TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics » iPad http://www.teleread.com News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Fri, 24 May 2013 00:53:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 The Ultimate Evernote Guide, Part 3: Exploring the iPad App http://www.teleread.com/ipad/evernote-part-3-exploring-the-ipad-app/ http://www.teleread.com/ipad/evernote-part-3-exploring-the-ipad-app/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:42:35 +0000 Joanna Cabot http://www.teleread.com/?p=83441 The Ultimate Evernote Guide: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 Welcome to Part 3 of our Evernote series! We’ve been sticking mostly to the desktop so far because it’s the most full-featured. But there are advantages to using the mobile apps as well. For example, if you have content you want [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/apple/redesigned-full-sized-apple-ipad-5-to-be-unveiled-this-month/feed/ 0 When’s the Best Time to Buy an Apple Product? (Infographic) http://www.teleread.com/iphone/whens-the-best-time-to-buy-an-apple-product-infographic/ http://www.teleread.com/iphone/whens-the-best-time-to-buy-an-apple-product-infographic/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:25:47 +0000 Matthew Marchesano http://www.teleread.com/?p=82118 When is the best time to purchase a new Apple device? Is there a best time? We’re fully aware of how sporadic and paltry the big Apple can be when it comes to offering customers discounts on their products. Usually feeling like you’ve earned a ‘deal’ from an Apple retail store or from their online [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/apple/refurbished-ipad-minis-once-again-available-from-apple-store-starting-at-299/feed/ 0 Textkraft text processor apps for iPad on sale for the Easter season http://www.teleread.com/apple/textkraft-text-processor-apps-for-ipad-on-sale-for-the-easter-season/ http://www.teleread.com/apple/textkraft-text-processor-apps-for-ipad-on-sale-for-the-easter-season/#comments Sat, 23 Mar 2013 16:00:52 +0000 Charles Moore http://www.teleread.com/?p=81965 I use several text editing and word processing apps on my iPad, but my writing tools of choice for composing and editing with the tablet are usually from the family of text processors from German developer Infovole. What’s a text processor? It’s a writing app that’s more than a basic text editor, with more tools [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/apple/textkraft-text-processor-apps-for-ipad-on-sale-for-the-easter-season/feed/ 0 Perdrix TXT e-reading app (review) http://www.teleread.com/iphone/perdrix-txt-e-reading-app-review/ http://www.teleread.com/iphone/perdrix-txt-e-reading-app-review/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:03:40 +0000 Juli Monroe http://www.teleread.com/?p=81651 Have you ever run across a solution looking for a problem? Unfortunately, that’s my reaction to Perdrix TXT, a new e-reading app for iPhone and iPad. The developer contacted me over the weekend and gave me a promo code for a free review copy, and I gave it a look. Here’s what they say about [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/apple/apple-offering-refurbished-ipad-4-and-ipad-mini/feed/ 0 Survey finds half of tablet consumers plan to buy an iPad http://www.teleread.com/apple/survey-finds-half-of-tablet-consumers-plan-to-buy-an-ipad/ http://www.teleread.com/apple/survey-finds-half-of-tablet-consumers-plan-to-buy-an-ipad/#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:00:46 +0000 Susan Lulgjuraj http://www.teleread.com/?p=80673 When looking for a new tablet, it seems consumers have Apple on the brain. The Yankee Group recently disclosed the results of a December survey in which it asked, “What brand of tablet do you intend to buy [next]?” For Apple, it was good news as nearly half of the 506 questioned picked the iconic brand. Apple [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/apple/survey-finds-half-of-tablet-consumers-plan-to-buy-an-ipad/feed/ 0 Don’t upgrade your Kindle for iOS app! http://www.teleread.com/iphone/dont-upgrade-your-kindle-for-ios-app/ http://www.teleread.com/iphone/dont-upgrade-your-kindle-for-ios-app/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:00:26 +0000 Juli Monroe http://www.teleread.com/?p=80109 If you’re like me, you keep a close eye on your app updates on your iDevice. This morning, as I was leaving the house for an early morning meeting, I noticed an app update available. Good thing I always check what’s new before updating. This was the first time I’ve ever seen this message: Note: [...]

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