How is the NY Times on your iPad?
December 13, 2010 8:57 AM Subscribe
I live somewhere without delivery of decent newspapers e.g. nytimes. How good are the iPad versions of various newspapers: are they delivered electronically on time, do they have all/most of the content of the paper (i.e. color photos) edition, etc.? Bonus: do the major newspapers have decent Android versions?
I can only speak to the NYTimes itself, but the NYTimes iPad application that was released recently is quite good, lets you flip around as though you were reading an actual physical newspaper, and has most of the content of the real thing. It's a pretty nice experience, and the ads don't animate continually, which is my number one pet peeve in reading other newspaper content via the iPad.
posted by killdevil at 9:22 AM on December 13, 2010
posted by killdevil at 9:22 AM on December 13, 2010
I have the NY Times on my iPad and it's gorgeous. Use of the app is currently free, but I think that's a temporary state of affairs. (When I downloaded it, it said something to the effect of "Free for a limited time!")
I don't ever read the non-digital version of the NY Times, so I have no idea what I'm missing. I'm happy with it, but then again it's not my main source of news.
posted by heathergirl at 9:23 AM on December 13, 2010
I don't ever read the non-digital version of the NY Times, so I have no idea what I'm missing. I'm happy with it, but then again it's not my main source of news.
posted by heathergirl at 9:23 AM on December 13, 2010
Best answer: I'm reading The Financial Times on my iPad; its not bad, but by no means is it the entire newspaper, more what I'd describe as a "best of".
It does have some fairly decent market data (if you're into that kind of stuff) all in one place, but mostly at an aggregate level e.g., US Treasury yields, a yield curve, some commodities, etc. While content is downloadable onto the device, its not automated meaning I've got to remember to do it each morning before I leave the flat.
Not terribly detailed and to be totally honest I'm not super impressed with it, especially so at £17.50 a month. And even at that price they are upselling; there are parts of the newspaper (e.g., Lex, the columnist many of us in The City read) that you need a "premium" subscription to read.
That being said, it has been getting better and better since the launch. You can tell they've been refining the delivery platform a great deal, had some stability problems that have all but disapperared, and I've been sticking with in in the hopes that all the dailies entire content or a large portion of it will finally appear.
But I'd be hard pressed to recommend it to anyone presently and I've got a deadline in my mind to dump it if I've got to.
posted by Mutant at 9:32 AM on December 13, 2010
It does have some fairly decent market data (if you're into that kind of stuff) all in one place, but mostly at an aggregate level e.g., US Treasury yields, a yield curve, some commodities, etc. While content is downloadable onto the device, its not automated meaning I've got to remember to do it each morning before I leave the flat.
Not terribly detailed and to be totally honest I'm not super impressed with it, especially so at £17.50 a month. And even at that price they are upselling; there are parts of the newspaper (e.g., Lex, the columnist many of us in The City read) that you need a "premium" subscription to read.
That being said, it has been getting better and better since the launch. You can tell they've been refining the delivery platform a great deal, had some stability problems that have all but disapperared, and I've been sticking with in in the hopes that all the dailies entire content or a large portion of it will finally appear.
But I'd be hard pressed to recommend it to anyone presently and I've got a deadline in my mind to dump it if I've got to.
posted by Mutant at 9:32 AM on December 13, 2010
Le Monde and NY Times have a nice Android version. Both are free. Neither give you the same amount of content you get in the actual paper.
posted by wingless_angel at 9:50 AM on December 13, 2010
posted by wingless_angel at 9:50 AM on December 13, 2010
If you're looking for the whole newspaper, but digitized, e-readers like Kindle are going to be closer than the iPad.
posted by alaijmw at 10:09 AM on December 13, 2010
posted by alaijmw at 10:09 AM on December 13, 2010
Response by poster: I'm reading The Financial Times on my iPad; its not bad, but by no means is it the entire newspaper, more what I'd describe as a "best of".
Le Monde and NY Times have a nice Android version. Both are free. Neither give you the same amount of content you get in the actual paper.
that's really disappointing. if you're not constrained by paper and ink, you should have more words rather than less. i tend to read the big newspapers for the small stories in the back pages.
posted by ennui.bz at 10:11 AM on December 13, 2010
Le Monde and NY Times have a nice Android version. Both are free. Neither give you the same amount of content you get in the actual paper.
that's really disappointing. if you're not constrained by paper and ink, you should have more words rather than less. i tend to read the big newspapers for the small stories in the back pages.
posted by ennui.bz at 10:11 AM on December 13, 2010
You can try the Chrome web app for the NYTimes -- I hear it is very similar to the iPad version. This link also works on Safari.
http://www.nytimes.com/chrome
posted by TheyCallItPeace at 11:06 AM on December 13, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/chrome
posted by TheyCallItPeace at 11:06 AM on December 13, 2010
I just read them on Safari on my ipad. The apps don't always have the reader comments, which I enjoy, but they do have the slideshows, videos, etc. The NY Post app is also a hoot, if you enjoy the tabloids.
posted by Ideefixe at 12:38 PM on December 13, 2010
posted by Ideefixe at 12:38 PM on December 13, 2010
Best answer: I read the NY Times on my Kindle for several months. There's a modest subscription fee. Each day's paper would auto-download and be on the device when I awoke in the morning. It consists of all the news articles in the papers (this is why I eventually stopped doing this--due to the linear nature of the presentation I was reading too much of it and neglecting a lot of other reading material). There are no ads, nor non-news items like crossword puzzles. I liked having several days of the NYT on my Kindle as I could get a day or two behind and easily carry it all around with me and not miss anything.
posted by neuron at 12:52 PM on December 13, 2010
posted by neuron at 12:52 PM on December 13, 2010
The Washington Post also has a decent iPad app. Its free for now, but they also seem to be threatening to move to a pay model.
posted by rtimmel at 4:03 PM on December 13, 2010
posted by rtimmel at 4:03 PM on December 13, 2010
NYT application is OK, but as killdevil says, they do pop up a warning that it's limited free access.
NPR has quite a nice app, gives you access to the news and the radio shows.
posted by arcticseal at 12:37 AM on December 14, 2010
NPR has quite a nice app, gives you access to the news and the radio shows.
posted by arcticseal at 12:37 AM on December 14, 2010
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posted by onepot at 9:18 AM on December 13, 2010