Droid Comic Viewer

Yesterday Droid Comic Viewer (DCV) was released onto the Android Market. I thought this was a great concept, so was keen to try it out! I downloaded it this morning and at lunch downloaded a couple of titles (i, Robot #1 & #2).

My initial response is that this is a great little app. The UI is nice - gesturing left or right to move between pages, etc. The two comics i've downloaded so far look great. The Artwork comes across well and text is easy to read.

It's quite a lite app too. It takes up just under 200k. Comics themselves are around 2Mb and up, however they can be saved to SD card so no need to worry about clogging up phone memory (once you've saved the comic to SD just go to 'my downloads' and uninstall the comic. Tip: turn the device off then on again after uninstalling the comic as a known bug in Android means memory will still show as if the comic hadn't been uninstalled if you don't).

There are a number of comics to download from the Android Market, particularly from Robot Comics, which are compatible with the DCV so you shouldn't be stuck for anything to read. The software opens CBZ/ZIP, CBR/RAR (beta), ACV, JPEG, PNG, BMP and GIF files, so again it should be compatible with digital comics on the android market and, possibly, content downloaded externally (don't quote me on that though).

Since i've just installed this nice little piece of software it wouldn't be fair to fully comment on it yet, so i'll give it a go, download and read a few titles, then update the blog.

If you have an Android powered device, download it yourself. Search the Market for "Droid Comic Viewer"