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October 5, 2009

Reading PDFs on the iPhone

A guide for reading PDFs on the iPhone. Unfortunately it doesn’t look simple at all. In case you are into PDFs I’d recommend to take a look at specialized iPhone PDF Readers review and be sure to also check one of my favorites: PDF Good Reader as these will definitely make things really simple.

Here are some simple steps to getting your PDF files on your iPhone, in a very readable format. You will need:

  • An iPhone
  • A PDF
  • Adobe Acrobat Pro (or the free trial)
  • Optional: A text editor with good ‘find and replace’ (I used Dreamweaver)
  • Somewhere to host your file (upload it somewhere)
  • Instapaper (preferably the Pro version, as it saves your position!)

— read more on webbunny

Don’t be shy and let us know if you are using a specific approach or you have picked one of the reviewed PDF reader apps.