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Old 11-15-08, 06:08 PM   #1 (permalink)
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PDF Reader - Ebooks

Does anyone know of a pdf reader that works on mobile 5 please? I tried twice and got nowhere even though they say they are for mobile 5.
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Old 11-15-08, 06:51 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Have you looked at the options listed in this tutorial?

http://www.mobilitysite.com/boards/v...d%20eDocuments
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Old 11-15-08, 07:30 PM   #3 (permalink)
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For PDF files, you can use Adobe Reader for Pocket PC, Foxit Reader or PocketXpdf. See my comparison of these readers here:

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My preference for PDF files is Adobe Reader for Pocket PC. Sometimes there are issues installing this reader to WM5.0 devices and you can see a discussion of that and a workaround if that happens to you here:

Adobe Reader for Pocket PC
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There is an Ebook forum on this site that might help you out.
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PDF is a pretty bad format for reading on mobile devices though. If I have a choice of format i'd choose most of the other formats first
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Thanks for all your help everyone...looks like I need to be immersing myself in that section of the forum. What other types apart from pdf are there and are there any freebies for that format? Think I will go for mobipocket cos when I read all the reviews Adobe can cause a lot of problems. Thanks
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Microsoft Reader is my preference. You can find a catalogue of books here or Google Microsoft Reader.
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Old 11-16-08, 10:57 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Im going to put a vote in for mobipocket, it's quick all around, it has an easy interface, and I can get my news feeds off it.
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Mobipocket for me!:love:
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Old 11-16-08, 05:21 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Ditto on the Mobipocket I have pdf and MS Reader and find it is a lot less trouble with Mobipocket, MS Reader I cannot get to activate most of the time and when it does it won't open books I purchased in that format Mobipocket is much more stable.
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