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tklaus · 04-16-2010, 06:38 PM

Hi all,

I've had my iPad for a week now. I bought it primarily as an e-reader to replace my Kindle DX (which is great for books, but not so great for technical PDFs or doing web-based research). So far, I've settled on iBook for non DRM-ePubs, the Kindle app for all my Kindle books, and GoodReader for everything else.

GoodReader has all of the main features I'm looking for in a reader app, like file management support, ease of getting files onto the iPad, and support for a wide variety of formats. Then I saw Air Sharing Pro, which on the surface seems very similar to GoodReader. I've read a few reviews that stated that Air Sharing has a 'fancier interface' than GoodReader, but not many details on what that means. It also has printing, but I doubt I would use that.

Anyone tried out Air Sharing? I would have tried it out myself, but $10 seems like a lot for something I may play with for 10 minutes only to realize that it doesn't offer anything over GoodReader.

Thanks.

04-16-2010, 06:38 PM	#1
tklaus Connoisseur Posts: 71 Karma: 131 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: San Jose, CA Device: iPad, Kindle DX	GoodReader vs. Air Sharing Pro? Hi all, I've had my iPad for a week now. I bought it primarily as an e-reader to replace my Kindle DX (which is great for books, but not so great for technical PDFs or doing web-based research). So far, I've settled on iBook for non DRM-ePubs, the Kindle app for all my Kindle books, and GoodReader for everything else. GoodReader has all of the main features I'm looking for in a reader app, like file management support, ease of getting files onto the iPad, and support for a wide variety of formats. Then I saw Air Sharing Pro, which on the surface seems very similar to GoodReader. I've read a few reviews that stated that Air Sharing has a 'fancier interface' than GoodReader, but not many details on what that means. It also has printing, but I doubt I would use that. Anyone tried out Air Sharing? I would have tried it out myself, but $10 seems like a lot for something I may play with for 10 minutes only to realize that it doesn't offer anything over GoodReader. Thanks.