Adobe Reader Android App Review

The release of Adobe Reader app was certainly overshadowed by the fast paced developments happening in the Android OS arena. Not many have realized the presence of this handy PDF reader, tailor made for Android powered mobile handsets.

Features of Android Adobe Reader App

The Adobe Reader app for Android, as expected, let you view PDF documents from inside your Android phones. It also comes with the ‘pinch zoom’ feature, wherein users could zoom to a part of the document by simply pinching on the touch screen of their mobiles. Further, you could skip pages in a flash by simply flicking your fingers on the screen. Also noteworthy is the ‘reflow’ feature that formats certain PDF files to make it look better on the mobile screen. The page rendering is quick enough (this depends upon the processor speed as well) even though skipping many pages in one-go might cause the application to stall for few seconds.

However, the much needed ‘search’ feature is missing surprisingly. For reading large files, this could come has a handicap. However, Adobe themselves admit that the mobile edition of Reader may not work well when it comes to opening heavy PDF files. For larger files, it is better to view it on your personal computer rather than in your mobile phones.

Conclusion

Adobe Reader mobile app for Android is basically a mobile phone app, and hence understandably comes with lesser features than its PC counterpart. Users need to live with it. The absence of ‘search’ feature might be annoying to many of the users. But, then the mobile application is supposed to provide you with a tool to view your PDF files, while on the move, and not exactly a mobile phone avatar of your PC version of Adobe Reader. Within those constraints, this app works fine. Adobe Reader app for Android is downloadable for free from Adobe Systems portal.