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One of the features I’m most looking forward to in iOS 5 is Newsstand, I can’t wait to have my news and magazines automagically download to my phone every morning. But what else is there to know about Newsstand?
For developers, Newsstand is opt-in, as in you choose whether or not to make your app a ‘Newsstand app’. If devs decide to make their apps a Newsstand app, it’ll be placed inside Newsstand only (it won’t be anywhere else in the iPhone) with a ‘dynamic’ icon that mimics a magazine cover or newspaper front page. That icon changes with every new issue.
Of course, the coolest feature of Newsstand is how new issues will be downloaded in the background so users don’t have to wait around to download new content. Apple limits these automatic downloads to once a day to preserver your battery. It’s very much like having the paper boy deliver the latest newspaper every morning.
We’ll have to wait until the event this evening to see which publishers are jumping into Newsstand to see how good Newsstand will be, but I’m hopeful. [Poynter]
Read up on everything Apple announced at the iPhone 4S event at our round-up article here.
Monthly Gizmodo news roundup magazine anyone?
(don’t mention Distro)
I assume Apple will be taking their 30% cut from everything?
Highly likely I’m afraid
I have to say, I really don’t like the way iOS has it’s menus on some apps mimic a real life objects. Such as the books on a book shelf or news on a news stand etc. I can understand their reasons, buy it just looks very twee and reminds me so much of the old Geocities street view web page, from back in the day.
Gosh, my grammar and spelling are terrible today.
iTunes’ CD coverflow has always looked excellent but the books on the crappy timber bookshelf look a bit crap! With the Kindle Fire demonstrating a similar aesthetic it seems this feature is here to stay.
Is there much difference between this and the Samsung readers hub?
iPad yes but are you really going to want to try and read a magazine on your iPhone!? That’s why I bought an iPad!