On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 5:56 PM, Michael Minutillo < michael.minuti...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I use Aldiko on an Android tablet. The killer feature for me was the fact > that I could adjust the brightness by sliding my thumb up and down the > left-hand side of the screen. Not sure if any other apps have this now but > at the time it was something I sorely needed. AFAIK Aldiko has no "store" > it's just a player but I was reading http://www.gutenberg.org eBooks so > that didn't matter. > > > Aldiko (paid app) does. That is, it downloads and stores on the SD card. THat's what you mean? > > On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 3:52 PM, Stephen Price > <step...@perthprojects.com>wrote: > >> Page turns on the Kindle app slide the page in the turned direction. Not >> a bad experience. >> Page turns on the Google Play (when reading ebooks) gives a nice page >> furl slide animation. Really nice, slick and not overdone. This reader is >> my favourite but the books you get on Google seem to differ to Amazon. More >> novels, less technical books I think. I could be wrong. Google also seems >> cheaper a little. >> Page turns on Safari Online app. Atrocious. When reading online it >> downloads the page (what no preloading?) and takes a second or two. >> Annoying. If you download the book and read it in offline mode, I found >> that turning pages will turn two pages at a time and it does it too fast. >> You dont know if you changed one page or more. Not happy with this app, >> which is a shame because of the number of books I can read on Safari >> Online. Wish they would fix this. (have reported to them as a bug). >> >> PDF reading is also nice in the built in Adobe (I think I might have >> installed their app). has continuous mode (vertical scrolling. no thanks) >> or single page, similar animated slide like Kindle. Still prefer Google >> Play reader. I'm sure there are others. soooo many others. Thats a plus, >> you have choice. (mind numbingly confusing to despair choice.) >> >> >> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 3:25 PM, mike smith <meski...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 3:41 PM, Ian Thomas <il.tho...@iinet.net.au>wrote: >>> >>>> Does anyone use a Nexus 7 tablet as an eBook device? >>>> >>> >>> Yes, I use it for 'American' published account (its difficult to change >>> between Aussie and US accounts) >>> >>> Its a comfortable size to hold. >>> >>> >>>> I can’t imagine it could compare with Kindle or other e-Ink devices in >>>> extremes of ambient light >>>> >>> >>> Why? It probably isn't good for full sun, but that's a bad reading >>> environment anyway. It beats e-Ink stone cold dead when reading in the >>> dark. :) >>> >>> Also, I like the faster page-turn you get with Nexus 7 and non e-Ink >>> devices. >>> >>> >>> >>> – but I would be interested in comments.**** >>>> >>>> ** ** >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> >>>> **Ian Thomas** >>>> Victoria Park, ****Western Australia******** >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Meski >>> >>> http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv >>> >>> "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, >>> you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills >>> >>> >> > -- Meski http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills
