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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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