Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:24:24 -0500
Reply-To: Ry <rylincoln@GMAIL.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Ry <rylincoln@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Smartphones for Vanagoneers; was RE: CB
In-Reply-To: <EA923BFC-243F-4851-A640-C9C76338F616@gmail.com>
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I love my Nexus One(an Android powered device) mounted on my dash with the
very sturdy car dock. GPS/Web/Music/Maps/Phone/internet radio/FM tuner(to
be enabled soon via software, the hardware is there) etc... it's my
little hitchhikers guide to the galaxy.
-Ry
http://www.google.com/profiles/rylincoln
On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Peter DiFalco <peter.difalco@gmail.com>wrote:
> 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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