This is my first ever review post in my blog. Today I am going to review Adobe© reader for Android. Till the time when I purchased my mobile, the only thing that was bugging me was the unavailability of good and of course free document reader for Android. I tried many free PDF readers in the market, but none of them was good and failed to do the required stuffs. But trial versions of some non-free PDF readers like Beam reader and Replico reader are comparatively fast. Sometimes I have even thought of converting PDF to epub format and getting it read by many free non-DRM epub readers like Aldiko and Word player. But nothing is fruitful.
Adobe© reader:
Now Adobe© Reader for Android has been released and I am going to compare it with Document to go (DTG). First thing which made me upset in Adobe© Reader is, you can’t actually open a file from the main UI. Alternatively you should use a file manager like Astro, in my case to open a PDF file. Adobe© Reader is very slow on opening PDF’s compared to DTG. But after opening a PDF each page rendering is very fast in Adobe than DTG. Even text mode is very smooth and clear with Adobe. These are the only good things about Adobe© Reader.
Pros:
1. Page rendering is fast compared to any other PDF viewer, at least in my device.
2. Scrolling is smooth
3. Text view mode is very clear and crisp
4. Image rendering is also good
5. Multi-touch gestures, like pinch-and-zoom, as well as double-tap-zoom, flick-scrolling and panning
Cons:
1. No Open file concept in Adobe© Reader.
2. No go to page option in Adobe© Reader.
3. Bookmarks option is unavailable in Adobe© Reader.
4. Search option is not available in Adobe© Reader.
5. Send via email option is not there in Adobe© Reader.
As you can see there are more issues than advantages. Since it’s the first version, you can expect more functionality in upcoming versions. Any way Adobe© Reader for Android is worth a try.
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Update: Adobe Air SDK pre release is available now.
Bye until next blog
