The San Francisco Chronicle's app is out today for the iPad. It joins the roster of major newspapers like the New York Times, Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and USA Today that have all added iPad editions in the last several months. Of that group, only the USA Today app does not charge non-subscribers (of the print editions) for access. The Chronicle app is free for 30 days. Monthly subscriptions are US$5.99 and $59.99 annually. Current subscribers will get the iPad app for free. Unlike the 'dead tree' version, the app continually updates throughout the day and has features the regular print version can't duplicate, like 360 degree panoramas, animations and very current weather and traffic information. Subscriptions auto-renew unless you notify the Chronicle 24 hours before the subscription runs out. The digital edition does have ads. I took a brief look at the app and found it stable and Read More

‘The New York Times‘ stellte vergangenen Donnerstag ein digitales Abo-Modell für ihre Online-Publikation vor. US-Start: 28. März 2011. Das Angebot bietet jedem Leser 20 Artikel innerhalb eines Monats zum (weiterhin) kostenfreien Anschauen auf NYTimes.com. Danach wird zur Kasse gebeten. Achtung, jetzt wird es kompliziert: Wer $15 US-Dollar alle vier Wochen abdrückt, bekommt Zugang per ‘Web’ und ‘Phone App’. Für $20 US-Dollar beinhaltet die Offerte neben dem Ansurfen per Webbrowser auch noch die Verbindung via iPad-App – aber nicht mehr über das Telefon. Wer $35 US-Dollar zahlt, kann von allen Geräten – sozusagen sorgenlos – auf die identischen Web-Texte zugreifen. Ich bitte um Entschuldigung, aber das ist natürlich alles großer Quatsch. Am Konzept ‘gleicher Inhalt, unterschiedliche Geräte‘ scheiterten schon andere Content-Anbieter. DVD-Kopier- und Konvertier-Software löste das Problem für Filme. Die Bezahlschranke von Zeitungen lässt sich durch das Löschen des Cookies oder ein simples Kopieren und Einfügen der Headline in die Suchmaschine eurer Read More

We knew it was coming, and now there is a date: the Gray Lady is charging admission this month. The New York Times digital products (the website, TimesReader app, phone apps and iPad edition) will be subject to a subscription fee for US customers starting March 28, with Canadian customers active now as a test population. Details were spelled out in a letter to readers and in a Times news story. As of 3/28, if you want to access the digital editions of The New York Times here are your options: There is no subscription plan available for just the NYTimes website. The lowest cost option is access to NYTimes.com plus a smartphone app for $15.00 per four-week period. A subscription to the NYTimes.com site and a tablet subscription is $20.00 for four weeks. Access to the website, smartphone and tablet editions is $35.00 for the same period. You can get Read More

As a news junkie, I just can't get enough information. I adore Pulse, and I think Flipboard is interesting and useful. Like most of you, I spend a lot of time checking out news sites and using apps like the New York Times and the NPR app. Enter Zite. Zite is a just released free iPad app that constructs a magazine around your interests on the fly. When you first launch it, you suggest topics you like (Photography, Science, Technology, etc.), and then the magazine is created using RSS feeds and links to news and other sources. Some of the sources are well known, others are not (at least to me). You can also enter your Twitter name and Google Reader account info to further tune the personalization, although neither is required, and I didn't do it for my evaluation. The result is that you get a lot of content by Read More

There are plenty of news apps for the iPad, but I'm happy to see USA Today aggressively improving what was already a useful and easy to use app. Version 2.0 is still free, and it has added more extensive tech coverage. Tech reviews feature iPad apps, and there is a video player, along with a spiffy This Week in Space section. The app has also increased travel coverage, along with a map that displays airport delays. The app now multitasks in iOS 4.2, and the developers seem to have squashed a nasty crash on startup that many people were seeing. With more and more news apps, like the the New York Times and the Washington Post, getting ready to slip behind a pay wall, it's nice to see USA Today maintain this app as a free service. The app isn't perfect, and none are. Switching sections is non-intuitive. You have to Read More

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By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Dec 28, 2010 | Have an iPad and curious which are the best, most must-have reading apps you need to check out? Want to really get the most out of that big 9.7-inch screen? Well read on for TiPb’s top 5 most recommended readings apps for your iPad. Note: Many of the reader apps are free but individual books, issues, etc. are available via in-app purchase. Those prices vary. Amazon’s Kindle eBook reader for iPad isn’t as good looking as Apple’s iBooks but simply has the largest library of titles and the most cross-platform support on the market. If you’re looking for a book chances are you’ll find it for the Kindle app, and if you buy it you’ll be able to read it on iPhone, iPad, Kindle devices, and other smartphones. Better still, if you stop reading it on one device, thanks to WhisperSync you can Read More

It's about time. Ever since the NYTimes for iPad app replaced the lame Editors' Choice app, it has been tough sledding trying to read the news. It often took a long time to load, and then before displaying a single story, it crashed. I reinstalled the app, and that made things better for a while until the crashes returned. I wasn't the only one having trouble. The app store reviews of the previous version were brutal. The app was updated over the holidays, and I'm happy to report it is far more stable. I can actually read the news without having to constantly relaunch the app. The only downside I experienced was I had to log in again. If I had been commuting or on a trip and didn't have that info it would have been a pain. The New York Times app is free, but in early 2011 it will Read More

The New York Times for iPad app has received a much-needed update. The first version, introduced in the middle of October, replaced the older free Editor's Choice app, which only had a small subset of Times content. This new version is free but only temporarily, as the newspaper intends to start charging sometime in 2011. I've been using the full content version since it came out. It crashed frequently, enough to make the app unappealing, and ultimately unusable. Today's update is not plagued with the aggravating crashes of version 1, but it is still far from perfect. It's great to have the full content of the paper, along with slide shows and videos, but there is absolutely no search function. That, I think, is a pretty important feature when you are dishing out all this content. As before, the app is slow to start. In my tests, it takes from 6-10 Read More

The New York Times App for the iPad has been updated to include all the content found in the paper edition. Naturally, we had to give it a try. Those of you who have used the Times App in the past may already know a few things about it. The layout was always rather newspaper-like, but it was lacking in content. Many users complained, saying that they could go to the website instead, and be presented with much more content, such as what one would find by reading the actual newspaper. The trimmed down iPad version was nothing more than "Editors' Picks." It was a few top stories from the day, maybe 5 or 6 from each section, if that (We actually never counted, sorry). The sections were reduced to a select few, such as Top News, Technology, Politics, etc. In this fuller version, you get 29 sections. The App is Read More

Aus der ‘NYTimes Editors’ Choice’ schälte sich am vergangenen Wochenende die ‘NYTimes for iPad’-Applikation (kostenlos; App Store-Link), die englischsprachige Nachrichten aus 25 Sektionen unter die Fingerspitzen von Apples Tablet-Benutzern druückt. Der entsprechende iPhone-Pendant (kostenlos; App Store-Link) verbleibt vorerst auf seiner bisherigen Versionsnummer, über die jedoch bereits zuvor weitaus mehr News, Features und Headlines abrufbar waren als am iPad. Die Produktbeschreibung im App Store verrät, dass die Nachrichten-Inhalte mit neuen Video- und Fotostrecken sowie Push-Benachrichtigungen, sich bis “early 2011″ kostenlos werbefinanziert aufstellen. Apple steht Gerüchten zufolge (weiterhin) in intensivem Kontakt mit der amerikanischen Presselandschaft über ein Abo-Modell für Magazine und (Tages-)Zeitungen. Der “unlimited acces to all sections” ist derzeit über einen NYTimes-Account erhältlich, der beim ersten Einwählen in das Programm abgefragt wird. Wer noch kein Benutzerkonto sein Eigen nennt, kann eine Registrierung per E-Mail vornehmen. Derzeit scheint jedoch der Wurm in dieser Anmeldeprozedur zu stecken: TeleRead-Leser berichten, dass man sich nach Preisgabe Read More

by Jay Hathaway on October 15, 2010 at 03:00 PM FILED UNDER: ipad, The New York Times iPad app hasn't exactly been selling anyone on the future of newspapers with its extremely selection of content. Well, that's starting to change with the latest edition, which includes more sections of the paper, and even some of the Times blogs. On top of the larger number of stories, the app also includes more videos and photo slideshows. The design has also improved a bit, and the app delivers breaking news alerts when it's running in the background. The new app description in the App Store also includes this little tidbit: New York Times for the iPad is free until early 2011. That means a few more ads, but it's fair trade for a free app with more content. If you're going to give the Times a chance as your tablet newspaper of choice, Read More

posted by Trey Trawick on Friday, October 15, 2010 at 10:40 am.   The New York Times has released a major (much needed) update to their iPad application. The revamped app offers much more than just the “Editor’s Choice” articles from version 1.0, and now includes over 25 different sections for registered users. They have made the application and all its content free until early 2011, when they will start requiring a subscription. Earlier this year, the Editor in Chief of the newspaper said that they will being a “metered pricing” structure, which would give subscribers to the print publication free access to all the newspaper’s content from the web, and unsubscribed users would only have access to a “certain number of articles” unless they pay a flat fee. If this new pricing model works well for the Times, other publications will be sure to follow suit. Introducing the enhanced New York Times Read More

New York Times lovers who happen to own the Apple iPad are going to get excited about this one. The news publication finally has a full content iPad app. Prior to this, your only real options were the iPhone app, which didn’t look all that hot on the big screen, or the NYT Editor’s Choice app. While the latter was designed for the iPad, the content was limited to, well, the editor’s choice. NYT Editor’s Choice has been pulled from the app store and replaced with NYTimes for iPad. The new app gives you access to all the content you’d normally see online, such as articles, photos and videos as well as select blogs. “Our iPad App is designed to take full advantage of the evolving capabilities offered by the Internet,” said Arthur Sulzberger Jr., publisher of The Times. “We see our role on the iPad as being similar to our Read More

The New York Times has replaced its limited "Editor's Choice" iPad app with a new version that provides the newspaper's full content, pending the user's (free) registration. The app will be free for users until "early 2011." Unlike Editor's Choice, the new version (simply called NYTimes for iPad) includes articles from every section of the publication. You can navigate each via a pop-up list. Select any one to read the related articles. You'll notice that a banner pops up prompting you to register. The process is as simple as entering a username and a password, and will push you out of the app and into Safari to finish the process. Once complete, you must click a ink in a confirmation email. The next time you launch the app, the banners will be gone. I spent a short amount of time testing it this morning, and found it to hang up quite Read More

The New York Times has launched a new version of its iPad application, replacing the limited news collection provided by the older "Editor's Choice" app with an expanded selection of content offering access to all sections plus 50 NYT blogs. But this improved reading experience won't be free for much longer - starting next year, NYT plans to charge. Disclosure: NYT is a syndication partner with ReadWriteWeb.com. It has been rumored that even Apple CEO Steve Jobs disliked NYT's "Editor's Choice." The app wasn't featured in the iTunes App Store as "noteworthy" or "favorite" app and wasn't even listed in the "News" section for several weeks after the iPad's launch. Of course, whether or not the story of Jobs' dismissal of the app is true, the rumors tapped into many iPad users' sentiments - here, at last, we have an digital alternative to an old-fashioned newspaper and one of the country's Read More

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Consumers have more digital options for reading the news than ever before. From pithy, one-line updates on Twitter, to RSS feed readers with customizable content, to dedicated apps from newspapers on mobile devices — choices are endless. But it’s the on-the-go mobile apps we are interested in here, with a hands-on look at four popular apps for the iPad platform, from traditional newspaper companies offering both free content and that which lives behind the paywall. When it launched, the iPad was hyped as the lifeline for a dying industry. But do newspapers work well enough on the iPad to be the savior so many hope it will be? Check out the reviews below for a look at iPad apps from The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Financial Times and The New York Times and let us know your thoughts and experiences in the comments. The Wall Street Journal’s iPad app Read More

Just as the iPad has proven to be a boon to magazine publishers, newspapers have flocked to the device too. All of the major western newspapers have an iPad app now: the New York Times, Wall St Journal, Guardian, USA Today, Financial Times, and others. There are also new forms of news services that have arisen based solely on the iPad's touchscreen interaction and multimedia capabilities: Newsy and Flipboard come to mind. In this post we'll look at how some of the leading newspapers are using iPad, what the user experience is like, and what could be improved still. We'll specifically look at WSJ, NYT and Newsy. The default front page of the WSJ app immediately shows that the WSJ has thought a little outside the box in making its iPad edition different from the print and website editions. It offers up two versions of the paper: a daily one and Read More

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Wer seit dem 21. Juni 2010 neue App-Store-Updates einspielen oder neue Programme installieren wollte, musste überarbeitete iTunes-Geschäftsbedingungen abnicken. Diese regeln unter anderem die Einverständniserklärung der iAd-Werbeschaltungen von Apple. Diese nehmen am heutigen 01. Juli 2010 offiziell ihren Betrieb auf. Endlich Werbung. Noch kündigen sich die iAd-Schaltungen lediglich in den (Update-)Beschreibungen wie beispielsweise für Tiptitude (kostenlos; App Store-Link), TextGroups (kostenlos; App Store-Link) oder iLevator (kostenlos; App Store-Link) an. Sobald in den USA die Sonne aufgeht, sollten die vorbereiteten Werbeplätze mit bunten Bannern auf iOS-4-Geräten versorgt werden. Die Entwickler binden lediglich einen Platzhalter an die entsprechende Stelle im Programmcode ein, die Apple mit Kampagnen zu füllen versucht. Die Aufteilung der Gewinnmargen beträgt 40 zu 60 – zugunsten des Entwicklers. Nach (älteren) Angaben des ‘Wall Street Journal’ beginnt Apple mit Einsteigerpreisen für Werbekunden bei $1 Millionen US-Dollar und liegt damit nach GigaOM-Rechnungen bei einem fünf- bis zehnfach höheren Investitionsvolumen gegenüber seinen Konkurrenten. Die Analysten Read More

The iPad app that Steve Jobs supposedly dislikes, New York Times Editor's Choice, was updated today. The update partially addresses Steve's primary concern: the app omits a lot of the paper's daily content. Specifically, the new build adds an Arts section and some videos. The Arts section has two "pages" worth of articles, so it's on par with the others. There are also five videos. Navigation is clear and easy and they look great on the iPad's screen. But it's still a small amount of content. We assume they've got a subscription model in the works and we're eager to see what it is. Other changes include re-sizable text and an option to share stories on Facebook, Twitter and email. Photos now indicate if they contain a slideshow with a "more photos" icon, and all photos can be resized with a pinch. It's a decent enough update that adds some content. Read More

That's the word from Gawker. Ryan Tate is quoting people close to the paper who say the Apple CEO is very unhappy with the free New York Times Editor's Choice app, mostly because it leaves out a lot of the content of the daily Times. The trimmed-down Times on iPad stems from a reported deal that Amazon made with the paper for the Kindle. Amazon has an exclusive on the full content of the Times for e-readers. On the Kindle, you have to subscribe to read the Times, even though the full content is free and available on the web. The Amazon deal apparently allows competitors to have the full text, but not at a lower price. Earlier this month, the New York Times raised subscription prices on the Kindle from US$13.99 to $19.99 a month. The Times has already said it wants to charge readers for the web version, maybe Read More

Das Wall Street Journal zettelte am gestrigen Montag mit der sechzehnseitigen Lokalbeilage “The Greater New York” einen klassischen “newspaper war” an – Kontrahent ist die 150 Jahre alte New York Times. Mit 35 Redakteuren und einer Investition von $15 Millionen US-Dollar werden Stimmen laut, die in Rupert Murdochs Zeitungskrieg eine persönliche Vendetta gegen die liberale Times sehen. Jeff Jarvis bringt den Überlebenskampf um subventionierte Anzeigengeschäfte und eine schwindende Leserschaft mit “Two dinosaurs fighting over a dodo bird” auf den Punkt: “These two former giants are fighting over a shrinking pie with no filling”. Neben der kostenintensiven News Corporation-Strategie “alte Nachrichten auf altes Papier” zu drucken, besteht die ‘hippe’ Komponente im Partnerschluss mit dem Sozialnetzwerk Foursquare. Der Webdienstleister für “location-based social services” verzeichnet derzeit Zuwachsraten von 100.000 Neuanmeldungen binnen 10 Tagen und stellt – trotz einer breiten Unterstützung für andere Mobilfunkgeräte – über das Apple iPhone mit Sicherheit eine der populärsten Schnittstellen Read More

Editor-in-Chief, iLounge Published: Friday, April 9, 2010 Category: iPod, iPhone, and iPad Gems: Apps, Games + More Welcome to our first non-gaming edition of iPad Gems! As with our earlier game-focused version, we’re looking at a huge collection of different iPad apps today—20, actually—giving each a relatively brief overview. Unlike the prior column, we’re looking here at apps that either didn’t exist on the iPhone and iPod touch, or never previously received attention in one of our Gems pieces before. They’re unrated for the time being, but our descriptions make clear whether they’re worthy of your time and attention. ABC Player Apart from the app’s unfortunately vertical-only browser design, ABC Player (Free) from ABC Digital is an exciting piece of software—arguably the single biggest step forward in media consumption on an Apple device in a long time. ABC Player is a full-fledged browser and streaming video player for the ABC television Read More

Let’s set aside the question of whether you should get an iPad and suppose you already bought one last weekend. You probably floated home and loaded it with a few whiz-bang apps and maybe even passed it around to your friends. At some point in all the euphoria, you may also have wondered whether this device is just a trophy or something you can actually use. Such self-doubts can be easily cast aside, providing you delve a little more deeply into the App Store than the Top 100 list — and are ready to open the wallet again. If you budget around $100 for a few new and upgraded apps, you can easily make the iPad into much more of a constant companion than something you just trot out when the neighbors are watching. Start with productivity apps, because a mobile device is most valuable when it lets you work anytime, Read More

Posted 04/08/2010 at 1:52pm | by J.R. Bookwalter A recent survey of new iPad owners sounding off on Twitter revealed that a whopping 26 percent were unhappy about the fact that the device couldn’t replace their iPhone. That got us thinking: What would it be like to spend a day with only the iPad? With that challenge in mind, we (mostly) stuck our trusty iPhone 3GS away for a full day and “made do” with only the Wi-Fi model of iPad. As it turns out, it’s not as difficult as you might expect. We have yet to find any iPhone apps that don’t also run on the iPad -- even seemingly more complex ones such as SlingPlayer Mobile or Skype work just fine -- so most of the iPhone functionality can already be duplicated just by installing the same apps you already use. It’s Not a Phone, Silly The biggest trick Read More

(Danke, David!) “App Store-Analytiker” Distimo ermittelte für den derzeitigen Software-Stand 2.385 verfügbare iPad-Anwendungen. 35-Prozent sollen auf die Kategorie “Spiele” entfallen. Mit diesem Thema habe ich mich in den letzten 24 Stunden noch überhaupt nicht beschäftigt. Meine Aufmerksamkeit galt der “gedruckten Unterhaltung”. Entgegen der iPhone-Version ist der RSS-Reader NetNewsWire (7.99 €; App Store-Link) eine erste sehr gelungene Umsetzung, um seine Feeds auf das schlanke Apple-Gerät zu befördern. Bis zu 10.000 ungelesene Beiträge empfängt das Programm vom Google Reader-Account und navigiert schnell durch die Informationsflut. In Ermangelung von Software-Alternativen gilt es diesen positiven Status Quo in einigen Wochen noch einmal zu überprüfen. Meine derzeit favorisierte iPhone-Anwendung heißt bekanntlich Reeder (2.39 €; App Store-Link). Sein schweizer Entwickler verriet uns, dass eine iPad-Umsetzung schon in Arbeit ist. NetNewsWire verdrahtet sich bereits in seiner Mac-Fassung mit dem “Read Later”-Service Instapaper von Marco Arment. Die iPad-Version tut es seinem Desktop-Bruder gleich, und lässt euch Artikel zum späteren Read More

It's pretty clear that new iPad owners are hitting the app store in droves. Books, games and movies are all flying off the virtual shelves. Since you may be suffering from sensory overload, or just looking for some ideas, here are some things I've seen that might be worth a look. I tried Time Magazine (U.S. $4.99) and Popular Science ($4.99) magazines on the iPad. The both look striking on the luscious iPad screen, but neither one really excited me enough to get me to subscribe. Time had nice use of video. Pop Sci looked stunning, but didn't have a lot of text. I think both magazines will need to come down below 5 bucks an issue to attract readers. For news, I liked Reuters News Pro, the new NPR app and the New York Times Editors' Choice app. All are free, and make clever use of the screen and finger Read More

With the iPad's arrival this weekend, a holiday weekend for many Americans, this new iPad owner had the chance to see the device in action. In fact, "see" is the operative word here. Not, "play with myself," as is the case with most new tech gadgets I purchase. Instead, I simply watched from a distance as, over the course of the day, the iPad found its way into the hands of nearly every family member from ages 4 months to 87 years old. The incredible thing? No one walked away confused, frustrated or disappointed. It did precisely what they wanted it to do and with such ease that my tech support was not required - not even once - allowing me to sit back and relax...with an old-fashioned, paper-based magazine. After hearing the hoopla from the iPad launch, the crowd of "not-so-early" adopters has likely been left wondering if this is Read More

In preparation for the launch of the iPad tomorrow, iPad Apps are live in iTunes and we’re sorting through the best ones as fast as we can. But with more than 2,000 iPad apps in the App Store, the choices are already daunting. To help you find the best apps at launch, we’ve put together the definitive list below. It includes all the iPad apps reviewed on TechCrunch, as well as other promising ones we have not gotten to yet. If you have a favorite you think should go on this list, tell us why in comments. Here is our list, which we will keep updating through the launch of the iPad: Apple’s answer to the Amazon Kindle, iBooks turns the iPad into an electronic book reader with 60,000 books at launch to choose from (the app is free, the e-books are not). Although the Kindle has many more titles (450,000), Read More

Now, the company has introduced its iPad app for real. It’s free and both advertiser-sponsored and advertising-supported, but there’s also a “full, paid app” in the works. Screenshots of the app had already surfaced yesterday, first on MacStories. The iPad application is dubbed The New York Times Editors’ Choice app (iTunes link) and offers a selection of news, opinion and feature articles chosen by Times editors that can be downloaded automatically to the tablet device. It delivers two pages of content with the top eight to ten articles in latest news, business, technology, opinion and feature sections with accompanying videos and photo slideshows. The app is free of charge, but the launch was sponsored exclusively by Chase Sapphire and Medialets took care of the advertising part of the equation: a full-page vertical and horizontal interstitial ad. Features of the application include (straight from the press release): Simple navigation – read articles Read More