Repligo',I tried same book with Repligo pdf mobilizer,still no reflowing.
Adobe reader is the Best pdf reader without any doubt,but it has its own drawbacks like: Very bulky,freezes ur PPC if not used for sometime(after opening).No official compatibility for WM5 devices.
If the size of the file is small,any reader would do.But bigger files,reflow mode Adobe is jus Gr8!
Acrobat reader has been working great for me for the past two years.
it just depends on the following question:
- do you use a realVGA 'hack'?
if yes:
use acrobat reader
if no:
use pocketXPDF reader
because you really want VGA instead of qVGA. and reflow is a really big plus for acrobat imo
nabuhonodozor said:
PocketXPDF
http://pocketxpdf.sourceforge.net/
I find it the best one.
Renders pages in real VGA.
best regards,
P
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Yep...
It's the Best!
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I believe non of the mentioned readers can do the followings completely
a) must have scrolling feature (available in Adobe Reader)
b) text and picture must be sharp (apply to all readers except Adobe)
c) small in size (definitely not for Adobe Reader)
Any?
is there a comics viewer (that opens pdfs and jpegs) optimized for touch screen?
none for VGA/WVGA that I know of, dont expect any to be developed. Very little development happening for WM these days...
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none for VGA/WVGA that I know of, dont expect any to be developed. Very little development happening for WM these days...
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damn, why?
Why? Blinkered vision from mobile developers.... "Must develop for iPhone" as it's has the best distrubution and a large install base.
Maybe once Microsoft plays catch up and opens it's WM store things may get better for WM.
People haven't wanted to create a comic reader because it's such a small screen. But now that we have the X1 and Blackstone, hopefully someone will get a push.
I for one would love to have a nice finger-scroll friendly comic viewer...
The problem I think would be being able to read any comic book text on the display. I did a few tests with simple conversions to jpeg and, while the screen is definitely big enough to show almost all the graphical content of a page, the text is really too small to be readable. And if you have to zoom in to every single text box to be ble to read it completely kills the usability of it IMO.
So unless there is a program that manages to overcome this (I dont really see how) I dont think comic book reading will be possible on a machine such as the touch HD.
there are many
http://www.google.dk/search?source=ig&hl=da&rlz=&q=comic+pocketpc&btnG=Google-søgning
google is your friend
pocketnetcbz is what i use
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pocketnetcbz is what i use
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what format does it read?
Could you upload a copy of it? Can't seem to find a mirror.
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Could you upload a copy of it? Can't seem to find a mirror.
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yes pls
Someone has just written a pretty decent comic reader app in the Raphael forums http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=455313
It works pretty well, but since it's written for the Raphael, it relies on a d-pad to navigate between pages. But it's still possible to use it on the Blackstone if you use the arrows on the softkeyboard.
The developer of BeyondPod - possibly one of the best podcatcher/RSS readers available - has decided to focus more on the Android platform and less on WinMo. As anyone who has tried to use BeyondPod on any of the 6.5 builds knows, there are a number of issues with the way it renders feeds (missing scroll bars, no text size control, no finger scrolling, etc). Basically the program needs to be updated to support the new version of IE in 6.5.
This would also be an oppurtunity for anyone interested in the future of BeyondPod on WinMo to take over its development. The project is open source, and there are a number of possible improvements that could make this app even better (feed search, apptodate support, homescreen plugin, etc). The dev would be more than happy to have the help.
Couple links here:
BeyondPod home page
http://beyondpod.codeplex.com/
BeyondPod source
http://beyondpod.codeplex.com/SourceControl/ListDownloadableCommits.aspx
Discussion on 6.5 issues
http://beyondpod.codeplex.com/Thread/View.aspx?ThreadId=53878
Anyone interested in tackling this project? Or is there an even better alternative out there for those of us who want to get our podcast on?
No one cares? Or maybe I'm one of the few that do?
Guess I need to teach myself some programming skills . . .
Im using BeyondPod, great podcast software!
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Im using BeyondPod, great podcast software!
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You might be using it now, but won't be for long . . . if you upgrade to WM6.5 or many cooked ROMs of WM6.1. That's the point of this thread.
TheDaddy said:
You might be using it now, but won't be for long . . . if you upgrade to WM6.5 or many cooked ROMs of WM6.1. That's the point of this thread.
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Can we try to petition or email them?
At least write an app for wm 6.5.
Than that will be ok.
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Can we try to petition or email them?
At least write an app for wm 6.5.
Than that will be ok.
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Dude. Read the first post carefully. And follow the links.
I liked beyondpod but switched to speeedreader due to google reader sync. they should actually talk with each other, both have great features, combined it would be a killer app..
http://emuneee.wordpress.com/eeenno/speeed-reader/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=516168&page=9
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I liked beyondpod but switched to speeedreader due to google reader sync. they should actually talk with each other, both have great features, combined it would be a killer app..
http://emuneee.wordpress.com/eeenno/speeed-reader/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=516168&page=9
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Speedreader is no comparison to beyondpod. Beyondpod is the best software i've found by far for managing audio podcasts, multiple auto downloads, intuitive interface and integrated player with great playback and bookmarking features. I'm surprised more people are not aware of this awesome software and if anything out there is close or better I would like to know. I would almost abandon 6.5 just for Beyondpod, but 6.1 scrolling is so terrible that i cant do it. Beyondpod is one piece of software that would actually be worth paying for if it weren't already offered for free.
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Speedreader is no comparison to beyondpod. Beyondpod is the best software i've found by far for managing audio podcasts, multiple auto downloads, intuitive interface and integrated player with great playback and bookmarking features. I'm surprised more people are not aware of this awesome software and if anything out there is close or better I would like to know. I would almost abandon 6.5 just for Beyondpod, but 6.1 scrolling is so terrible that i cant do it. Beyondpod is one piece of software that would actually be worth paying for if it weren't already offered for free.
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SECOND that ... i would do it but I am no coder ... BOunty perhaps? or how can we get it done ?
The name defines, BEYONDPOD.
So yeah, this app is good.
Runs quite well on wm6,5, have to use the Dpad to scroll up and down though.
Able to download, listen and play audio and video and see podcast listing in wm 6.5
jeremy89632 said:
The name defines, BEYONDPOD.
So yeah, this app is good.
Runs quite well on wm6,5, have to use the Dpad to scroll up and down though.
Able to download, listen and play audio and video and see podcast listing in wm 6.5
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Was there an update? I have had at least 15 6.5 roms flashed and the content view in beyondpod was not working therefore rendering it useless for downloading. Sometimes you could see content view the first time you brought it up, but it would not refresh if you scrolled and would be blank the next time.
I would be up to adding to a bounty if necessary
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Was there an update? I have had at least 15 6.5 roms flashed and the content view in beyondpod was not working therefore rendering it useless for downloading. Sometimes you could see content view the first time you brought it up, but it would not refresh if you scrolled and would be blank the next time.
I would be up to adding to a bounty if necessary
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Oh, I dont notice this issue, as what you mentioned work perfectly fine, (Surprisingly) on my device.
I will check out and see how it goes.
Cheers.
Hi All,
jeremy89632 is right, if you just use your Dpad then the error doesn't occur. Another option I have found is that if you use the update and download option then that works as well.
I'm a .NET programmer and I think this is written in .NET. Let me take a peek at the source code for a few days and then I'll let you know if it is something I might want to tackle. I do a TON of development work in .NET but nothing on the mobile platform yet - this might be interesting. Plus, I've been looking for a good RSS/podcast reader myself!
/Chimp (Tom)
Tom, Def check it out it rocks for audio podcasts.
I seem to have found a temp workaround, which tells me a solution cannot be far off. When I go into content view and cannot see the content or it is messed up. I just switch my touch pro to landsacpe and the view is fine abd I can use the dpad to scroll. I will ususally just shift right back to landscape and the view remains perfect but dpad wont scroll until I first touch the screen, then it will dpad scroll with no problem. I can click and download feeds with no problem. I reduced the large text size in beyondpod settings. All the podcasts manage and playback fine but the volume is much lower than normal hard to hear even with mediaplayer and system volume at max. Volume in my other apps and mediaplayer is very loud as normal.
It it more complex than I thought. Also, is this only for a SmartPhone? Or is also for a WM Professional device? When I finally got it loaded into VS2008 it only showed a SmartPhone device.
I'll keep playing with it.
Chimp (Tom)
Definitely PPC touchscreens. On 6.1 it was pretty flawless and fairly finger friendly.
Hmm... It is definately showing up as a Smartphone only when I load it. I'll have to figure out how to switch it over to a PPC device (and also support a SmartPhone).
Well, as this app is for the touchscreen users, it is easier to squash bugs for users rather than to create a smartphone version and cause issues.
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Hmm... It is definately showing up as a Smartphone only when I load it. I'll have to figure out how to switch it over to a PPC device (and also support a SmartPhone).
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I downloaded the code, as well... I got it to successfully compile and run in the WM6.5 Pro emulator (with the stated problems). You need to change the target platform to WM 6 Pro.
Like you said, the code is really complex, but I kind of understand why, it's a great program, and I've missed it since I finally got 6.5 on my i910...
I don't have a lot of spare time, but I'll try to tackle this thing...
I have Microsoft Reader on my new Tilt II and would love to be able to swipe pages instead of using the stylist. Any ideas? I tried setting it up using advance configuration.
I am using ENRG Rom
Thanks in adavance if anyone can help...
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I think you're out of luck unless Microsoft updates this program. It's pretty primitive and hasn't had a facelift for five years. Besides, I think the .lit format is pretty much dead. Mobipocket is a much better e-book reader, and you can turn pages by tapping (tap the right side of the page to advance, the left side to go back a page).
I prefer repligo or foxit for any document reading. LIT is really no more a thing to go for. Wish you luck.
Solution found. You can use VolDPad to utilize the volume buttons to turn pages forward and backward.Works great.
It can be found here: http://beemer.sesma.eu/en/voldpad.htm
Thanks !!
Just throwing out a line to get some ideas on the best PDF viewer, possibly with annotation (although not required). I'm looking for something fast and smooth that can navigate larger documents, etc.
I like the polaris office one, at least better than adobe reader, which seems sluggish.
+1 for Polaris Office. Not perfect, but faster than the Adobe Reader app.
Hmm, I might have to try to find a copy of Polaris, it has disappeared from my app list in the midst of various ROM changes.
Repligo PDFReader
I use it to have clients sign contracts right on the screen. But has so many functions.. Check out the Video
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.cerience.reader.app&feature=search_result
It is $4.99 but well worth it.
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Polaris Office
Repligo +1 for me. And for read the include Acer Lumiread.
At some of android news website I saw a test of pdf readers and the winner was ezPDF reader. Maybe you'll like it (sorry for my english)
Wysłano z Acer A500
xamilek555 said:
At some of android news website I saw a test of pdf readers and the winner was ezPDF reader. Maybe you'll like it (sorry for my english)
Wysłano z Acer A500
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Thanks, I'm trying it out now. Seems pretty good, overall.
Did you ever try ezPDF? I've been using Repligo for about a month and I love it! It was definitely worth the $4.99 (actually, when I bought it, it was $1.99 @ the Amazon Appstore).
I looked forever for the perfect android PDF app for reading books and ezPDF won hands down. Amazing control, bookmaking, and text rendering. I couldn't believe how many of the apps weren't up to par.
Sorry to drudge up a moderately old post, but I have a question about ezPDF. Can you rotate documents? I scan a lot of stuff into PDF, and sometimes I need to rotate the pages on the fly?
Also, does it support adding notes (written with stylus) and bookmarks? I've seen other posts and some say that it has this feature, others complain it doesn't.
Thanks,
-PW
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Sorry to drudge up a moderately old post, but I have a question about ezPDF. Can you rotate documents? I scan a lot of stuff into PDF, and sometimes I need to rotate the pages on the fly?
Also, does it support adding notes (written with stylus) and bookmarks? I've seen other posts and some say that it has this feature, others complain it doesn't.
Thanks,
-PW
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I do not see rotation in the settings anywhere.
And it does support adding notes, annotations. Just tap and hold screen and chose "free hand". It will ask u if u want to make a copy for annotating which is great so u dont mark up the only copy u have. It will create another copy if u like to mark up. Once u chose, then write as much as u want. Good program.
i'm working with lots of PDFs - non-editable, editable, with markups, making markups - and right now the best reader and marker for PDF for me is RepliGo.
The PDF Viewer from Picsel Smart Office is as well very good and very fast but without marking capabilities.
Picsel Smart Office has as well the best excel, word and powerpoint readers/editors.