Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Digital Newspapers and Magazines on Apple's Newsstand

Newsstand App is specifically designed in ios5 to hold the entire subscriptions of user's digital newspapers and Magazines. It is a preinstalled app in ios5 and need not be downloaded.

How to use the Newsstand app?
  • Launch Newsstand App from Home screen. 
  • Tap the store icon on right corner of the Newsstand. This store contains only the apps to subscribe and manage digital publications (Publication Apps).
Newsstand Store
  • Browse through the list of Publication Apps and Download the Apps of your choice. The downloaded publication Apps got arranged in the Newsstand. 
Newsstand Shelf Screen
  • Now you can launch the specific Publication App from the newsstand where you can find the on screen options for free trial subscription and single issue purchase/Subscription for a period (with price mentioned). The In-App Purchases will be charged from the credit card associated with the Apple ID.
On screen options
Newsstand shelf screen is used to manage all your subscriptions. The digital publication is a way better than printed publication as we have the advantage of tapping on the photo to view more of them and seeing videos related to the news.

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