Acrobat: Portable Indeed!

by David R. Mankin

In my last article I wrote about how my Blackberry was able to open and show a PDF file–much to my delight! And now Adobe has released a version of Adobe Reader for Android-based devices. Keep in mind that Reader can be installed only if your phone runs Android 2.1 or later and it has at least 256 MB of RAM and a 550 MHz processor.

PDF on an Android

Two trends seem to have led to this exciting bit of news: Apple's turning of their back regarding Flash on the iPhone/iPad devices; and Adobe's welcoming embrace toward Google's Android mobile operating system. (Google has also enthusiastically invited Flash technology into their OS. If you use an Android, you may want to keep your eyes open for Adobe AIR on your device now that the Developer Prerelease program is underway).

Adobe states that Reader for the Android features "Multi-touch gestures, like pinch-and-zoom, as well as double-tap-zoom, flick-scrolling and panning. It also includes a "reflow" mode which will take text-heavy documents with wide margins and automatically wrap the content for easy viewing on smaller screens."

Reflow with a tap of the finger? Awesome. To see Reader on the Android, click here to view a video on Adobe TV.

Darn! A few weeks ago I loved my Blackberry. Technology can make us fickle. See you later… I'm off to see if I can figure out how to install Photoshop on my kid's Nintendo DS.

Looking to learn Acrobat quickly? Sign up for my next online Acrobat class where you'll learn a whole bunch more.

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About the author: David R. Mankin is a Certified Technical Trainer, desktop publisher, computer graphic artist, and Web page developer. And if that wasn't enough, of course David is an Adobe-certified expert in Adobe Acrobat.

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