iPhone, cbr files and WinRAR
The most common format for comic book scans in the .cbr archive. Right now there’s no iPhone app available that can directly read .cbr files, but with a few little tweaks, you can convert all your .cbr files and read them on the iPhone.
CBR files are simply archives…a batch of image files (usually jpegs) that are wrapped up into one file with everyday archiving software like WinRAR or 7zip. They can be UNarchived and converted into jpegs by renaming the “.cbr” extension at the end of the file name into .rar, and then using WinRAR or 7zip open up the archived file into a folder full of jpeg images.
To do this, right-click on any .cbr file and choose Properties from the menu that pops up. Within the Properties dialog box, change the name of the extension to .rar, and then close the dialog box. Now right-click on your renamed file and choose Extract Files from the context menu. The archiving software will create a folder full of the individual pages that comprised the .cbr file.
If you take that folder of unarchived images and put it in your Pictures folder, you can sync it up with your iPhone and view the image files anytime.
Here’s a good article explaining .cbr and .cbz files and the various solutions for reading them on different computer, gaming and tech platforms. http://www.geekrodeo.com/2008/05/what-is-cbr-and-cbz-file.html
