Ever so often an application comes by that makes you life easier or much more pleasant. Over the years a few such applications of different breeds made us step back and say WOW!. Such was Super Mario, such was the affect Excel had when you first upgraded from Lotus, such is Flipboard. Originally released for IPad and now available for IPhone too, this beautifully designed App almost revolutionizes the world of newspapers all on its own. Over the past couple  of years there have been many attempts at creating digital newspapers. All of them tried to mash together sources and ideas from across the web into one interface, or transform an existing paper into a digital one.Some of the better ones such as the digital  N.Y. Time, Zite   and Mashable are worthy of a mention here, but it is only with the birth of Flipboard do we find a new, attractively designed package that keeps sending you back for more.

Part of the attraction of newspapers is the flipping of the pages. Sometimes the flip is all the reader needs to bypass articles and pages he has no interest in reading. No matter which paper you read, there are always sections that have no interest to you – when was the last time you read the obituaries or racing news? This is also true for digital magazines and papers that allow you to create your own interest list. The fact that you chose movies doesn’t guarantee you want to read about the latest Winnie the Pool episode. Flipboard deals with this elegantly. You chose the interests you want, technology, sport, local news or whatever feed fits your fancy including tweets from your Twitter account and news from your Facebook friends.

The Flipboard is designed in a drill down fashion that show the headlines and pictures from which you can expand and read the story or flip over elegantly. The interface is really smooth, much is downloaded in the background, making for a great experience. The Ipad App flips horizontally just like like a regular newspaper, the IPhone version flips vertically. Both seem magical. Try them.  Within minutes you’ll be spreading the praise yourselves.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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