Flipboard comes to Android with the Samsung Galaxy S3
The presentation yesterday of the brand new Samsung Galaxy S3 has brought with it several more surprises. One of them is the appearance of the application Flipboard for mobiles with operating system Android Anewsreader who, until now, was the star of iPad and more recently that ofiPhone, being the only platforms on which it was available.However, after the presentation of the latest Samsung terminal, this application was available to be tested by attendees, revealing the commitment of the people of Flipboard by Android
Like happened to Instagram recently, the future of Flipboardalso seems to be linked to the operating system of Google, and it is that the exclusivities of Appleseems to come to an end. A logical strategy, given the expansion of this platform. However, landing of Flipboard will be staggered or, as stated on their website , selective And it seems that the reader of news and content aggregator still not will be available to all terminals.
For those who don't know this application, it must be said that it is the content aggregator most famous onplatforms Apple With it it is possible to read all kinds of news and articles of the favorite pages that the users follow , just like Google Currents or Tap However, in Flipboard It is also possible to add contents from social networks like Facebook and Twitter, bringing together all the information of interest to the user in a single application.
The key point of Flipboard is its careful design With the appearance of a digital magazine, presents all the contents in an attractive and clean way, allowing a functional and intuitive design. An issue that in the Samsung Galaxy S3 continues to be respected.According to what could be seen after the presentation, the handling is identical to that seen in the version for iPhone When entering the user data, a main screen is presented with the most relevant topics and sources, being able to access any of them with a singletap or touch screen.
After this, all you have to do is choose the article, news or publication you want to read by sliding your finger from bottom to top. This produces an animation that simulates clocks and flap signs, always presenting the main image at the top of the screen, and the lead at the bottom. Doing again a tap on the desired article, you can start reading, scrolling the page in the same way. But we must comment on one more point in this version for Android, and that is that Flipboard will count with a gadget or shortcut to place on any desktop of the terminal and be able to read from there the articles, without having to enter the application.
The application Flipboard will be presented, for now, only for the Samsung Galaxy S3 on the platform Android However, according to various media outlets, the listing will be made public this summer of selected terminals that will be able to run this application, presumably Samsung phones that already work on the version Android 4.0, better known as Ice Cream Sandwich On the Flipboard website itself It is possible to enter an email address to be notified of the imminent release of this application on the platformAndroid
Images via: Slash Gear
