Comments on: Magazine Apps for the iPad: “Bloated and Unfriendly” http://gigaom.com/2010/10/27/magazine-apps-for-the-ipad-bloated-and-unfriendly/ Tue, 21 May 2013 20:39:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Yahoo Wants to Get Mobile And Personal With Livestand: Tech News and Analysis « http://gigaom.com/2010/10/27/magazine-apps-for-the-ipad-bloated-and-unfriendly/#comment-589859 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 19:05:07 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=230220#comment-589859 [...] Mathew has pointed out, magazines have have not made a good transition to tablets, in the sense that many are still just shallow copies of their printed products. By leveraging [...]

]]> By: Nook, Magazines See The Color of Money: Mobile Technology News « http://gigaom.com/2010/10/27/magazine-apps-for-the-ipad-bloated-and-unfriendly/#comment-580259 Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:16:30 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=230220#comment-580259 [...] Instead, magazines are separate applications filled with multimedia features and other extras that, according to some, create bloat and don’t do much to advance the print medium. And the pricing scheme has varied: some titles are priced per issue, some offer a small bit of [...]

]]> By: Branson’s iPad Magazine App — Flashy and Confusing: Tech News « http://gigaom.com/2010/10/27/magazine-apps-for-the-ipad-bloated-and-unfriendly/#comment-528037 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:45:43 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=230220#comment-528037 [...] with its ground-breaking approach to iPad journalism by any means, and to some extent it is just as “bloated and unfriendly” as most of its fellow magazine apps. That said, however, it is an interesting addition to the field, if only because it isn’t [...]

]]> By: Alfie http://gigaom.com/2010/10/27/magazine-apps-for-the-ipad-bloated-and-unfriendly/#comment-505008 Mon, 08 Nov 2010 23:51:47 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=230220#comment-505008 Magazine publishers would be well advised to leave their online platforms to the experts. PageSalon is a great resource that I’m using to read magazines online and share articles with friends. I hear an iPad app is in the works, too — can’t wait!

]]> By: Callaway Wants to Tap the Second Phase of the App Revolution: Tech News « http://gigaom.com/2010/10/27/magazine-apps-for-the-ipad-bloated-and-unfriendly/#comment-497274 Tue, 02 Nov 2010 21:02:51 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=230220#comment-497274 [...] ability to display existing media in a more personal and convenient way. Books have thrived while magazines are still a work in progress. But if done well, Callaway said, the tablet has a lot more potential to create new publishing [...]

]]> By: Sylvanus http://gigaom.com/2010/10/27/magazine-apps-for-the-ipad-bloated-and-unfriendly/#comment-496087 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 23:51:06 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=230220#comment-496087 Hi Matthew,

I read your post about about magazine iPad apps and the lack of usability. And the part that caught my attention was Vinh’s quote, “I couldn’t email, blog, tweet or quote from the app”. I know you are familiar with Flipboard and I wanted to bring your attention to another free iPad app called YourVersion http://bit.ly/yv-hd that offers a great way to view tailored content that will also let you easily share that content from within the app.

YourVersion is a Pandora for your real-time web content. We bring you the latest, recent tailored content by your specific interests. This is all done without having to manage RSS or multiple sources.We have built a suite of products for YourVersion including a destination website, free iPad, iPhone and Android apps and browser tools for Firefox, Safari, Chrome and other browsers.

YourVersion launched last year at the TechCrunch50 Conference where we won the People’s Choice Award. We have a website, browser tools and a suite of free mobile products including our free iPad http://bit.ly/yv-hd , free iPhone http://bit.ly/yv-app and Android apps so our users can Discover, Bookmark and Share on our site or on the go.

I invite you to try YourVersion and I look forward to hearing your feedback,
Sylvanus

]]> By: links for 2010-10-31 « Innovation in College Media http://gigaom.com/2010/10/27/magazine-apps-for-the-ipad-bloated-and-unfriendly/#comment-494051 Sun, 31 Oct 2010 16:02:09 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=230220#comment-494051 [...] Magazine Apps for the iPad: “Bloated and Unfriendly”: Tech News « Because, Khoi Vinh says, they’re “bloated [and] user-unfriendly” and because they are largely a result of a “tired pattern of mass-media brands trying vainly to establish beachheads on new platforms, without really understanding the platforms at all.” (tags: iPad magazines mobile publishing ux design) [...]

]]> By: dennisvjames http://gigaom.com/2010/10/27/magazine-apps-for-the-ipad-bloated-and-unfriendly/#comment-493093 Sat, 30 Oct 2010 17:09:32 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=230220#comment-493093 If you want to try different apps, go into a Starbucks where you can try them for free. I have also used Zinio over the last couple of years. Hate it. It’s limited and does not conform to what I like to do on a computer to read. USAToday takes a Zinio approach. I hate it and won’t read using it. But if you try the New York Times, you have a more a more Web-like experience where you go to a particular section, see a list of articles you can read, you can click on an article and read the whole article. Not very newspaper-like but it offers a glancable newspaper-like experience where you browse to the articles you want to read and read them. This also gives the newspapers a way to lock down their content without locking out twitter and other social tools if the read cares to use them. But like all new technologies, some companies pick the right interface and ome companies pick the wrong interface. No matter what we personally like, the consumers will flock to the ones they like and will avoid the ones they don’t like.

]]> By: Magazine Apps for the iPad: “Bloated and Unfriendly”: Tech News « | ipad lovers http://gigaom.com/2010/10/27/magazine-apps-for-the-ipad-bloated-and-unfriendly/#comment-491754 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 18:13:24 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=230220#comment-491754 [...] the original here: Magazine Apps for the iPad: “Bloated and Unfriendly”: Tech News « This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged being-connected, former-design, magazine-apps, [...]

]]> By: Rhonda Rice http://gigaom.com/2010/10/27/magazine-apps-for-the-ipad-bloated-and-unfriendly/#comment-491447 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 12:40:40 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=230220#comment-491447 I have used Zinio for a few years now, starting on my laptop and now iPad. I use it mostly as a solution for travel and to get International Magazines.

I also have MagApps like Wired, Dwell, and Women’s Health. The main drivers for me here again was travel and I live outside the US. What I prefer more are the exact replica of the magazine content with the addition of interactive features live videos, slideshows, and other digital add-ons. Gourmet Traveller , Wired, Women’s Health, People, and Glamour have much more to their interactive offering like polls, digital-only features, ‘tap here’ to buy or view from retailers, ‘save item’ of interest viewed in the issue, step-by-step photos, videos and slideshows, ‘view all posts’ to connect with their social presence. I’ve always flagged or bookmarked my print mags and it’s quite handy to do that now in the E-version and actually find it a month from now. This is not present in the traditional magazine.

I also use Flipboard and love it. What I really find value in is how I can personalize (aggregate), consume and share content through Flipboard. Oh yes, and I too still buy print magazines from time to time.

Lastly, I find digital magazines to be a more eco-friendly option over print copies.

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