Wired Magazine for iPad Available Now!

By Roberto | May 26, 2010 | 4 comments

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Condé Nast has finally delivered its Wired magazine application for the iPad.

Several weeks ago Wired was still insisting that its magazine app for tablets would still reach the iPad despite being built using Adobe’s Flash-to-iPhone tool. At that time, publisher Condé Nast said, they were working with Adobe to develop the reader, but was adamant that it would still pass Apple’s iPhone 4.0 guidelines.

Many of us were still speculating, whether Wired had actually discovered a workaround for Apple’s guidelines, or was simply hoping that it will be given an exception.

Well, it seems that Wired had to rebuild the Wired app from the ground up using Objective C, and now it is available to Wired fans on the App Store.

We have not tried the app yet, but it seems it comes with lots of bells and whistles. If you are a Wired fan and like the traditional paper magazine experience, you will probably like the digital magazine experience on your iPad. It will enlighten you with great visual tools, images and short films.

All of the nice features come at a premium price. Each issue will cost you $5, which can add up quickly. I hope Wired reduces their price.

The following is a quick video of Wired’s iPad app.

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Paul B

Great app, really well executed and takes full advantage of the iPod’s real estate; but I think its too expensive for yet another monthly subscription.
http://www.irvinphotography-blog.com/ Mike Irvin

would love to subscribe but Im not paying twice the paper version to have it with me whenever I can read it
http://code-monkeys.com John

I’m a big Wired fan and the app is really everything I expected and more. I would happily pay at least the hardcopy version but I agree 5.00 is a bit steep. The way it is laid out I think is a great example for other publishers. One thing that surprised me is that there are absolutely no sharing tools within the app. There is no way for me to tell a friend or reference anything. That is a big miss. NPR got it right in their app. There could easily be a way built in that would allow readers to share and link to the Wired web site or even a summary. Time will tell if they decide to integrate sharing or not. I sure hope they do.

http://code-monkeys.com John

To be fair to Wired and in response to my own comment above I wanted to quote Chris Anderson after reading his Editor’s letter in the Wired magazine app. The only drawback I saw in the app was the lack of anyway to share the great content. It looks like it is coming though. Here is what he said:
…..The arrival of the tablet represents
a grand experiment in the future of
media. Over the next few months, we’lI
integrate social media and offer a
variety of versions and ways to sub-
scribe in digital form…….