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IPAD LIFESTYLE GUIDE<br />
IPAD 2 BUYERS’ GUIDE<br />
READ NEWS AND MORE!<br />
CONSUME NEWS MORE EFFICIENTLY. ENJOY NEXT-GENERATION BOOKS AND MAGAZINES.<br />
Newspapers + Newsreaders<br />
Hundreds of individual newspapers from around the<br />
world are now being offered as apps, either for free<br />
or with in-app subscriptions; simply search for your<br />
favorite to see what’s being offered. What’s really<br />
taking off now are aggregators: we love Silvio Rizzi’s<br />
minimalist, text-heavy Reeder for iPad ($5), which<br />
works with iPhone and Mac apps to sync with RSS<br />
feeds managed by Google Reader, providing only news<br />
from sources you want to read. But flashier apps<br />
such as Flipboard, Hitpad - See What’s Up, and Zite<br />
Personalized Magazine offer free alternatives, steering<br />
you towards categorized news articles, sometimes<br />
mixed with your Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and Google<br />
Reader accounts; Hitpad takes a novel approach by<br />
providing news, videos, photos, and web links related<br />
to current Twitter trending topics. These apps feel like<br />
multimedia, multi-sourced magazines of the future.<br />
Next-Gen Books +<br />
Magazines As Apps<br />
Despite Apple’s iBookstore,<br />
many new digital books and<br />
magazines are sold now as<br />
apps rather than eBooks. Wired<br />
($2/issue) is among the better<br />
magazines,<br />
with Al Gore’s<br />
book Our<br />
Choice ($5)<br />
and Decoded<br />
by Jay-Z ($15)<br />
similarly<br />
integrating<br />
video clips,<br />
interactive<br />
pages,<br />
and web<br />
downloads to<br />
add far more<br />
content than<br />
printed books<br />
could offer.<br />
Previously Covered<br />
Apple’s iBooks and Amazon’s<br />
Kindle apps each include digital<br />
bookstores. Instapaper saves<br />
web pages for off-line reading.<br />
Other news tools and magazines<br />
are in our Gems columns.<br />
Accessorize It<br />
The 3G-equipped iPads can grab<br />
new content when you’re on<br />
the road. Well-made cases can<br />
make holding the iPad easier for<br />
extended reading sessions.<br />
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