Barnes Noble Updates E-Reader App with Landscape View, Brightness Control
Posted in: e-books, ipad, tablets, Today's Chili
Barnes and Noble has updated its iPad e-reader app, and it has fixed many of the oddities that made me describe it as “adequate” back in May.
The biggest changes are in the reading interface. You can now dim the display from within the app, just like you can in iBooks and Instapaper. Brightness is one of my biggest niggles with the iPad in general: I’m forever heading over to the settings app to tweak it. There should be an always-available shortcut. Anyhow, in the B&N e-reader, it’s fixed.
Next is the behavior in landscape orientation, which now sows a two-page spread instead of just going wide.
Other fixes are welcome but not really essential. You can now delete samples from within the app; there is “improved” support for periodicals, syncing purchases, bookmarks and notes is quicker and there are the obligatory bug-fixes.
I’m losing count of e-reader/bookstore apps for the iPad now. We have Kindle, B&N, Kobo, iBooks, Borders (or is that Kobo?). I kind of like that I can get content from any of these without having to buy a whole bunch of e-readers. On the other hand, it’s a pain to have to jump between them. Imagine having to use different music apps depending on where you bought the MP3.
B&N e-reader [iTunes. Thanks, Brittany!]
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