I have been looking at the Fire HD as a tool to read complex PDF documents such as the Xojo user guides or the Xdev magazine. Does anyone have experience with this tool and that type of PDF?
on any tablet I wouldnt use the default pdf viewer. they arent the best. The best one I have found is Good Reader. it costs money but well worth it. I use mine on a iPad (mini now, gen 1/2 earlier) and complicated PDFs would kill or render badly on the internal one, looked perfect in Good Reader. When trying on android based tablets we ran into the same results. I have not tried the Fire HD but would guess it is in the same boat.
I don’t believe GoodReader is available for the Kindle, but thanks for the feedback.
+1 on GoodReader for iPad 
Sorry - no help on Kindle.
i used Good Reader too… and you can annotate the pdf too
Good Reader too… I have a 3rd gen Ipad and willing to buy an ipad mini for PDF reading. How about your experiences with the mini and GoodReader?
I found the mini too small - too much moving left/right for comfort - and passed it on after two weeks. Have an Air now. Much better, especially for pdf.
Thanks for the advice Markus! I will definitively wait then since Apple is nuts about releasing new ipad every quarter 
Hope they release a bigger screen (How I miss my Kindle DX!)
I read PDFs all the time on the mini with zero issues. I turn it sideways and enlarge the font while walking on the treadmill (have to scroll up/down the page but the font is larger). all with no issues.
it isnt perfect. but it seems the closest to perfect size for me.
I had an iPad 1, then iPad 2, then iPad mini, now iPad Air.
I use it excessively - easily 4-5 hours each day. About 60-70% of that time is spend in GoodReader: Reading (publications in pdf format, manuals, reference and programming books), watching instructional videos (programming, Mac repair), proofreading and annotating drafts before publication. I especially appreciate the folder structure (how else do you organize about 1,500 publications?) and the excellent annotation capabilities (zoom in and use the freeform pencil with different colours).
As I said the mini was too small for me - partly because my eyes aren’t perfect, but also because my fingers are too large.
P.S. Especially for annotations the mini was too small as you need to see paragraphs before and below. Also when reading Nature, Science or the New Scientist I need to see two of the three columns which on the mini was too small.
Love my retina mini
Absolutely the size I wanted but then I had gone to stores & decided that before I bought one
[quote=75823:@Norman Palardy]Love my retina mini
Absolutely the size I wanted but then I had gone to stores & decided that before I bought one[/quote]
I went to Apple Store but they did not allowed me to install GoodReader, just look at the installed stuff. I like the size and screen is awesome. Just I use it for reading (and soon programming…) PDFs but the Ipad 3 is getting slow.
What a dilema!
[quote=75827:@Amando Blasco]I went to Apple Store but they did not allowed me to install GoodReader, just look at the installed stuff. I like the size and screen is awesome. Just I use it for reading (and soon programming…) PDFs but the Ipad 3 is getting slow.
What a dilema! :-)[/quote]
I was more concerned about the size
I’ve not installed or used GoodReader but then my usage for reading PDF’s is not my primary concern - I tend to read mostly when I’m working and have tons of room on 2 - 27" displays + 15" MBP screen
I work some of the time from airports, airplanes, trains, buses, cafes, etc which I dont have multiple monitors to use. I tend to use my mini to read docs at that point. Or read docs off it (when not working) in those situations including the gym.
but not all of us are as mobile related as I am.
Just dont tend to read docs just for fun any more
14 hours a day every day is enough and when I’m not at my desk working its because I need the break - like going to get the mail or something so I play with the dog then
Of course situations vary and for what I wanted the mini was downright the perfect size etc - but thats dependent on what I wanted it for
My Kindle Fire HD reads PDF files perfectly, although it’s not my preferred medium for reading complex documents. I can access PDFs on my server with the free version of FIle Manager which gives me several options for opening them, the first of which – “Amazon Kindle” – works just fine.
You should also consider exactly what you mean by pdf.
For example I have a 256 MB pdf (Albert’s Molecular Biology of the Cell) which opens and operates just fine in GoodReader. A few other pdf readers just crashed.
I usually have several pdf open at once in tabs, jumping back and forth between them.
Plus the integrated folder system and navigation gets kind of important when you have hundreds of pdfs.
The Fire HD’s Kindle app reads the Xojo PDFs just fine.
I guess I will have to save my pennies until I can afford an iPad. It seems to be the most recommended path to take. Thanks to all who responded.
Wha??? I love my Kindle Fire HD. Save the $$ and buy a nice meal if you don’t otherwise have a real reason to spend on the iPad.
I have the iPad, Kindle Fire HD, HP Touchpad (modified to Android) and Surface Pro as tablets and I use the Kindle Fire for most reading.