Google Android showdown: Battle of the eReader Apps Jason Perlow posted his iPad eReader apps showdown this past weekend and as a follow-up for readers here I wanted to present a showdown of the available ebook applications for the Google Android smartphone platform. I am a huge Android fan and ebook reader and wanted to take a look at what we have available for the Android platform. I recently wrote a review of the Kobo application for Android and have been using it quite a bit. However, I was pleasantly surprised to find another ebook application available on Android that I plan to use for reading some other content on the go. Check out my image gallery of application screenshots and thoughts on each application below. I conducted a search of the Android Market for the highest rated and most popular ebook applications and discovered five applications that looked worthy of further testing. Aldiko Within an ebook you will find you can rotate your device to read in portrait or landscape orientation. FBReader iReader Kobo Laputa
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