[TheMartian]

Hello all,I don't have a lot of e-comics, just two actually, Kick Ass #1 and Kick Ass #2, I have been setting up my Eken M001 as something that is just a good way to pass the time when having to wait somewhere, managed to convert a full WMV movie to FLV so it plays well, used a free program called FVD Suite for that, no watermark so it's all good, figured having a way to also read comics on it would be nice to have, that way I won't be bored.Looking around, was lucky enough to find a download for a free app called Android Comic Viewer, downloaded it on my laptop, stuck it on the SD card, ran to get the M001 to see if it would work... success! It installed with no problems, clicked the app to see if it would recognize my .cbr file comics, there it was displaying just fine.Clicked through the features of the app, and it worked like a charm,unfortunately my battery was a bit low from playing the Monopoly app someone put here for us,thanks for that, by the way,but wanted to share the link for the comic viewer, if that is permitted...http://andappstore.com/AndroidApplications/apps/93338Here's a link to the user manual for the app, it has screenshots...http://www.robotcomics.net/android-comic-viewer/user-manual/Hope this helps anyone who might be interested in this sort of thing.

 

[poursoul]

I would also put my backing behind CBV. I have ECOTOX's final V1.0 installed now and it really feels solid and fast. I would highly recommend the combination if you are not also running the custom ROM.

 

[TheMartian]

I would also put my backing behind CBV. I have ECOTOX's final V1.0 installed now and it really feels solid and fast. I would highly recommend the combination if you are not also running the custom ROM.

Thanks for your reply.Yep, ECOTOX's was the first thing I did when delivery finally arrived, it does work well,seems I learn something new about my EKEN M001 almost every day on here.

 

[LCRController]

Downloaded the reader and then a comic - Superb!

 

[Dellman69]

http://andappstore.com/AndroidApplications/apps/93338[/url]Here's a link to the user manual for the app, it has screenshots...http://www.robotcomics.net/android-comic-viewer/user-manual/Hope this helps anyone who might be interested in this sort of thing.

Have you got a link for FVD suite for videos? What settings did you use for conversion?

 

[TheMartian]

[quote name='Dellman69;9829]Have you got a link for FVD suite for videos? What settings did you use for conversion?[/QUOTE] Yes' date=' here's a link to the FVD site...[url']http://www.flashvideodownloader.org/fvd-suite/[/url]Here's a link to a screencap of the settings I used...http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/6607/screencapfvd.jpgOriginal video was WMV, it was converted to FLV.The program is actually easy to use,the few times I've used it, there have been no problems.Program can't be directly run on the EKEN M001,but it works fine on my Toshiba laptop with Windows Vista,just copy and paste the converted file onto the SD card and use that.(you probably already knew all of that, only mentioning for others who might have those questions)Good luck! Let me know how things work out for you with it.

 

[TheMartian]

Downloaded the reader and then a comic - Superb!

Glad to hear!I will continue to post the things I find, I'm glad to be able to give a little something back to this good site,if even just a few good links.

 

[xxcalibur]

good to hear that my two favorite apps on my droid, ACV and aldiko run smoothly. i should be getting my tablet in a week or so. someone mentioned videos in an earlier post...doesnt the tablet recognize mp4's??? im hoping it does as well as xvids (obvioulsy if im running yxflash)

 

[TheMartian]

[quote name='xxcalibur;10231]good to hear that my two favorite apps on my droid' date=' ACV and aldiko run smoothly. i should be getting my tablet in a week or so. someone mentioned videos in an earlier post...doesnt the tablet recognize mp4's??? im hoping it does as well as xvids (obvioulsy if im running yxflash)[/QUOTE'] How's everything going with the tablet?Probably have it by now, I notice you have a few downloads showing, so busy at it I'd guess.Yes, the Aldiko works fine, and is one of my favorite apps, as is the Last FM app, fun to just pick a band and let it play,how are things going with your YouTube? Is it playing, or do you have to click to make it go to normal each time?There is an app from here that defaults to normal view which works great and makes a big difference.

 

[jayk2k]

I will post a note here that I seem to have noticed with ACV. The cbr (rar) support is still beta in that app, and quite often reading cbr files results in a "out of memory" error, outlining a method to extract the archive and open with it with a long tap. Rather than unpack the archive, I use ComicRack (http://comicrack.cyolito.com/) on windows, and use the convert to cbz command to change the file to zip format. This seem to work much better, and in most cases I have found that the zip format saves a few bytes per archive as well.

 

[xxcalibur]

DOA..stupid thing only works when its plugged in. im sending it back. i knew it was going to be slow but its slower than i expected it to be. i wouldnt buy another m001. maybe an m003 or moo5 when they get cheaper. just bad craftmenship

 

[TheMartian]

I'm sorry to hear it turned out that way with yours.I've heard there's a sort of sliding scale for performance and reliability when it comes to them,some got a good one and it works well, at least at the time when they mentioned it was,some got a bad one and it has been giving them problems,I got lucky so far, I love my EKEN M001, and I'm planning to buy another one, in black, very soon.I'll probably pass along the one I have to my little cousin,every time he shows up at the house, he uses it, might as well let him keep it the next time,that way I can just set up the new one I'll get. I've been really happy with performance, even touchscreen is working fine,only complaint I have is battery life, but it's not so bad that the device is unusable, I use mine almost every day.