14 DAY TRIAL // Adobe has recently released a series of solutions for Google's Android operating system, including a beta flavor of its Flash Player 10.1 and a pre-release of AIR for Android, as well as a mobile version of its Adobe Reader, specifically designed for the mobile platform. While various other solutions already offered Android users the possibility to view PDF files on their handsets, the launch of Adobe Reader for Android shows that the company is committed to make further steps into the mobile phone market.
“I am very pleased to announce that Adobe Reader for Android is available today in the Android Market. Whether you're browsing the web, or reading an e-mail, you can now use Adobe Reader to access PDF files on your Android device - for free, of course. We hope you enjoy the new app, and we look forward to your feedback as you check it out. Interested in new features? Let us know; we're already thinking of some ourselves,” Steve Gottwals notes in a recent post on Adobe's blog.
Among the features that users will be able to enjoy on Adobe Reader for Android, we can count support for multi-touch gestures, including pinch-and-zoom, as well as double-tap-zoom, flick-scrolling and panning. Moreover, the software solution comes with a so-called “reflow” mode, which was designed to wrap the content of text-heavy documents for easy viewing on the smaller screens of handsets.
According to the said blog post, the new Adobe Reader for Android can be used only on devices running under Android 2.1 or higher, and it comes with support for devices like Motorola Droid, Motorola Milestone & Google Nexus One. At least these are the devices on which they tested the solution. Other phones might also be able to run it, but it needs a minimum 550 MHz processor, 256 MB of RAM and 4.3 MB of available disk space. Those who would like to try Adobe Reader for Android will find it available for download from the Android Market.