PictoPocket - Free Comic Book Reader for WM
 

Download CAB here:
http://www.retrobits.net/ppc/ppc.shtml

• Full-featured comic book & image viewer
• Requires Windows Mobile 5 or greater, and .NET Compact Framework 3.5
• Reads .CBDS (ComicBookDS) file format only.
  • This format, originally created for the Nintendo DS, is optimized for viewing comic books on small screen devices.
  • Use PictoDS to convert your image scans, PDF files, CBR files, or CBZ files into CBDS format. PictoDS is a free download available for Windows, Mac and Linux!
  • This blog post has some useful information about converting and finding legal comic book files, and also has a few CBDS files ready to try out (check the Files section after following the link).
  • The Moon Books Project also has free CBDS downloads.
• Touch-screen and D-pad navigation
• Full screen toggle (tap bottom of screen to return to standard view)
• Positional indicators on border of screen
• Auto-navigation to next cell or page using D-pad at the image edge (positional indicator will turn red first)
• Custom zoom level, 100%, or fit to screen
• Thumbnail page index
• Remembers last comic book opened
• Remembers last position in each comic book
• Recently opened list

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Screenshots from HTC Touch Smartphone
Standard View -- Zoom 100%
http://retrobits.net/ppc/images/picto_1.png

Index
http://retrobits.net/ppc/images/picto_2.png

Full Screen -- Zoom to Fit
http://retrobits.net/ppc/images/picto_4.png

Re: PictoPocket - Free Comic Book Reader for WM
 

nice find, dont like comics but sure theres lots of people here that do.

Re: PictoPocket - Free Comic Book Reader for WM
 

I actually didn't "find" it, I wrote it!

I'd enjoy hearing about people's experience with the program. I've only tested on an HTC Touch, so I'm not sure how it will work on other devices, VGA, etc.

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my fault, nice work then.

Re: PictoPocket - Free Comic Book Reader for WM
 

Where do you get the comic books?

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For a few comic books to get you started, check out the Moon Books Project or FromTheGutter in the files section.

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Hi,

I installed .net 3.5 on my SmartPhone Moto Q and PictoPocket and it works great!

Thanks for making a cbr reader for SmartPhones.

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will this work with comic strips?

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Thanks for writing this program man. I have been waiting for something like this for reading magazines.

Re: PictoPocket - Free Comic Book Reader for WM
 

It works great with images of strips or of single comic book pages -- just feed 'em into the pictods program. Magazines can work also, but the line of text really needs to fit on the screen at a legible zoom level (if you're interested in actually reading the magazine). Sometimes I rotate the screen to make it work.

Thanks for the feedback.

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Hi,

I converted a couple of .cbr files and tried viewing them using pictopocket. They appear, but the zoom and pan functions just result in either the screen whiting out completely, or with half a page viewable. Any ideas?

I'm using an HTC Diamond.