The iPhone launch iPad’s Flipboard was announced by Apple’s co-founder Mike McCue at the ongoing 2011 South by Southwest conference held in Austin, Texas (from the 11th of March to the 20th).
Mc Cue said that Flipboard, the social magazine app exclusive to the iPad, would require a complete redesign for the iPhone’s smaller screen but Apple has come up with a satisfactory design and the new version would probably be ready for release in the summer.
The app functions as a social magazine because takes the links shared by your friends online and presents them all to you in a magazine format.
Flipboard has been consistently praised as one of the best iPad apps since its launch last year. Currently, it has partnerships with 15 publishers who enjoy optimised content for the app.
As can be expected, Flipboard would also be updated for the upcoming release of the iPad2. However, McCue said his company was not yet building an Android version of the service.
Oh, the things people come up with for comfort and mobility. Nowadays, most things are just a simple “slide of the fingers across a screen” away… Who knows what they’ll think of next? Well, keep visiting Gadgetepoint and we’ll keep you posted.