A new version of Droid Comic Viewer (ACV), the free comic, manga and image viewer for Android mobiles, was released today. Version 1.3.7 includes usability, stability, performance and localization upgrades, and introduces support for the new ACV2 format that blends transition effects and frame-by-frame animation for a whole new mobile comics reading experience! It’s features such as these that continue to make Droid Comic Viewer the best and most popular comic and manga reader for Android.
Some of the changes included in version 1.3.7 are:
Pinch to zoom for devices that support multi-touch
Italian and French localization (thanks to Davide Borin and Climbatize)
ACV2 support
ACV format features such as vibration can be disabled through Settings
Improved CBR/RAR support for devices with memory class 24 or higher (but you should use CBZ or image folders instead!)
Corners have optional transparent buttons
Zoom up to 2x
Reorganized Settings
Zooming in and out with double tap or single tap centers the image on the tap point
Brightness setting
Volumes keys for navigation
Volume keys can be configured in custom controls
Improved sorting of images (1.jpg comes before 10.jpg)
New high-res icon for high resolution devices (thanks to blunden)
Introducing a new way to read comics on Android…with ACV 2 formatted comics!
Robot 13 #1 by Thomas Hall and Daniel Bradford is now available on the Android Market, and marks the very first Android comic with ACV 2 formatting which offers additional transition effects and frame-by-frame animation.Robot Comics is proud to bring this new comic reading experience to Android, designed to work on all Android devices: from Motorola Droid and Google Nexus One to HTC Dream and HTC Tattoo, including tablets like Archos 5 IT.
Robot 13 was a natural choice to debut this new kind of Android comic: with its dynamic page layouts, atmospheric story, brisk-pace, and action-packed sequences. Readers will experience a wide range of animation and vibration effects when reading Robot 13, and enjoy the most immersive mobile comics reading experience ever offered on Android.
Robot 13#1 debuted on the market to a unanimous 5-star rating and raves from readers. Issue #1 is free, issue #2 will be released for Android onMay 12th and cost $0.99 US.
Synopsis
In 1939, something was pulled up from the ocean depths off the coast of Spain; what it was and where it originated from were a mystery to the fishermen who found it, but all the surviving members of that crew agree on one thing: whatever it was, it saved their lives. Robot 13 tells the odyssey of the hero who awoke from the ocean floor that day as it looks for answers to who he really is… A comic by Thomas Hall with art by Daniel Bradford.
Android trailer
iPhone
Robot 13 is also available for iPhone and iPod touch. The app is free and includes issue #1. Further issues are priced at $0.99 US.
FONE HOME’s (”The Mothership of UK mobile”, I kinda like that tag line) Linsey Fryatt declared Robot Comics’ own ACV Droid Comic Viewer as one of the 50 Best Android Apps on the market today. They actually announced this back in December, but we just noticed, and wanted to say: Thanks, Linsey!
Seeing as how there were 20,000+ apps already on the Android market at the time, being chosen as one of the tip-top 50 really means something to us. We’re pleased users have gotten so much out of ACV to date, and you better believe the big update to the viewer (coming very soon) is going to live up to all this hype. Stay tuned.
BTW: if you’re new to all this, read more about Droid Comic Viewerhere.
A new version of Droid Comic Viewer (ACV), the free comic, manga and image viewer for Android mobiles, was released today. Version 1.3.2 includes usability, stability and performance upgrades that continue to make Droid Comic Viewer the best and most popular comic reader for Android.
Some of the new features included in version 1.3.2 are:
Share any screen via email, MMS and Facebook
Subscribe to the Robot Comics newsletter
Expanded ACV support to show screen-specific transition and message buttons
Recommend ACV via email, SMS and Twitter
Bug fixes and performance improvements
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The preferred method of download for ACV is through the Android Market. If you are browsing this page from an Android powered mobile, click on the following link to download ACV from the Android Market.
We have many features in our roadmap that we will be releasing quickly and regularly. If you would like a feature added to ACV, please send an email to development@robotcomics.net. You will be surprised to know how fast our development team adds features to ACV!
A new version of Droid Comic Viewer (ACV), the free comic, manga and image viewer for Android mobiles, was released today. Version 1.3.1 includes lots usability, stability and performance upgrades that make Droid Comic Viewer the best and most popular comic reader for Android.
Some of the new features included in version 1.3.1 are: Continue reading »
A new version of Droid Comic Viewer (ACV), the comic and manga viewer for Android mobiles, was released today. Version 1.2.11 includes performance, usability and localization upgrades. Some of the new features included in version 1.2.11 are:
Next and previous image cache: read your comics without load interruptions
Smooth scrolling
Screen numbers
Disable fling navigation through Settings
New custom controls: back button and trackball center
Droid Comic Viewer, our CBZ comic viewer for Android mobiles, can be used to enjoy traditional comics in a different way. Through CBZ support, Droid Comic Viewer allows you to read any comic that’s freely available.
Below is a partial list of free CBZ and CBR comics ready to download from the web. We will publish a tutorial about CBR to CBZ conversion shortly. If you don’t know what’s a CBZ or CBR file, please check this brief introduction first.
A new version of Droid Comic Viewer (ACV), the comic viewer for Android mobiles that now supports cbz files, was released today. Version 1.2.6 includes performance, usability and localization upgrades in preparation of a major update scheduled for late April. Some of the features included in version 1.2.6 are:
Spanish localization: ¡ahora puedes utilizar Droid Comic Viewer en español!
Custom controls: the user can define the action of each control event
Trackball scrolling
Improved image positioning on zoom
This is the lastest update in a series of quick releases that already brought features such as:
cbz support
Toggle auto-rotate: rotate screen when phone orientation changes
Update check on startup
The preferred method of download for ACV is through the Android Market. If you are browsing this page from an Android powered mobile, click on the following link to download ACV from the Android Market.
We have many features in our roadmap that we will be releasing quickly and regularly. If you would like a feature added to ACV, please send an email to development@robotcomics.net. You will be surprised to know how fast our development team adds features to ACV!
Droid Comic Viewer -also known as ACV- is a lightweight comic viewer developed by Robot Comics for Android powered mobiles, such as the HTC Dream or the T-mobile G1.
Version 1.2.1 of ACV- was released today. It includes a major new feature that was unanimously requested by ACV users: CBZ support. ACV can now read CBZ, ZIP and ACV comics from the SD card.
Not only this makes ACV the first lightweigth and functional CBZ comic book viewer for Android mobiles, it also gives any comic book creator the opportunity to make his or her work available to Android users. Just by packaking the work in a CBZ file, any Android user with ACV installed can view the comic in his or her mobile phone. We will be publishing a tutorial on how to create CBZ comics shortly to aid creators in this endeavor.
Other features included in this release:
Touch and trackball navigation with zoom and scrolling
Various screen transition and image scaling modes
Settings panel
Auto-update
This is one of many updates that Droid Comic Viewer will be having this quarter. Expect many exciting features soon!
The preferred method of download for ACV is through the Android Market. If you are browsing this page from an Android powered mobile, click on the following link to download ACV from the Android Market.
A new version of Droid Comic Viewer (ACV), the comic viewer for titles published by Robot Comics, was released yesterday. Version 1.1.1 includes minor performance and usability upgrades in preparation of a major update scheduled for late March. Some of the features included in version 1.1.1 are:
Bundled version
Open Android Market to download Droid Comic Viewer
If installed, continue reading the comic with Droid Comic Viewer after saving it to the SD card
Standalone version
Loading progress bar
Open Android Market to download titles from Droid Comic Viewer
Improved memory management
The preferred method of download for ACV is through the Android Market. If you are browsing this page from an Android powered mobile, click on the following link to download ACV from the Android Market.
We have many features in our roadmap that we will be releasing quickly and regularly. If you would like a feature added to ACV, please send an email to development@robotcomics.net. You will be surprised to know how fast our development team adds features to ACV!
Robot Comics is a digital comics publisher for hand-helds: Apple's iPhone, Google's Android, Nintendo DSi and Amazon's Kindle. We offer titles specifically designed to be read on e-devices. (more)
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