Stanza v2.0: The iPhone’s Best E-Reader Just Got Better

December 18th, 2009 admin

Stanza, the iPhone e-book reader so good that Amazon bought it, has just released v2.0, and it improves on 1.x in almost every way. Stanza was the first good e-book reading application for the iPhone, and this release keeps it at the top of the bunch. At first glance, the new feature list looks short, but when you start to poke around you discover that the polish that has been applied to the app makes every part easier to use. First, the official list: Tabbed navigation This simply adds a row of buttons along the top of catalog and settings screens to help find you way around. It doesn’t apply when…


Originally posted on Wired

 
  Related Posts
Stanza for iPad Adds Comic-Book Support
Stanza for iPad Adds Comic-Book Support
We’d all but given up on Stanza, our favorite iPhone e-reading app ever reaching the iPad. It seemed that Amazon had bought out Stanza only to kill it and reduce competition for its own Kindle for iPad. It turns out we were wrong. Today, Stanza was updated to version 3.0, and will now work on the iPad. Seasoned Stanza users will be comforted... 
Ibis Reader for iPhone: A Web App That Thinks It’s a Native App
Ibis Reader for iPhone: A Web App That Thinks It’s a Native App
Sick of the iron fist of censorship Apple wields over its App Store? Feel it’s unfair that there’s no way to get applications onto a non-hacked iPhone without submitting them to Apple fickle fiefdom? We have good news, in the shape of web-apps. What? Ibis reader is an e-book reading application that does everything that you’d... 
The Death of Cash? Square’s Personal iPhone Credit Card Reader
The Death of Cash? Square’s Personal iPhone Credit Card Reader
Square is an iPhone credit card payment system from Twitter’s Jack Dorsey, and it has just entered public beta. Square lets anyone with an iPhone accept payments from a credit card using an iPhone app and a small card-reader dongle which plugs into the iPhone’s headphone jack. Square is different from other solutions because it is designed... 
Workers Plan to Sue iPhone Contractor Over Poisoning
Workers Plan to Sue iPhone Contractor Over Poisoning
Chinese workers are planning to sue a Taiwan-based manufacturer who makes iPhone components for Apple. They say they were poisoned by a chemical used to clean LCD screens. The 44 workers of Wintek in Suzhou, China, are alleging they were poisoned by n-hexane, a chemical that can cause damage to the peripheral nervous system and the spinal cord,... 
Hackers Release iPhone OS 3.1 Jailbreak Tool for Third-Gen iPhone
Hackers Release iPhone OS 3.1 Jailbreak Tool for Third-Gen iPhone
Owners of the new iPhone 3GS can now jailbreak the latest iPhone operating system (3.1) thanks to the hardworking hackers known as Dev Team. One caveat: If you didn’t jailbreak the iPhone when it was running iPhone OS 3.0 or iPhone OS 3.0.1, you can’t directly jailbreak iPhone OS 3.1. Confusing with all the numbers, isn’t it?... 
Fingers-On With Stacks, The Amazing iPhone Interface Hack
Fingers-On With Stacks, The Amazing iPhone Interface Hack
Stacks is a piece of software for the iPhone which adds spring loaded “stacks” of applications to any or all of the four coveted dock positions on your home screen. We first mentioned it back in the summer but now, despite still being in an alpha state, it is available (sort of) and ready to use. If you have a jailbroken iPhone. There... 
Video: iPhone Apps for Shutterbugs
Video: iPhone Apps for Shutterbugs
Let’s face it: The iPhone’s camera kind of stinks. And if you suck at photography, it really makes it obvious. Fortunately, there’s a host of iPhone apps out there to beautify your shots. The ones I like most maintain the iPhone’s principle of keeping things simple. In this episode of the Gadget Lab video podcast, I demonstrate... 
iPhone Apps That Bloggers Need
iPhone Apps That Bloggers Need
Most bloggers are going to do the majority of their speedy writing in front of a computer. But occasionally there will be instances — breaking-news scenarios — where all we can rely on is our trusty phone to do our jobs. Gadget Lab’s friends at WP Beginner, a WordPress enthusiast blog, has compiled a list of 10 must-have iPhone apps... 
Mystery Charger Glows Like iPhone Battery Icon
Mystery Charger Glows Like iPhone Battery Icon
This external iPhone battery is something of a conundrum. Called the Icon, it is designed to look just like the iPhone battery-charging icon, and it comes covered with electro-luminescent film to make it glow like its virtual counterpart (the animated GIF is presented below in all its flashing, oversized, layout-breaking glory). The confusion... 
Barnes & Noble’s E-Reader Gets Real
Barnes & Noble’s E-Reader Gets Real
There’s yet another e-book reader in the market and this time it is likely to be from retail book giant Barnes & Noble. The company is expected to announce its own e-book reader in time for holiday season sales next month, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal . Barnes & Noble hasn’t yet commented about the device.... 
  Related Tweets from Twitter
pokerpodcast (Burnside)  : ?@Burnsoft: Introducing Tweetjobs IT for iPhone. http://j.mp/bcun8G Available now on the AppStore.? One for uk it bods looking for new job..
Updated : 2010-07-29T19:29:17Z   |  Reply  |  View Tweet
whittynerd (...)  : @TruBeauti_Me ahhhh that's sweet. no can do. iphone...
Updated : 2010-07-29T19:29:17Z   |  Reply  |  View Tweet
CENNEC (EL CENNEC)  : Nokia N8, iPhone 4, EVO 4G, Pre Plus, y HD2 COMPARATIVO http://yfrog.com/f1n40p..
Updated : 2010-07-29T19:29:16Z   |  Reply  |  View Tweet
iphone4cydia (jay area)  : I wonder if someone can jailbreak the iPad to call...nm we´ll look like complete idiots. #iPhone http://bit.ly/dDjGB1..
Updated : 2010-07-29T19:29:16Z   |  Reply  |  View Tweet
MatthewGMaynard (Matthew Maynard)  : I've been looking at videos of people's iPhone 4s. I so wish I could get a white one, but I'm going with the black one. I need one now!..
Updated : 2010-07-29T19:29:16Z   |  Reply  |  View Tweet
  Related News from Digg
No comments yet.
You must be logged in to post a comment.
TOP