
But since 2007, Zhadanov, now 27, and his 28-person iOS developer team at Readdle have had a string of App Store hits, all created without outside funding. Erica Off of reports:Īs far as iOS developers go, Igor Zhadanov can accurately be described as “old school.” He’s been developing apps for iOS since before the App Store was even announced, back when Steve Jobs tried to convince developers that web apps were the way to go on the original iPhone. While Readdle isn’t a well-known company, they have been an iOS developer from the beginning. Paid Readers: PDF Expert 4.1, Readdle, US $9.99, iPad and iPhone Select some text, choose the “Define” option from the context menu, and you’ll see the definition.
File Organization to create folders of your PDF files within the application, as well as copy, move, rename and delete PDF files. Improved Forms Interactivity now supporting form features such as field validation, calculation, and formatting. See my previous posts for other features. Adobe now seems to be on an aggressive quarterly update schedule. It’s free and is available for both iOS and Android devices but I’m focusing on the iOS version for iPad, iPod Touch, and iPhone. I can’t hope to review all of the PDF readers out there (there are dozens on iOS alone), but I can point you to a couple that are moving in the right direction.Īfter a very slow start, Adobe Acrobat developers have now gotten the mobile religion! Adobe Reader 10.3 for mobile devices arrived on Wednesday, July 18. However, some apps are better than others, either because the developer has the resources to improve their app rapidly, or because they are a nimble developer with a proven track record. In April, I updated my report for Acrobat Reader 10.2 when a “A Much Improved Adobe Reader for Tablets Appears.”īut, as many of us spend more of our time using tablets (and I suspect InDesign users are high users), software developers are racing to add new features and better support. I trashed Adobe Reader 10.1 for mobile devices as one of the worst of the PDF readers for mobile devices. Why am I back on this subject again? In February, I wrote “For Interactive PDF, Not All Readers Are Equal.” In that post, I found that many PDF readers on both computers and tablets didn’t support interactive PDF features well. What triggered this post was updates from two of my favorite PDF readers in two days. After a couple of earlier posts on this topic earlier this year, I’m back again with some tips on finding the best PDF reader for your tablet.