Comments on: Reading on an Android Tablet http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2010/03/04/reading-on-an-android-tablet-pt-1/ The Best News and Info on Ebooks and eReaders Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:41:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andrew Walshhttp://www.the-digital-reader.com/2010/03/04/reading-on-an-android-tablet-pt-1/#comment-19264 Andrew Walsh Thu, 14 Apr 2011 20:00:09 +0000 http://www.natesebooknews.com/?p=1596#comment-19264 I'm a little late to the party but this is a very nice post! I'm currently putting together a guide to mobile reading on all types of devices and I knew next to nothing about the Android. I’m a little late to the party but this is a very nice post! I’m currently putting together a guide to mobile reading on all types of devices and I knew next to nothing about the Android.

]]> By: Nate the greathttp://www.the-digital-reader.com/2010/03/04/reading-on-an-android-tablet-pt-1/#comment-2414 Nate the great Sat, 26 Jun 2010 10:50:59 +0000 http://www.natesebooknews.com/?p=1596#comment-2414 Thanks. I'll look into it. Thanks.

I’ll look into it.

]]> By: romsfuulynnhttp://www.the-digital-reader.com/2010/03/04/reading-on-an-android-tablet-pt-1/#comment-2411 romsfuulynn Sat, 26 Jun 2010 05:01:19 +0000 http://www.natesebooknews.com/?p=1596#comment-2411 iReader for Android reads secure Mobi and secure eReader. And is very customizable. iReader for Android reads secure Mobi and secure eReader. And is very customizable.

]]> By: Archos 5 Internet Tablet Review | Bookbeehttp://www.the-digital-reader.com/2010/03/04/reading-on-an-android-tablet-pt-1/#comment-156 Archos 5 Internet Tablet Review | Bookbee Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.natesebooknews.com/?p=1596#comment-156 [...] is a decent reader, and there are several reader apps available. I reviewed them in detail over here. What do I think of it as an e-reader? Well, the answer is somewhat complicated. I would not get an [...] [...] is a decent reader, and there are several reader apps available. I reviewed them in detail over here. What do I think of it as an e-reader? Well, the answer is somewhat complicated. I would not get an [...]

]]> By: Archos 5 Internet Tablet Review | Nate's Ebook Newshttp://www.the-digital-reader.com/2010/03/04/reading-on-an-android-tablet-pt-1/#comment-152 Archos 5 Internet Tablet Review | Nate's Ebook News Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:37:50 +0000 http://www.natesebooknews.com/?p=1596#comment-152 [...] is a decent reader, and there are several reader apps available. I reviewed them in detail over here. What do I think of it as an e-reader? Well, the answer is somewhat complicated. I would not get an [...] [...] is a decent reader, and there are several reader apps available. I reviewed them in detail over here. What do I think of it as an e-reader? Well, the answer is somewhat complicated. I would not get an [...]

]]> By: Swohttp://www.the-digital-reader.com/2010/03/04/reading-on-an-android-tablet-pt-1/#comment-147 Swo Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:46:55 +0000 http://www.natesebooknews.com/?p=1596#comment-147 Same as Luqman. My favorite is FBreaderJ, and I hope they add someday better CSS support. The library, the bookmarks, the customisation are really importants. I don't like Alkido: at first, the fancy bookshelf thing is funny, but not usefull. You can't select your color shemes, and the preset colors are too bright, too colorfull when reading more than few pages. I couldn't change font family, and there wasn't enought choice with line-heigh. Wordplayer : I never understand why it needed 1-2mn to load 100% of next page... hang a lot, unable to change font, right part of the screen is used to brighten/darken the screen... where you're used to tap for changing page. Another problem is some applications dosen't read from zip/epub files, and need to dupplicate and unzip books on the sd card with poetic folder name as: 125599455457, not as pretty as my_book.epub in the FBreader Books folder. There's other applications for Android : Wordoholic, ireader (your edreader ?), Libris-Lite, Reveal-reader... My favorite is the one I can customize, and able to read from zip/epub files, from a directory and not a download/link, and able to display images. It's the best for "Formless" content. Same as Luqman.
My favorite is FBreaderJ, and I hope they add someday better CSS support.
The library, the bookmarks, the customisation are really importants.

I don’t like Alkido: at first, the fancy bookshelf thing is funny, but not usefull.
You can’t select your color shemes, and the preset colors are too bright, too colorfull when reading more than few pages.
I couldn’t change font family, and there wasn’t enought choice with line-heigh.

Wordplayer : I never understand why it needed 1-2mn to load 100% of next page… hang a lot, unable to change font, right part of the screen is used to brighten/darken the screen… where you’re used to tap for changing page.

Another problem is some applications dosen’t read from zip/epub files, and need to dupplicate and unzip books on the sd card with poetic folder name as: 125599455457, not as pretty as my_book.epub in the FBreader Books folder.

There’s other applications for Android : Wordoholic, ireader (your edreader ?), Libris-Lite, Reveal-reader…

My favorite is the one I can customize, and able to read from zip/epub files, from a directory and not a download/link, and able to display images. It’s the best for “Formless” content.

]]> By: Quick Notes: Popular Science, Android reading, O’Reilly, librarians, network neutrality | TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Homehttp://www.the-digital-reader.com/2010/03/04/reading-on-an-android-tablet-pt-1/#comment-145 Quick Notes: Popular Science, Android reading, O’Reilly, librarians, network neutrality | TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:16:11 +0000 http://www.natesebooknews.com/?p=1596#comment-145 [...] linked a pair of articles about e-book reading on Android. The first one comes from GearDiary, and the second is Nate’s own from Nate’s Ebook News. Worth reading if you’re considering getting an [...] [...] linked a pair of articles about e-book reading on Android. The first one comes from GearDiary, and the second is Nate’s own from Nate’s Ebook News. Worth reading if you’re considering getting an [...]

]]> By: Luqmanhttp://www.the-digital-reader.com/2010/03/04/reading-on-an-android-tablet-pt-1/#comment-141 Luqman Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:48:53 +0000 http://www.natesebooknews.com/?p=1596#comment-141 I think you are selling FBReader a bit short. For one thing, it is the only app available for android that can read Mobipocket files (non-DRM). It also has the quickest page turn, by my reckoning. It achieves this because it loads the whole book first, where as Aldiko seems to only load the books one chapter/flow at a time. FBReader is also very customizable in terms of font type, size, colors, customization of controls. I like the Feedbook integration and shelf-view of Aldiko, but otherwise I use FBReader for my non-DRM books. I like EReader, but I am annoyed by the slowness it sometimes exhibits and the lack of an option to use the volume controls as page turn buttons (a feature that FBReader pioneered on the Android format. I think you are selling FBReader a bit short. For one thing, it is the only app available for android that can read Mobipocket files (non-DRM). It also has the quickest page turn, by my reckoning. It achieves this because it loads the whole book first, where as Aldiko seems to only load the books one chapter/flow at a time. FBReader is also very customizable in terms of font type, size, colors, customization of controls. I like the Feedbook integration and shelf-view of Aldiko, but otherwise I use FBReader for my non-DRM books. I like EReader, but I am annoyed by the slowness it sometimes exhibits and the lack of an option to use the volume controls as page turn buttons (a feature that FBReader pioneered on the Android format.

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