PDF app at Launch?

[jeffy777]

Anyone know if there will be a PDF app ready at launch, such as GoodReader?

I know you view them natively on the ipad from an email attachment, but I need an app that allows me to store, organize, etc.

 

[sfwalter]

There's a few:

ReaddleDocs (Rdocs) or
Documentz or
iPdf

I'm going to get ReaddleDocs or Documentz. Both have iphone equivelants so you google them and find out their features. Both seem to have a stellar feature list.

 

[Epicurus]

Well, Documentz hits the superfecta:

1. PDF reader
2. Web downloads
3. network printing
4. under $10

Thanks for the suggestion!

 

[wingnut8]

Documentz looks pretty good. I will probably just go with MyPDFs at first and wait and see what else comes out.

 

[yaroldb]

There is a program I used called Calibre that converts PDF to .epub files. This way the iPad will see them as books and run in the book library. I add them to iTunes and it sees it as a ebook. The program is free and while I have not tested it (no iPad yet), it looks like it should work.

http://calibre-ebook.com/download_osx

 

[wingnut8]

There is a program I used called Calibre that converts PDF to .epub files. This way the iPad will see them as books and run in the book library. I add them to iTunes and it sees it as a ebook. The program is free and while I have not tested it (no iPad yet), it looks like it should work.

http://calibre-ebook.com/download_osx

It is a great program. Converting to epub doesn't help with PDFs with a lot of graphics however.

 

[sfwalter]

It is a great program. Converting to epub doesn't help with PDFs with a lot of graphics however.

I can attest to pdf's with images don't convert that great. I have some I/T related books that I bought thru the publisher Manning Publications. The conversion was pretty bad. I really don't blame Caliber, I think its more the differences between the formatting language of PDF's and EPub.

 

[yaroldb]

It is a great program. Converting to epub doesn't help with PDFs with a lot of graphics however.

Ahh, did not know that. I have not seen them converted yet so it's news to me. That sucks, I have a bunch of photo Mags that are PDF and was hoping they would make great books. I guess I'll go with a PDF reader.

 

[wingnut8]

Free for launch day!

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ipdf-reader-free/id363822054?mt=8

Edit: I downloaded their free iPhone app and it doesn't appear you can access pdfs on your computer. Hmm.