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Steven Lyle Jordan · 03-26-2012, 10:20 AM

I must have been asleep when Barnes & Noble made changes to their magazines, or to the apps on my iPad and Android phone, or both. I've discovered that I can not only download and open my magazines on my smartphone and my iPad, but both support touch-zoom and ArticleView. Having my mags on my smartphone is ultra-portable, and the iPad 1 displays the mags beautifully.

In fact, magazines display better on the iPad than they do on the NC now. After the last upgrade, the NC developed an annoying habit of not displaying the tops of magazine pages when in zoom mode. The iPad doesn't have that problem, and it allows you to 2-finger zoom in even more.

Congratulations, B&N: I now no longer need my Nook Color.

Well, that's not completely true: I can still use it for sideloaded magazines... but I can do that with the iPad, if I want to jump through their hoops. The NC is more portable than the iPad, but has fewer apps for other activities.

It's actually kind of strange to go from one device that can read B&N magazines to 3-4 in a jump (since I'm assuming my PC app will read magazines too, now). From just enough reading devices, now I feel like I have an embarrassment of riches.

03-26-2012, 10:20 AM	#1
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	Nook apps now handle magazines; who needs Nook Color? I must have been asleep when Barnes & Noble made changes to their magazines, or to the apps on my iPad and Android phone, or both. I've discovered that I can not only download and open my magazines on my smartphone and my iPad, but both support touch-zoom and ArticleView. Having my mags on my smartphone is ultra-portable, and the iPad 1 displays the mags beautifully. In fact, magazines display better on the iPad than they do on the NC now. After the last upgrade, the NC developed an annoying habit of not displaying the tops of magazine pages when in zoom mode. The iPad doesn't have that problem, and it allows you to 2-finger zoom in even more. Congratulations, B&N: I now no longer need my Nook Color. Well, that's not completely true: I can still use it for sideloaded magazines... but I can do that with the iPad, if I want to jump through their hoops. The NC is more portable than the iPad, but has fewer apps for other activities. It's actually kind of strange to go from one device that can read B&N magazines to 3-4 in a jump (since I'm assuming my PC app will read magazines too, now). From just enough reading devices, now I feel like I have an embarrassment of riches.