

QPDF Notes: The highlighting annotation is stupid. Fast rendering and good note taking, but forces you to use its own shitty cloud mechanism to save annotations.ĭocuments to Go: Can’t try it out without paying 15$. Mantano Reader: What a missed opportunity. Supports annotations, tabs, rendering is fast, etc. IAnnotate PDF: Promising as of version 1.1.3.

Annotation interface is annoying you need three clicks to highlight a passage.ĮzPDF: Rendering is way slower than all the other PDF readers, which makes navigation painful. Annoyances: resets zoom when you change pages only shows page previews when you push down on the scrollbar.

I’ve tried a bunch of different ones though:Īdobe Reader: Pretty decent choice. My favorite thus far is the RepliGO reader. You’ll want a PDF reader app that allows you to make annotations. The Kindle app works like a charm in fact I think I prefer the feeling on a tablet than on an actual Kindle because highlighting and flipping pages is faster and more natural. So how is the tablet? It’s pretty swell! It’s bright enough that you can read in the sunshine. Android is more flexible and less annoying than iOS (it gives you access to a real filesystem, for instance). Furthermore, the iPad doesn’t come with an expansion slot for additional storage, while the Android tablet has a MicroSD slot. Now I’m no Apple fanboy so there’s no way I was going to buy an iPad instead, but for the sake of argument… The equivalent iPad, with similar specs (16GB, almost identical size) is 500$, so almost 50% more pricey. Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1) (Photo credit: ) I figured I would evaluate it, try and use it for reading papers, and keep it if I was satisfied. I recently bought an Android tablet, specifically the Samsung Galaxy tab 10.1 2. * Update: Zotero Reader Web allows you to read papers on your Android tablet via your Zotero library.
