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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] THUDUK:
Having tested this application since the first version posted by this genius of a developer, I have loved it, reading comics on my HTC Diamond is a breeze.

The only thing I can think of to improved is perhaps to add an option for flow(kinetic style) of the image when in 100% mode so when you swipe across the screen to see the next comic box, just I prefer to view in 100% and swipe across, makes the comic more exciting than seeing the whole picture then using the lense to view, just a thought....

Still this application is always the first to be installed on any new ROM I try out, I use it daily and just couldn't be without it, good point a larger screen would be fantastic...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
Comic Reader Mobi does in fact preload the next page so you don't have to wait

Theres also a youtube video on the front page so people can see the app in action before they buy it.

Thanks for the suggestins :)

Also, I just realised I should probably point out the changes since the last release here.

prebuffered images, so page changes are instant.

Whole new UI with new transparent onscreen controls. No more toggling between fullscreen!

Bindable buttons. Bind any button to any action.

Scrollable page list. Much easier to select a new page now :)

An Info button which lets you know the name of the comic you're on. where you are in the series, the page number, and the filename for the page

Automatic bookmarking. Not just per comic, but per series. So if your reading one series and switch to another, you don't have to worry about losing your place!

Automatic updates. Checks to see if theres an update once a day

There are a bunch more, but those are the main ones I can think of.

Also it would be very helpful if we could move this discussion to my forums at

http://forums.comicreader.mobi

Right now, they're very empty, and it would be great if potential costomers could read all the good things everyone is saying about it there :)

Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
I put a Lite version for people to try out.

Its the exact same as the real one, except there are no automatic updates, and the logo is always at the top of the page.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Raudi1:
I'll have to continue to use the old 1.6.1 Version of ComicReader Mobile because I have a Touch HD. I don't have any buttons I can use for ComicReader Mobi. The only buttons I can assign are the Touch Buttons and they don't work because they keep their standart actions(open dialer, go to homescreen, etc.) when I try to use them. The Vol up/down buttons don't work at all. I use the 1.6.1 version without any buttons and use the doubletap action for next page. For the zoom I just use the left softkey(view>Zoom In) in the old version but in the new version I can't use it at all.

I really like this app but I just can't use it on my HD. If you need any device specific help for the HD PM me.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
in the newest verison you can still double tap the lower corners to change pages. I'll see what I can do about the zoom functionality
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
Alright man, here you go. New version has a couple new enhancements for touch hd users. Theres an option under display to show onscreen zoom buttons. As well as a way to have super transparent next and back buttons always visible.

Plus theres a drop down at the top of the controls section which will let you bind the back button to an action :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Raudi1:
Downloaded and installed the new version and now I can at least zoom and use the back button.:D

The other buttons still don't work but it has become usable and I think the other buttons will work too in the future.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bornotty:
very nice.. i was looking for something like this for my device.. thanx!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hanackin:
is it possible to have the changelog somewhere dude :cool: here or on your forum as you wish :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
yeah, the change log is at the comicreader.mobi forums under windows mobile.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hanackin:
ok great thanks :cool:

BTW good job this app is fantastic :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] brannutz:
Anyone else keep getting an out of memory error and crash? I have over 90MB of free ram and 200MB of free storage space. Using it on an HTC Fuze. Otherwise this is one of the sweetest 3rd party apps I have seen, and probably the first and only app I wouldn't mind paying for if this problem was resolved.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
Hmm, thats really odd. I also have a fuze, and the memory footprint of this app should be really low.

Can you PM me a link to the comic, and I'll check it out?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] brannutz:
It's doing it on all the comics i've tried so far. I fire it up and after about 10 seconds it just crashes and says this.

ComicReader.exe

OutOfMemoryException

Not enough storage space is available to

complete this operation

at

Comicreader.Comicimage.Generatemain()

at

Comicreader.ComicImage.ResizeTo(Double width, Double Height)

at

Comicreader.ComicController.Prepareimage(ComicImage image)

at

ComicReader.Comic.preloadnextpage(Object NULL)

at

System.Threading.Threadpool.WorkItem.doWork(Object o)

at

System.Threading.Timer.ring()
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
if you get a chance, can you try the exe posted here:

http://forums.comicreader.mobi/showthread.php?t=19

That should fix it
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
It looks like the fix I put up was able to resolve the issue for one of my users. Can you let me know if it helped you to?

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ajbopp:
I haven't tried the lite version. In the full version I was seeing it crash on a specific comic for a reason the app couldn't figure out. The same comic worked in the old 1.6.1 version. Also yesterday the app was not resizing the comics. It was being displayed full size, and the lens wasn't appearing (but it couldn't have magnified anyway)

However, it also turns out my phone was having serious issues I didn't discover till this morning, and I am still trying to resuscitate it. I will let you know after I restore if I am still having issues.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
Ok, keep me posted. Make sure you grab 1.03 or higher. That should resolve the unknown crashes.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
New version is up. Biggest change is volume up, down, Call and End are now bindable.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SirHimself:
This is a great app, really well made and well done! Now I can reread the Walking Dead anytime, anywhere instead of having to carry around the books or laptop... :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Raudi1:
Now all the Buttons on the Touch HD work:D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ajbopp:
Nuts. My SD card went hopelessly corrupt and I lost the cab. But then again, I lost the problematic comic, too!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
Thanks! I'm glad you like it )
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] brannutz:
Just tried it out and it seems to have fixed the issue, thanks for the quick support. I will be purchasing your program.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
New version is up. This one includes a couple requested features, and fixes the autobookmarking code.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
If you're trying to read a really large comic and are getting a lot of "Unable to Display Image" messages. I made a tool that'll losslessly convert them to a more readable jpg. You can grab it here.

http://forums.comicreader.mobi/showthread.php?t=34
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] meddleuk:
Quick question please. I have just bought the HTC Touch Pro 2 and origiginally had this software on my Omnia. I have noticed that the movement of the lens is really slow on the Touch Pro 2 which surprises me, I know it has a bigger resolution compared to the Omnia but there is a terrible lag. On my omnia I could move the lens around pretty quickly across the page, on the Touch pro 2 it doesn't see, to move at all.

I had a look in the settings but can't see anything. Please help as this was my No1 app!!!:mad:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
did you try 1.06. That should have the fastest lens movement
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] meddleuk:
Yes thanks, my previous version was 1.05 but I have just tried 1.06 and there is no difference. I used to be able to move the lens around the page really quickly on the Omnia, it now seems as if there is a terrible frame skip and it's not fluid at all.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
well, if you want the fastest lens speed than change the zoom from "2x" to "Original Size"
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] :
..or buy normal ppc(oh, i am surprised it is SLOw, oh..lol).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
Well, its not really about processor speed, so much as user preferences

On a low res screen, a lot of people use "Original Size" cause its bigger and easier to read.

Since there's no resizing, "Original Size" takes no time to render.

But on a high res screen, "Original Size" doesn't really cut it, cause its to close to the displayed size. So you need to switch to 2x, which takes some processing time, so its slower.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] meddleuk:
Changing to normal size didn't really make any difference I'm afraid.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Raudi1:
I tried using the Lens on my Touch HD (Same res and processor speed as touch pro2) and I don't really see a lag there. Only when i move the lens really fast from one end of the screen to the other it takes about half a second to follow. But it is too fast for my eyes to see anything at that speed anyway so it isn't really something bad. But I don't use the lens anyway because the screen is big enough. When I use lens with original size it makes it smaller than without the lens.:D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jlito:
You mentioned the device is new, so did you make sure .net 3.5 is installed already (might be one source for this problem, since nobody else is having this problem it is likely that what's causing it is related to your device, more specifically its system).

cheers
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Saundman:
Works good on my TILT. Now I wish I have a bigger screen. :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] fliparsenal:
hi, tried on my smartphone, installed properly but program wouldnt respond to button presses
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
Oh yeah, Comic Reader Mobi requires a touch screen.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] riverdragon:
So I am looking at buying my first pocket pc specifically to run this program. Are there any requirements to run this app? Also if you have any reccomendations for what type of ppc I could purchase that will work great with this and not break the bank that would be great. Besides this app, the only other things I would like for it to do are read ebooks, have built in wi-fi and maybe gps.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
Touchscreen is the only real requirement. WM5+ would be ideal, but I think the older ones have cooked roms that'll let you upgrade anyway.

Anyway, if you don't need a phone, theres some good 640x480 pda's you can get off ebay for only a little over a hundred,

I think someone recommended the Dell Axim x50v earlier in the thread.

Of course if you have money to burn, ideally, you'd want a 480x800 device. The extra resolution is enough that you won't need to scroll to see the whole page. Which is pretty nice. Although I don't know of any you could get here in the US :(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] riverdragon:
Thanks for the reply. Still researching and comparing diffirent options.

Nope don't need a phone, and about $100-$150 is what I am looking to spend. That Dell is actually one of the ones I have been looking at but according to pdadb.com they may not support sd cards over 2gb and they seem to come standard with Windows PPC 2003. It looks good otherwise but am going to continue searching around before I decide.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
I wouldn't worry about the 2gb thing. Thats more than enough to hold a pretty substantial amount of comics and manga. Plus eventually I'll be making a desktop library/reader which will allow you to sync comics fairly easily. Plus only PDA's released in the past year and a half support more than 2gb.

Transparency doesn't work in 2003, so the buttons will be all black, but otherwise Comic Reader works fine in it. But of course, definetely look into wether its upgradable or not. I'd be pretty shocked if there wasn't a cooked from for it. The communities here are pretty active.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] riverdragon:
Cool, thanks for the info.

I was looking at something like this if you happen to have any opinions on it-

http://cgi.ebay.com/DELL-AXIM-X50V-POCKET-PC-wifi-pda-vga-LRG-mp3-fast_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZ65Q3a12Q7c66Q3a2Q7c39Q3a1Q7c72Q3a1234Q7c240Q3a1318Q7c301Q3a0Q7c293Q3a1Q7c294Q3a50QQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem5632b3fe0bQQitemZ370217844235QQptZPDAQ5fsQ5fPocketQ5fPCQ5fsQQsalenotsupported
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] thebranded:
i actually thought the youtube vid was a mock up of the actual app, it looks like it was created in a a emulated WM environment on a PC.

If possible i think a vid of you (or any other user) actually using comicreader would be good. So people can see a real world example.

Having the "lite" version makes that suggestion kinda obsolete though :D

Testing lite atm
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
Looks good, although I doubt the battery extender software is worth anything at all. I'm sure theres free versions that do the same thing.

Yeah, the movie is actually run with iphone simulator. I don't have the resources to make a good looking real video.

I'm definetely trying to find ways for people try out the app before they buy it.

I think what I'll try next is bundling comic reader with a free comic. That way people will be able to see how it works, but they'll have to buy the app if they want to read their own comics.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] looksvivek:
great app bro.. easy of use is commendable
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] drew2000:
Thanks Bud

Works great on my old HTC Wizard................free lite version.......thanks.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] albertorrent:
I'am using daily my old IPAQ HX4700 to run this soft.

I did ugrade it to WM6.1 and CF 3.5

the good things about it are :

screen is 4"

Is use a 32Go CF card

it can goes to 4Go for normal SD cards

nowdays, second hands devices might not be expensive.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Stubzz:
Is the lite version still available as it's gone from the first post?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
The lite version is no longer available, but I am working on coming up with a different way to let you try it out before buying.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] biberce:
I would like to buy CRM, but paypal do not support accounts from countries like Serbia. How to get hands on it if you'r not from paypal supported countries? :confused:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hgage2003:
We want lite 0.7!!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
Yeah, that sucks. Do you have to tell paypal that your in Serbia? maybe you could just say you're in a different country?

How do you normally pay for things if you can't use paypal?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hgage2003:
You cannot use credit card in paypal, if its billing address is from another country.

We can pay with cash in another countries. For example, many people in Russia have no credit card.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Digs_be:
wonderful

i was searching a prog offering a good experience with comics on pda and met it. i tried many solytions : mbook, xnview but this soft is the bext solution, i really don t regret to buy it. thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
Thanks for the good review!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Andreal:
What about porting comic reader to psp?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
I'd love to do that! Although I wonder if Sony would even let me?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
Thanks for your help :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hanackin:
Are you stupid or what ??? :mad:

this is not a crack, warez website and you are saying on the programmer's thread that you will distribute his soft which you have to pay for !!! :confused:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] timmymarsh:
I have deleted this post and warning given.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hanackin:
thanks a lot timmymarsh :cool:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
Wow! Thanks so much for your support guys!

It really means a lot :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hgage2003:
This is because someone just ignores ppl, who can not pay online.

Even 1.06 demo is unaviable.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hanackin:
that's normal dude :cool:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gianfy.c:
hello

Excuse my English.

I want to know if it reades files created with mobireader creator

I'm trying the PC version but not working
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
I don't know what the mobireader creater is, so I'm going to assume no.

Just rar,zip,cbr, and cbz files
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] EvaUnit02:
I don't even like comics and I purchased this just to show support for what is really a pretty cool app. Besides, after playing Arkham Asylum, I have an excuse to read a few Batman comics ;-)

Great job. I'd love to see the ability to use gestures like finger swipes for turning pages (unless they're already there and I'm missing it) Documentation would be cool, too. I'm running this on the Touch Pro 2.

I also wanted to point out that I read a thread where you helped out a dude with a Touch Pro 2 by not only answering questions but giving him a custom build to hold him over while you looked into the cause of his problems. That's just classy.

Kudos to a great app and a great developer!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
Thanks for the great feedback!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mervart:
Wonderful

Absolutely amazing application! Thank you so much :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] saddler:
does anyone of you know an application which acts similar to this one but instead will show online comics images from different sites like xkcd.com for example?

i'm thinking that a rss reader will do the trick but i couldn't find one that shows the images in a away that i can read the text, or zoom on them.

@ for the developer: do you think that you can integrate an rss function to your application? based on my idea above.

i read comic books too but also comics. would be nice to have one single app for both.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] rogermorse:
TO THE PROGRAMMER !!!

Hello! I just bought the software :)

I'm so glad I found it in so short time (one hour...eheh) and everything works fine. I was sure there was some application to read comics instead of scrolling a jpg or a pdf on windows mobile.

I have a request, I think it is useful to every WVGA PDA owner....

The fact is that the lens magnifies really TOO much for a WVGA. With a comic zoomed out at max (that is a can see the whole page in portrait mode), I can easily read every text (of course it depends on the comic, but most comics have the same font), because my touch HD offers a very good display and resolution. That is, the DPI ratio allows me to read everything without magnifier. Sure, it's not so comfortable, and you have to have good eyes :)

So, I tried to read my comic in 3 different ways:

- zoomed out, as i said i can read balloons because of the Wvga resolution, but after some time your eyes can get tired

- some zoom, and scrolled the page with the finger (sliding a bit when balloons got cut)

- no zoom, plus magnifier.

The problem is the last point. The magnifier magnifies too much. I went into settings and the smallest ones are 'original size' and '2x'. Well, my request is just to add some steps between the original size and the 2x. That's because when i magnify the balloon, almost the whole scene gets covered...it would be really nice to add 1.5x as a feature in the software. Or even better, a scale where the user can choose every 0.1 step from 1x to 4x (that is 1x, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and so on), like you did with the sensitivity of the lens.

I'm sure it would be a very nice option for those PDA with WVGA resolution.

Anyway, really nice application, everything worked fine, and the interface is amazing! Clearly understandable options and customizable hardware buttons.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Rob277:
Is there a Demo or a lite version i can check to see if all is good with my HD2....

Cheers.

Rob.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Dr.Sid:
Plus one on demo request.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] d3l1:
who can we use it with pdf comics? Most of mine are converted to pdf. Atm your reader is of no use because it doesn't support pdf. Or am I wrong?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
I just realized that the 5th was the one year anniversary of the program! It sure has changed a lot since that first release :)

Yeah, I can probably implement something like that. At some point I'm planning on redoing the controls in the preferences, and that makes more sense than a drop down box anyway.

Yeah, I'm working on something to let you guys try it out before buying it. On the iphone you can download a version that has Future Tales of the Here and Now embedded in it, and I'll probably do the same thing for Windows Mobile.

There are plans to implement PDF support, but nothing right now. Although I'm sure there are tons of converters that will convert them back to cbr files.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ddvmor:
Ooh. Happy birthday! :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ddvmor:
I've been using it on mine for a few weeks now and it works perfectly. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] fgianni:
Aaargh mine startet to crash right after update to 2.0

Everything was fine with old version, prompted to upgrade, removal of old installation failed, now I can't run either version anymore, HEEELP!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deisama:
Well thats not good! Can you try restarting your phone?

What phone and OS are you running?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] fgianni:
HTC HD2 WM6.5

As I start CComicReader I get the error:

An Unexpected error has occurred in ComicReader.exe Select quit and then restart this program, or select Details for more information.

Selecting Details gives:

InvalidOperationException

at SorterObjectArray.QuickSort()

at System.Array.Sort()

at System.Collections.ArrayList.Sort()

at System.Collections.ArrayList.Sort()

at mobi.ComicReader.control.SeriesManager.getAllSeries()

at mobi.ComicReader.control.SeriesManager.get_Series()

at mobi.ComicReaderPlatform.main.Preload()

at WorkItem.doWork()

at System.Threading.Timer.ring()

Hope this can help your debugging, since restarting only helps for a while, but then the problem seems to come back.

I am just installing 2.0.1 now, I'll let you know how it goes with the newer one.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SrTapir:
Fgianni try to remove the .mobi file is created on the comic directory of your SC.