Acrobat Reader 3.05 for Palm OS
By William| Reporter
Date: 12/06/2006

Acrobat Reader 3.05 allows users to view files in Adobe PDF format. The reader is the Palm OS application that runs on the Palm OS device, designed to accommodate the characteristics of small-screen devices. It is capable of displaying both text and images and preserves the rich content of files. Users can search for a specific word or phrase. It includes a desktop application that converts the PDFs for viewing on the Palm and the Palm OS viewer application that lives on the handheld.

Corporations are experiencing rapid growth in the use of PDAs in the enterprise, both for personal information management and vertical processes, such as sales, service and marketing. Making high-fidelity business documents available on portable platforms is necessary to complement the extension of vertical applications to these platforms, such as sales automation applications and service automation applications.





All of technical documentation is converted to Adobe PDF using Acrobat, and we're excited that we can now read those same files on Palm Powered handhelds using Acrobat Reader for Palm OS. The software helps eliminate the need for our field service staff to carry around bulky materials or boot up laptops to download technical documents. Now, staff can instantly view the documents on handhelds in a format that is fully searchable and contains bookmarks for easy navigation.

Adobe Reader for Palm OS users will have the ability to access a wider range of Adobe PDF files on Palm OS devices, extending beyond typical business documents to include Photoshop Album slide shows and eBooks with added Adobe Digital Rights Management security.

So far, few established publishers in the eBook market have taken any interest in handhelds as eBook readers. However, given Adobe's position as a widely trusted document handling actor, its introduction of support for its eBook format is likely to present a more attractive proposal to publishers - both due to Adobe's position in the market and now multi-platform compatability.