When Flipboard first appeared on the scene, a dedicated
news app for tablets seemed like a great idea, but now many people find their news in all kinds of ways, rather than a single app.
Not exact matches
Also watch using the TWC
News app, available
for your smartphone or
tablet.
Optimized
for both phones and
tablets, the Spectrum
News app is available
for iOS as well as Android devices.
And if it runs
apps from the
App Store («yes» seems to be the general consensus), you'll be able to read books in the Apple tablet format * and * in Amazon's Kindle format (with the Kindle app), which can't be happy news for Amazon, hardware-wi
App Store («yes» seems to be the general consensus), you'll be able to read books in the Apple
tablet format * and * in Amazon's Kindle format (with the Kindle
app), which can't be happy news for Amazon, hardware-wi
app), which can't be happy
news for Amazon, hardware-wise.
Despite evidence that sales of non-iOS
tablets will not take off
for the next few years, a number of
news organizations have launched one - size - fits - all
apps for Android
tablets to complement their multi-platform, «all access» subscription offerings, and a few have even developed
apps for RIM's QNX platform and Palm's webOS software.
More than a quarter, 27 %, of mainly
app users have paid
for news on their
tablet, compared with just 5 % of primarily browser users and 20 % of those who use both.
For all three measures of value,
app users were twice as likely as browser users to say the
tablet news experience is a better one.
Tablets have become a handy companion if you want something larger than your phone
for watching video, reading
news or eBooks, or even keeping the children occupied with games and learning
apps.
In a sign that Amazon's Kindle Fire has become an increasingly important platform
for app developers, ABC
News launched a version of the ABC
News app for the popular
tablet.
The NOOK Store features all of the most popular and bestselling top 100
app titles
for tablets available anywhere, including the hottest games, as well as lifestyle, productivity,
news, entertainment and reading
apps.
The biggest
news, though, is that we're working with a number of major publishers (and important smaller ones) to provide a storefront that contains deluxe digital graphic novels aimed at the «real mainstream,» the audience
for graphic novels that reads Maus or Fun Home or Dotter of Her Father's Eyes but would never think of going into a comic shop guarded by a dodgy life - size statue of She - Hulk... We think the immersive «lean back» experience that
tablets provide, along with purchase ease - of - use and the ubiquitous availability that
app stores provide, can, if handled right, create a sea change in the consumption of graphic novels — and, if we have our way, the whole thing will have absolutely * nothing * to do with superheroes.
Subscription - based ebook reading is finally taking root,
news and magazine
apps have been optimized
for smartphone and
tablet consumption, and even browser - based scroller feeds offer headlines and story teasers to consumers throughout the day.
The The Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily
News apps that come pre-installed are full digital replicas of the regular newspapers, and the additional Inquirer Android
app was designed specially
for the 10 ″ Arnova
tablet and provides access to bonus content like photo galleries and videos.
It's a big day
for BlackBerry PlayBook fans - not only have they got access to new BBC iPlayer and
News app icons (yes, icons)- they've also now got the option of setting their QNX tabs to Bahasa Indonesian thanks to the launch of BlackBerry
Tablet OS... Read more
While other Murdoch holdings haven't yet garnered the ever - savvy millennial market (remember, this is the man who paid $ 580 million
for MySpace, Clippet seems to be taking root and reaching listeners in much the same way that those who prefer visual
news have taken to digital magazines and newspapers on their smartphones or
tablets, even going so far as to subscribe to unlimited access to content through
apps like PressReader.
You can download the free Good e-Reader
News app for your Amazon Fire Tablet, Good e-Reader App Store or via Google Pl
app for your Amazon Fire
Tablet, Good e-Reader
App Store or via Google Pl
App Store or via Google Play.
The
News by Good e-Reader
app was designed from the ground - up
for a mobile first experience and also suitable
for large screen
tablets.
Yahoo has updated their
News Digest
app for Android that finally brings support
for large screen
tablets.
Definitely good
news for those of you worried that the
tablet would be left without these native
apps should you not have a BlackBerry to pair with it.
I want the Kindle Fire and I ain't old, I am 16 and have a Windows Phone and Android device and an iPad, I don't want it because other devices are too confusing, but because I am very involved in the Amazon ecosystem, I purchase stuff from there all the time, and they have all the media I need (
News, Mags, Books, Music, Movies, TV,
Apps) So it's not because I'm to old or stupid to understand a normal android
tablet, it's because this is what fits alot of peoples needs,
for a great price.
I use a
tablet to check emails while having breakfast on the kitchen table, to watch movies, to read
news and books, to play with
apps, to Skype / chat with friends, to check
for Facebook updates, to play music on a mini Bluetooth speaker, and to take notes during meetings.
Even more good
news for authors who are self - publishing on the Kindle platform is that Amazon now offers a free Kindle reading
app that anyone can download to enable reading Kindle books on a variety of devices including smartphones,
tablets, and desktops.
RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie says an official native email
app is coming soon, but this
news could not dissuade the dozens of negative reviews
for the
tablet.
Those
tablet news users who primarily use
apps for news are the most avid consumers of
news on
tablets.
Interestingly, the Trib has a nice
news photography
app inside the Newsstand, but readers who sign up
for this
tablet offer would not be able to use that
app, of course.)
Since I have bought the Macbook Air, I do not use a
tablet for meetings as much anymore, it has become more of an entertainment device from which I watch movies in my bed or in the plane, read
news and books, play with
apps (ie Angry Birds, Music
apps), Skype / chat with friends, check Facebook updates, play music on a mini Bluetooth speaker.
The company has been offering
news apps for iOS, Android, and other platforms
for a while, but the new
app for tablets running Android 3.x Honeycomb may just be one of the best
tablet news apps I've seen so far.
The
news of the newest rendition of the Google mobile device OS came from the Android developer's website, which has now released the software development kit
for coders to start writing
apps for this latest
tablet platform.
If it wasn't
for this issue the Nexus 7 would be hands - down the best 7»
tablet for ereading given its high resolution screen, the stable and zippy Chrome web browser, and the open Android operating system
for access to all the ereading and
news apps.
Although not optimized
for tablets, most of the phone
news apps will work fine as well, they will just stretch to the larger
tablet's screen.
Join me as I sit in with Blake Grundman, Ross Polly, and Keri Honea to talk all about our favorite
news items of E3 such as sharing Sony PlayStation 4 games, Microsoft Points heading off into the sunset, the rise of the Oculus Rift, the promise of Batman: Arkham Origins, more and more games offering companion
apps for tablets, launch prices of the PS4 and Microsoft Xbox One, enhancements to the Nintendo 3DS StreetPass system, and much more.
Google has
apps for pretty much all the most important functions on a phone or
tablet — email, messaging, maps, storage, browsing, reading the
news, finding and consuming media — and they are interlocked so that tasks flow naturally from one
app to the next.
As with today's best smartphones, applications play a big role on
tablets — once you've decided which of these
tablets is right
for you, check out our top
app lists so you can get your fill of Temple Run, update your friends on Facebook and read the latest
news, all on a bigger screen.
fixed an issue where launching an
app from another
app while in
Tablet mode no longer launched it side by side, and instead launched it fullscreen (
for example, when launching a web link from the MSN
News app).
As with today's best phones, applications play a big role on
tablets — once you've decided which of these
tablets is right
for you, check out our top
app lists so you can get your fill of Temple Run, update your friends on Facebook and read the latest
news, all on a bigger screen.
While «evleaks» claimed this morning the
tablet is now back in full production, Foley, who has a solid and reliable track record when it comes to Microsoft insider
news, says that the touch - first Office
apps that are currently in development
for Windows 8.x are not yet ready and likely won't be until spring 2015.
We're not completely blindsided by the
news — back in November, a beta version of the Google
app referenced Assistant support
for Android
tablets — but it's nice to finally hear it from El Goog itself.
The most important
news for Windows (Phone) 10 users is the new universal
app that will work on phones,
tablets and PCs.
o 42 percent of U.S. adults who will be using additional devices during the Big Game say they will be doing so to check sports
news apps on their phone or
tablet for breaking, behind - the - scene commentary.