MacUser, the prominent UK Mac magazine, has released an official iPhone app to view current and past issues of the magazine. MacUser Magazine ($0.99, iTunes Link) comes with one freebie issue, and the ability to purchased discounted back issues, new releases and MacUser guides. The magazine is published every two weeks, and the text of the digital version is fully searchable, for easy indexing.
Official app description:
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It’s nice to see a Dr. Seuss children’s book arrive on the iPhone in such a a fun and innovative way. How the Grinch Stole Christmas ($3.99, iTunes link) is the classic book with the original art and text along with some cool interactive features.
The book has a professional narrator that reads the book to you. Or, you can choose no narrator to read the book yourself. If you do choose the narrator, your child can follow along with the text, as words are highlighted as they are read. It’s a nice learning tool, as your child will learn to recognize the words.
Each scene in the book also lets you tap various areas of the screen, which will produce custom audio and make words and graphics zoom up on the screen.
Man, when I was a kid, books where made out of paper and they didn’t talk. How barbaric.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas is a $3.99 download from the iTunes App Store.
Shakespeare (iTunes link) is a wonderful app that contains the complete works of the great Bard at a price that can’t be beat: free. The app is professionally done with a polished interface and easy-to-read text. If you have a hankering for some Taming of the Shrew on your iPhone, this is the way to go.
Shakespeare includes all 40 plays, including works such as Two Noble Kinsmen in which there are doubts that they were written by Shakespeare. The app also has all 6 of Shakespeare’s poems and his 154 sonnets.
Search for famous Shakespeare quotes.
But probably the app’s greatest feature of all is its search, which can be used to find all those famous phrases that continue to be used in modern language. It searches through the entire catalog of works and does so locally, meaning it doesn’t require an Internet connection. Want to know exactly where and in what play the phrase “parting is such sweet sorrow” is located? Enter it into the search box and up comes the exact location of the phrase. Tap on it to open the play and be taken to the section of the play with the phrase highlighted.
Overall, the app is beautifully put together. It’s very admirable that the developers did such a professional job and are offering the app for free. Shakespeare is a joint projection between Readdle and PlayShakespeare.com. Great job, guys.
