PressReader for the iPhone and iPad Updated to Version 3.0

At the start of December we reviewed PressReader, an app for iOS devices to read newspapers and publications. PressReader has just been updated to version 3.0.

What is PressReader?

PressReader is a free application that enables you to download your favourite publications to your PC, Mac, tablet, mobile device or eReader allowing you to read them even when you’re offline.

Enjoy your favorite daily read from a selection of more than 2,000 newspapers and magazines from 95 countries in 51 languages with PressReader!

With every article, advertisement, crossword puzzle and cartoon presented in its original context, PressReader offers many of the same rich user interface and intuitive interactive features PressDisplay.com users have come to love.

And with the added convenience of being able to hold your favorite publication directly in your hands and read it from cover to cover just the way you would in-print, PressReader makes reading full-content digital replicas an absolute delight with features such as:

• Flipping pages like you’re reading a real publication
• The ability to pan, zoom or rotate pages, articles and photos
• Navigating publications using thumbnails or table of contents
• Opening full articles in easy-to-read text views
• Listening to publications using on-demand audio
• Searching online across titles and selecting the titles you wish to download

What’s New in Version 3.0

✓ Compatible with iOS 5
✓ New SmartFlow* content presentation design, fully integrated with the graphical page view (iPad only)
✓ Press and Hold features
✓ Copy & paste articles into note taking applications
✓ Support for Push notification
✓ Improved localization for French, Spanish, German and Russian languages
✓ Various performance and stability improvements.
Minimum iOS version required is 4.2. Please do not upgrade if you are using a first generation iPhone or iPod Touch.

*SmartFlow can be enabled or disabled in PressReader’s Setting menu (Defaults to ON for iPad 2s and OFF for original iPads).