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By Paul Biba

ibis.pngWe reported on the release of the new Ibis ereader app at TOC here. Now, Wired Gadget Lab, via Charlie Sorrell, has taken it through its paces and he says:

I have been playing around with Ibis for a little while and it really does behave like a local application, although sometimes it is not quite as fast when flipping between different sections. In fact, there’s only one thing that really gives it away: scrolling is a lot slower. Whereas in a native app you can “throw” a page and it speedily scrolls up or down, the “elastic” holding the pages of web apps is a lot stronger. It’s not just Ibis. This is a problem with all non-native applications on the iPhone.

As a full-featured e-reader, Ibis is surprisingly good. As a proof-of-concept for non-approved, non-App Store applications, it is straight-up amazing.

Read more at the Wired site. Thanks to ResouceShelf for the heads up.

 
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