If you’re a twitter user, think of Flipboard as the tweetie of newsreaders. Whether this is in fact Scoble’s “revolutionary” new app or not, it’s certain one to keep an eye on. Time will tell exactly how well targeted the articles are to users preferences, but you’ll notice each article has a like button that presumably helps Flipboard learn more about what you enjoy reading.įlipboard also includes its own commenting feature, creating a community within the app itself but also providing a simple way to reply to Facebook shares and tweets. Pressing a square takes you into a world of content, beautifully presented. tech) and you are also given the opportunity to insert your Facebook and Twitter account details into other available squares. When you launch the app you are presented with a selection of squares, each square has a topic (e.g. My first, albeit short impressions, browsing articles were equally impressive. From the (slightly gimmicky) page flipping affect, to its ability to select images that draw in the eye encouraging you to read – it’s simply outstanding. This is, without a shadow of a doubt, the most elegant reading experience I have seen on the iPad. Where this app stands out is in its elegant design and seemingly its ability to pinpoint what’s important/relevant to you. Others have attempted to create newspaper and magazine like UI’s from the barrage of information shared on social media sites, but none seem to have done it better than Flipboard. Basically, exactly what Flipboard promises on the tin.įlipboard isn’t the first to this idea however. What it is however, is an incredibly elegant way of transforming your social stream links, media, images and updates into a beautifully put together iPad magazine.
Rather than scrolling through posts and links, Flipboard organises everything shared into a magazine like format, not unlike a favourite of ours, Feedly. It offers a way to “flip” through news, photos and updates from what your friends on Facebook and Twitter are sharing. So what is Flipboard?įlipboard is supposedly “the world’s first social magazine”, bringing the “timeless layout of print media to social media.” Big promises. What we do know is the app he’s referring to is being released tonight, as is Flipboard, someone suggested Flipbook as the app he was referring to, Scoble retweeted it, and finally we now know Flipbook comes with all the features you’d expect someone like Scoble to get excited about. Now, let me restate this, we don’t know for certain ( update: now we know for certain) this is the app that’s got Scoble bouncing off the walls. Well, while not confirmed (update: now confirmed!), we believe we’ve got our hands on the app he’s betting will be a game changer – it’s called Flipboard.īefore we carry on, lets take a quick look and some of Scoble’s superlatives: Those of you who follow might very well have heard him rave about an upcoming app release for the iPad.
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