News Reading – being a basic part of almost all individual across the globe for generations has now been introduced through a new and more advanced platform with the use of Apple iPad and with its high user patronage comes three (3) iPad Apps to answer just this changing demand. iPad has now made it into a more personalized social news stream.
We all know that Apple iPad even upon its launch has made big sales in the market because of its media-friendly design. This is one innovative mobile device that is able to create an environment that is perfect for real-time news consumption while maintaining sophistication and style of the traditional print magazines and newspapers. And for this to become even better, here comes Pulse News, Flipboard and FLUD. Now this guarantees a richer personalized news experience in the iPad for all users.
Pulse News for iPad is one that does not disappoint news reader. If you are an application user, you can choose from featured sources, add their accounts for Facebook and Twitter as content sources, connect their account in Google Reader and even add individual RSS feeds and websites. At $3.99 one can get more as this also supports up to 20 different news sources – each displayed horizontally and with photos and text depicting each story.
Next in line is the Flipboard which is a personalized social magazine in design with equal parts news reader, Twitter application and Facebook client, where the latter two is surfaced for stories in the form of videos, photos and URLs. This of course is as shared by the user’s social network friends. For users to edit their Flipboard’s content, they can easily do so by flipping the page. It is good to note that Flipboard is free making it a must-try application for social media users. This will serve as good alternative way to browse status updates.
The third one, FLUD actually resembles closely Pulse News in its purpose and design. Also at $3.99, this application can feature news stories from user-defined sources and just as well, it highlights stories with photos in a magazine-like way. Although it still lacks source support for Facebook and Twitter, it can be commendable as it possesses intelligent and auto-defined categories.
News reading is truly reinvented by these Apps as they create a more dynamic, social and visually stimulating way of consuming information. With these Apps, iPad users and news enthusiasts would surely not look at news reading as they used to.
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