Help Any recommendations for pdf reader?

[JockVSJock]

Greetings, I've uploaded a few pdfs to my phone to read and it seems that performance was very sluggish and at times hard to read. Can anyone make any recommendations for a pdf reader, or is it just an issue with the phone? thanks

 

[LBPHeretic]

There is the Adobe PDF reader. I would go with that one if you are unsatisfied with the stock one that came with your Sprint HTC Hero.

The Adobe PDF reader is free in the Android Market. I hope it works out for you.

 

[JockVSJock]

The biggest issue I'm having with pdf files is that it seems to take time to load and there is lag time when going from page to page. I think it may be an issue with ram onboard the phone (HTC Hero). Some of the pdfs, are quite large. One is 50 MB.

 

[LBPHeretic]

The biggest issue I'm having with pdf files is that it seems to take time to load and there is lag time when going from page to page. I think it may be an issue with ram onboard the phone (HTC Hero). Some of the pdfs, are quite large. One is 50 MB.

Yeah, that would naturally take a long time to load because it is being loaded off of your microSD card. That is probably what is calling the slowness.

Given that size for a PDF file I think you would probably have slowness regardless of the PDF reader app you use. I would maybe recommend getting a faster microSD card to speed things up.

 

[JockVSJock]

I have a 8 gb microsd card. So, size is no issue.

 

[LBPHeretic]

I have a 8 gb microsd card. So, size is no issue.

I am not talking about the size of your microSD card. I meant the size of the PDF itself.

A 50 MB PDF file is not exactly small. So it will take a while to load into your handset's memory especially if you have a slower microSD card.

 

[JockVSJock]

Agreed, I've noticed that very large (>50 MB) really seem to drag the Android OS down. Wasn't sure if it was the onboard RAM or the pdf viewer. I would think it would be the phone hardware.