Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:05:57 -0700
Reply-To: Peter DiFalco <peter.difalco@GMAIL.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Peter DiFalco <peter.difalco@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Smartphones for Vanagoneers; was RE: CB
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I would try Apple's iBooks app for iPhone/ipad which with the newest
version of iTunes will allow you to add PDFs to your ibookshelf. I
have the impression that as a book reading app it'd be more capable of
viewing the Bentley PDF. Bonus: you can bookmark pages. Superbonus:
grease stains come off.
-Peter
On Jul 28, 2010, at 6:56 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> Bentley PDF on iPond or iPhone:
>
> I have tried and tried to view my Bentley PDF on an iPod touch, where
> I keep and view PDF User Manuals of a number of things. Because of the
> enormity of the Bentley, I have had no success in reading the document
> in Files.
>
> For those who don't know, Files is an iPhone app that comes in free
> and paid versions and lets you drag pretty much anything like a word
> doc, spreadsheet, jpg, or PDF onto a folder on your desktop and it
> uses your local wireless network to put it on the iPhone, and lets you
> organize the stuff in folders.
>
> I have Acrobat Professional and have chopped out sections to make the
> PDF smaller, but to no avail. I'm using an 8 meg version that should
> have plenty of memory left for viewing.
>
> Is anyone else doing this successfully, and if so, what are you using?
>
> Jim
>
> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 8:39 AM, Ryan Johnson
> <rhinoculips@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Forgot to mention that there are several Apps on the iPhone/iTouch
>> that
>> allow viewing of .pdf's on the smartphone.
>>
>> Ryan
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 7:37 AM, Ryan Johnson
>> <rhinoculips@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Robert, to save you time on scanning your Bentley, you can
>>> download a .pdf
>>> from http://isohunt.com/lite/#q=vanagon&p=1 There are several
>>> different
>>> versions via different Bit Torrent services, some are better than
>>> others. I
>>> think I got mine via Vuse, which is a little better scan of the
>>> manual. As
>>> long as you already own a Bentley, I don't count downloading
>>> the .pdf as
>>> stealing.
>>>
>>> Ryan
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 12:08 AM, Robert Fisher <garciasghostvw@gmail.com
>>> >wrote:
>>>
>>>> My Bentley is falling apart so I plan to scan it into a .pdf file
>>>> and I'm
>>>> trying to work out how to get my Vanagon list archives onto the
>>>> phone as
>>>> well (and the rescue list, and... and... and...).
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Cya,
>>>>
>>>> Robert
>>>>
>>>>
>>
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