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I have few questions about the Evo. Is anyone using the kindle reader software with the Evo? I was wondering how the 4.3" screen is for reading. Also how much does the siedio 3500mah battery add to the weight of the phone?
http://www.amazon.com/Seidio-Innoce..._1_5?ie=UTF8&s=wireless&qid=1279995906&sr=1-5
Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
Minus a little for packaging.
I love the Kindle app, and the big Evo screen really makes it easy to read. I especially like being able to change the background and fonts to 'night' mode. I can finally read in bed without my wife complaining about the light. I've also converted a bunch of PDF's using Mobi's converter, and the work great on the Kindle.
I was wondering about how the kindle app looked. I have a lot of prc's on my kindle 2 and if I get this phone I was wanting to use it to read. I have tried on my hero but the screen is just too small.
Love the kindle app. Use it more than my kindle!
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Kindle on my EVO is awesome. I see no reason to actually use a hardware Kindle.
Hello to all, Im Xan and this is my first post
Id like to ask those o you who are already 7.7 owners how good the tablet is as an eReader.
how good the reading app included is? (I've watched some promo vids and it seemed a little laggy)
I think it has a "night" mode where the background turns black and the text is in white. Is it pitch black or just dark ? i mean, does that black gives some light?
Im a happy kindle owner but it has obvious limitations..since its not a tablet.
Tablets are good for a lot of things but almost all them use screen technology not suitable for reading
(so far the pixel Qi and mirasol tablets in the market have been a dissapointment)
This is the first tablet with a Samoled screen...thats why im asking how good it is as an ereader,
how it treats your eyes during a 90 min reading session? does the night mode makes things better?
Its a lot of money, so if im buying this tablet i want to kwow i can totally replace my kindle.
Thanks for your time
Dear xangroba,
I do not have the samsung 7.7, and I am a junior adviser, but I know the super amoled technology.
An e-ink reader as the kindle and the sony is the best solution to read since are not backlighted, so your eyes are not stressed after one work day with the PC, nightmode is nice but not the solution in my opinion.
Still I think I ll buy this new device because ezpdfreader and repligo are really cool, and manage annotations in a better way, and are continuosly updated.
I strongly suggest you to take both with you, in the end is less than 500 grams to bring around.
If you do not have a tablet samsung 7.7 is amazing in my opinion. No price to play chess, surf the web, annotate documents on the go, every avid reader could love this, epsecially in these "cloud" times
Reading on the 7.7 is fun. I read a lot and tried many ereaders, and this is finally device that meets all my requirements (light, gorgeous screen, fast, easy to hold with one hand ..yet a big screen)
To reduce eye strain I use an app that allows me to set a custom background. I have set it to a particular shade of gray so that the illumination and color corresponds to the color and illumination of light that is reflected by a book or paper.
The night mode is fantastic for reading in the dark. And of course because of the amoled screen it almost uses no battery power.
(Btw no reader app is laggy on this 1.4 ghz processor )
Thanks for the reply.
Can you tell me the name of the app you are talking? (or other similar apps for that matter...that you may know of).
so...can I induce (...ehem...deduce) that the eye strain problem is negligible to nonexistent?
perhaps youre talking about dimming, dimming its something you can do with other tablets, why the reading experience its better with this one?
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Thanks for the reply.
Can you tell me the name of the app you are talking? (or other similar apps for that matter...that you may know of).
so...can I induce that the eye strain problem is negligible to nonexistent?
perhaps youre talking about dimming, dimming its something you can do with other tablets, why the reading experience its better with this one?
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Of course I set the brightness to a minimum. But that's not enough. The problem is the illumination of the background. This can be customized by setting a different background color (if you like induction : set the induction base to black
There are a lot of eReader apps that support custom backgrounds, including the stock ereader. I myself use the Aldiko eReader (but I want to work on one myself. I hate it that no ereader allows to define a "dead spot" where you can hold the tablet... but that's a different story)
I think the way the native ebook app on the 7.7 is kind of crappy. But, Aldiko Pro is awesome, and I've had no eyestrain reading several chapters at a time. Granted, it will not be as good as a Kindle or other e-ink reader, but if you tweak the brightness and fonts to your liking then it is very much usable.
im a barnes and nobel customer so i use the nook app, which works just fine. with a black background and the brightness all the way down its a joy.
black on a super amoled screen is ... actually black
I'd like to use one as a reader too, should I worry about the burn in effect?
Has anyone seen any videos of Kindle app running on the 7.7?
Looking at getting this to use for Kindle rather than my Nexus and just want to see they difference it makes on the slightly larger screen
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Has anyone seen any videos of Kindle app running on the 7.7?
Looking at getting this to use for Kindle rather than my Nexus and just want to see they difference it makes on the slightly larger screen
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I use the kindle app on my 7.7. Works quite well.
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dear, if you have problem minimum light too bright.
download app named 'screen filter'
have a nice day
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I use the kindle app on my 7.7. Works quite well.
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I guess it would be no different from what it's like on any other HC tablets, apart from maybe being smoother due to the exynos.
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I guess it would be no different from what it's like on any other HC tablets, apart from maybe being smoother due to the exynos.
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Indeed. In fact, the Kindle app works fine enough on my old Tab (P1000) already. This doesn't seem to be a particularly system intensive piece of software.
How is reading PDF on ezpdf?
Are the text readable when fit to width of page (portrait view)?
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Hey guys anyone know of any good comic book reader apps that are good for tablets (Nexus 7)?
Anyone who has experience of using any kind of apps on tablets would be great help
Thanks
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Hey guys anyone know of any good comic book reader apps that are good for tablets (Nexus 7)?
Anyone who has experience of using any kind of apps on tablets would be great help
Thanks
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I just use comixology.
Great for my walking dead series.
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Marvel, Comixology and Dark Horse are all good. The applications are pretty similar, maybe even based off the same code in parts, but their differentiation is in the publishers they have in their respective stores.
If you've got your own comics or CBR files you want to use, go ACV. I have all 4 apps installed.
For .CBR/.CBZ files there's ACV (android comic view), Comic Rack... and Perfect Viewer (which is more of an all around image/pdf viewers that supports .cbr/.cbz files)
Japanese Anime has raised comic books to an art form. Some of our Japanese contributors might comment on what they use.
I'm more ordinated towards manga so not sure if it will help but manga watcher is brilliant for finding, downloading and viewing manga.
Works great on both tab and phone.
Link below (premium app but worth it)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vadel.mangawatchman.full
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i used comic rack on my kindle and ill probably use the same app on nexus 7.
50-3 said:
I'm more ordinated towards manga so not sure if it will help but manga watcher is brilliant for finding, downloading and viewing manga.
Works great on both tab and phone.
Link below (premium app but worth it)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vadel.mangawatchman.full
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+1 for Manga Watcher. The price of the app is well worth it as I personally find it better than any of the free manga reading apps.
Best comic book reader for Manga?
Mango!
http://mango.leetsoft.net/
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Best comic book reader for Manga?
Mango!
http://mango.leetsoft.net/
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Mango is good but lacks a tablet interface and does silly things like throw java errors when there is no data connection.
Mango is the best free manga reader. Manga watcher is a better finished product.
In the end it will come down to the users needs if they're happy to use a reader designed for phones mango if they want the extras like bookshelf & tablet interface then manga watcher.
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Comic Rack here, worked great for everything
I just want to throw my vote out there for Comic Rack as well, I tinkered with a few other programs, and this just seemed to have the options, nice ability to have series's separated out, and smooth transitions that I was looking for.
ComicRack is the best and MangaWatcher is great for, well manga
comixology, mavel and dc are all by the same guys i think. Pretty sure the comixology app has all the marvel/dc comics in its store so if you want to keep your collection together that's the best choice. really nice animations on the app.
i've used mango for japanese comics, but the resolution of the images is not great; readable but not great. Does anyone know if it's better on manga watcher?
Casting my vote for comicrack as well. The Desktop version of the program blows anything else out of the water and the paid android app has wifi syncing. I only wish it had the ability to view remote libraries but the dev says this is coming.
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comixology, mavel and dc are all by the same guys i think. Pretty sure the comixology app has all the marvel/dc comics in its store so if you want to keep your collection together that's the best choice. really nice animations on the app.
i've used mango for japanese comics, but the resolution of the images is not great; readable but not great. Does anyone know if it's better on manga watcher?
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Checked the Res of a random page of naruto for you:
711X1024px
web source: mangareader
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thanks for that. that's a better resolution than the source i was using. looks better using the mangareader source.
How is the Nexus for reading comics? Or for that matter any 7 inch tablet. The Nexus's price is definitely right but the main function of it for me would be to read comics with ComicRack. Would I be better off with a 10.1 inch tablet or is 7 good enough?
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How is the Nexus for reading comics? Or for that matter any 7 inch tablet. The Nexus's price is definitely right but the main function of it for me would be to read comics with ComicRack. Would I be better off with a 10.1 inch tablet or is 7 good enough?
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7" is fine. The biggest problem is two page spreads, but that affects any size reader.
For the best viewing you need to consider screen size, pixel density, and aspect ratio. All other things held constant:
Size: Bigger is better for the most part. Obviously device size will be decided by other usage factors such as weight/portability/etc...
Pixel density: Denser is better.
Aspect Ratio: A ratio that matches comics is best. Most comics have about a 1.54 ratio. 16:9 is 1.77, 16:10 is 1.6, 4:3 is 1.33. The usable height on the N7 is 1170px so a 1.46 ratio, which is a little short. For comparison the usable space ration on my Tab 2 7.0 is 1.62 or a little high.
Hopefully there will be a way to hide the bars on the N7 to get back some screen real estate. All that said, 16:9 / 16:10 are the way to go, iPads at 4:3, not so great.
I'm good with comics on the Tab 2 7.0, and the N7 will have 27% more pixel density (216ppi vs 170ppi), so everything should be crisper and clearer.
If you do decide that 10" is the better choice, I'd recommend something along the lines of the Asus Transformer Pad Infinity for comparable density and specs. Possibly the Acer Iconia Tab A700 as well.
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7" is fine. The biggest problem is two page spreads, but that affects any size reader.
For the best viewing you need to consider screen size, pixel density, and aspect ratio. All other things held constant:
Size: Bigger is better for the most part. Obviously device size will be decided by other usage factors such as weight/portability/etc...
Pixel density: Denser is better.
Aspect Ratio: A ratio that matches comics is best. Most comics have about a 1.54 ratio. 16:9 is 1.77, 16:10 is 1.6, 4:3 is 1.33. The usable height on the N7 is 1170px so a 1.46 ratio, which is a little short. For comparison the usable space ration on my Tab 2 7.0 is 1.62 or a little high.
Hopefully there will be a way to hide the bars on the N7 to get back some screen real estate. All that said, 16:9 / 16:10 are the way to go, iPads at 4:3, not so great.
I'm good with comics on the Tab 2 7.0, and the N7 will have 27% more pixel density (216ppi vs 170ppi), so everything should be crisper and clearer.
If you do decide that 10" is the better choice, I'd recommend something along the lines of the Asus Transformer Pad Infinity for comparable density and specs. Possibly the Acer Iconia Tab A700 as well.
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Thanks, I appreciate the reply. I'd rather have the 7 inch for portability but I don't want it to be anything like it is on my Galaxy Nexus. I hate having to move the page all over to see it.
I was just wondering how useful and comfortable people find the Nexus 7 when using it to read ebooks? Seeing as the device is not much more expensive than your basic Kindle it seems like a bit of a bargain considering everything else it can do.
Obviously the screen won't be as good for reading as an e-ink screen, but do people find it ok to read for long periods of time without it getting uncomfortable or getting eyestrain from a back lit screen?
I have no problem reading wth it.
More comfortable than my old nook color was...
I've not noticed any more eyestrain vs. my Nook (original version). I still use my Nook when I'm reading outside in direct sunlight, because of course nothing beats e-ink in those conditions. The N7 is only barely usable then.
Another "problem" with the N7 as an ebook reader is that it takes a bit of willpower to keep reading. Notifications pop up, and the temptation is always there to do other things. So, the Nook isolates reading, and if I _need_ to finish something, I'll use the Nook.
But if you mostly read indoors and have good willpower, then the N7 is a great device for reading. It's taken over from my iPad 3, which used to be my favorite because the text is so excellent. Of course, the N7 is so much smaller and lighter and thus more comfortable, and text is plenty sharp enough.
Great as an ebook reader. For PDF's, it's not great mainly because of screen real estate. Still usable but text is very small.
It's fantastic. I use it to read with the Kindle app daily. It is light and feels good in your hands.
No issues at all, I actually prefer it to paperbacks.
Don't own one. But I've used one for 10 min. They are really comfortable.
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Comfy!
I use it almost exclusively for all my reading and it is comfortable.
I haven't tested PDF's. But the books look great.
Plus the device is light enough that whether you are laying down or sitting up it is still comfortable to hold for a long period of time.
Used mine outside in the sunlight for 4 - 5 hours yesterday. No problem reading for long periods of time either.
My eyes needed a bit of time to adjust after, buts that's normal for me.
No problem as an ereader, I have been using a mono Kindle for over a year now and have replaced it with the Nexus, I read every night and my wife enjoys the fact that I can have my bedside light very low. I turn off all comms functions at night so I do not get disturbed by incoming email
how about magazin like pop mechanic?
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I'll echo what everyone else has said about it as an ereader. Coming from a Nook Color, which is no slouch as an ereader, it's a much better platform.
For magazines, it's not the best, primarily because the screen size just isn't big enough to properly display two pages of a magazine. It gets the job done, but not as well as a larger tablet would.
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I've not noticed any more eyestrain vs. my Nook (original version). I still use my Nook when I'm reading outside in direct sunlight, because of course nothing beats e-ink in those conditions. The N7 is only barely usable then.
Another "problem" with the N7 as an ebook reader is that it takes a bit of willpower to keep reading. Notifications pop up, and the temptation is always there to do other things. So, the Nook isolates reading, and if I _need_ to finish something, I'll use the Nook.
But if you mostly read indoors and have good willpower, then the N7 is a great device for reading. It's taken over from my iPad 3, which used to be my favorite because the text is so excellent. Of course, the N7 is so much smaller and lighter and thus more comfortable, and text is plenty sharp enough.
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Turn airplane mode on when you are reading and you won't see the notification
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Turn airplane mode on when you are reading and you won't see the notification
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Hmmm, good idea...
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For magazines, it's not the best, primarily because the screen size just isn't big enough to properly display two pages of a magazine. It gets the job done, but not as well as a larger tablet would.
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I have to admit, I use my iPad for magazines...
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It has been great on the eyes reading books indoors. I went ahead and sold my Kindle Touch this last weekend. The interface experience and processing speed on the Nexus just makes it a much better reading experience. The only advantage would be e-ink in a sunlit environment.
I read Mockingjay using Kobo reader. It was a much more enjoyable experience than reading from a paperback.
I started to read The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo in PDF format, but it didn't scale well, so I converted it to Epub format and its fine now.
I had an iPad for two years and never bothered because they're too heavy.
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where can we dl ebook for free?
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where can we dl ebook for free?
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Ofter times your local library has something setup where you can rent E-books from. Otherwise I like gutenberg dot com lots of the old books out of copyright.
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I read Mockingjay using Kobo reader. It was a much more enjoyable experience than reading from a paperback.
I started to read The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo in PDF format, but it didn't scale well, so I converted it to Epub format and its fine now.
I had an iPad for two years and never bothered because they're too heavy.
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How did you "convert it to Epub"? I have many textbooks in PDF and I can use that tool...
Ok so I have a nexus 7 and 10 that I dont really use for reading possibly due to the weight not sure. I just got a nook with glow light as a gift and I can exchange it for the better nook hd one. I don't really need another tablet but would like a dependable comfortable reader. I've held both the nook HD and HD+ and the weight isn't the liightest but seems lighter than the nexus 7. Given what I've said which one would you guys recommend I get as a primary reader? Thanks hope someone reads this soon as I'm at the store now and can't decide lol.
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Ok so I have a nexus 7 and 10 that I dont really use for reading possibly due to the weight not sure. I just got a nook with glow light as a gift and I can exchange it for the better nook hd one. I don't really need another tablet but would like a dependable comfortable reader. I've held both the nook HD and HD+ and the weight isn't the liightest but seems lighter than the nexus 7. Given what I've said which one would you guys recommend I get as a primary reader? Thanks hope someone reads this soon as I'm at the store now and can't decide lol.
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I have both the HD and the HD+. I use my HD as my ereader. It is light and easy to hold.
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Keep the e-reader, its much lighter and you will notice the difference when reading. The light is also more useful if you're trying not to disturb a partner sleeping vs a glarey backlit display of the hd+
I second this. The e-ink readers are much more comfortable to hold than a tablet. The only time I use a tablet for reading is when sitting at a desk or table where I don't hold the device. If I'm reading in bed or in a recliner or couch, I use the e-ink Nook.
My wife has the Nook e-reader that was out just before the glow light model was introduced. It seems like it has trouble with many of the graphics in the newer e-books that my HD+ displays with no issue. Is this a problem generic to all of the B&N e-ink tablets? To keep this OT, I ask because my question is in line with the OP. Would a Nook HD be a better reader at this point as a result?
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Ok so I have a nexus 7 and 10 that I dont really use for reading possibly due to the weight not sure. I just got a nook with glow light as a gift and I can exchange it for the better nook hd one. I don't really need another tablet but would like a dependable comfortable reader. I've held both the nook HD and HD+ and the weight isn't the liightest but seems lighter than the nexus 7. Given what I've said which one would you guys recommend I get as a primary reader? Thanks hope someone reads this soon as I'm at the store now and can't decide lol.
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I am interested in how you would rate the Nexus 10 against the Nook HD. With the latest round of price cuts I am considering a HD instead of getting a Nexus 10. Can you give me some insight about the differences and which is better is certain aspects?
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I am interested in how you would rate the Nexus 10 against the Nook HD. With the latest round of price cuts I am considering a HD instead of getting a Nexus 10. Can you give me some insight about the differences and which is better is certain aspects?
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Well I tried the nook hd and the nook with glow light and returned them both for b&n store credit. Being that I already had tablets the nook hd felt redundant to me, I would much rather just buy the new nexus 7 for that. The nook glow light well I just couldnt get used to the e-ink style of reading. I'm currently charging my nexus 10 up to do some reading on. I'm holding off on the nexus 7 for future tablet releases. The spec comparisons are out there and unless youre going to use them for hardcore gaming I dont think all that matters too much. In the end its up the person and what they prefer so I wont tell you what to buy. But in the end I returned both nooks and am sticking with the nexus 10 for now
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Well I tried the nook hd and the nook with glow light and returned them both for b&n store credit. Being that I already had tablets the nook hd felt redundant to me, I would much rather just buy the new nexus 7 for that. The nook glow light well I just couldnt get used to the e-ink style of reading. I'm currently charging my nexus 10 up to do some reading on. I'm holding off on the nexus 7 for future tablet releases. The spec comparisons are out there and unless youre going to use them for hardcore gaming I dont think all that matters too much. In the end its up the person and what they prefer so I wont tell you what to buy. But in the end I returned both nooks and am sticking with the nexus 10 for now
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Thanks for the answer. Considering you kept the Nexus and returned the Nooks answered my question. Like I said I was leaning toward the Nook since the price cut. I went out and tried both again, today, and even with the lower price, I think I am buying the Nexus10.