After being available for a super use on Apple products since 2010, the social magazine app Flipboard is finally available in Google' Play Store for download on the Android devices.
The app is available for a free download in the Play Store and is compatible to Android version 2.2 (codenamed Froyo) and above. For those of you who are not aware about this app; Flipboard is a very popular social magazine app that presents web pages, important information from around the web and RSS feeds in a very stylish magazine interface. The app is available since this Thursday. The Android version of the app was first released as an exclusive on Samsung' latest buzz smartphone, S3. But it seems the exclusivity wasn't on hold for long as last Thursday the app made its way to the Play Store to be available for all Android devices running 2.2 and above; and with some good integration features.
According to their official blog, the app comes in with YouTube and Google plus integration. The integration is as simple as clicking on the ribbon menu to choose the service, adding the account information to complete the process and that's it. Now when anyone from your circle adds a video or shares a new posts, you will be able to view the video and post right from within the Flipboard app. The experience is pretty much smooth with nearly all YouTube app functionality available in the app so you could subscribe to a user and like or dislike the video posted. As far as the Google plus integration is concerned, you could move around in your circles and do a plus one or comment on the shared posts.
The app which is supposedly optimized for smartphones and not for tabs (no not yet) seems like will present the its first page as a large tile'd content. The tiles are however flexible in their position so if one like they can reposition them to suit their need. More so if you are the kind who like to categorize the pieces according to their interests. The app can be downloaded at the Google Play Store.
We are sure Android users will love the app, we have tried it on iOS and its always a lovely experience. Though we are not sure about how the iOS users will feel as the speculations were that this app (like Instagram) was exclusive for the iOS devices. We know how users reacted when Instagram released their Android version. Will it be a similar outburts is yet to be seen. We will keep an eye on it :)
If you are and Android device owner do let us know your experience about this app. And if you are an Apple fan, feel free to comment on the exclusivity issue. We would love to hear both sides!
According to their official blog, the app comes in with YouTube and Google plus integration. The integration is as simple as clicking on the ribbon menu to choose the service, adding the account information to complete the process and that's it. Now when anyone from your circle adds a video or shares a new posts, you will be able to view the video and post right from within the Flipboard app. The experience is pretty much smooth with nearly all YouTube app functionality available in the app so you could subscribe to a user and like or dislike the video posted. As far as the Google plus integration is concerned, you could move around in your circles and do a plus one or comment on the shared posts.
The app which is supposedly optimized for smartphones and not for tabs (no not yet) seems like will present the its first page as a large tile'd content. The tiles are however flexible in their position so if one like they can reposition them to suit their need. More so if you are the kind who like to categorize the pieces according to their interests. The app can be downloaded at the Google Play Store.
We are sure Android users will love the app, we have tried it on iOS and its always a lovely experience. Though we are not sure about how the iOS users will feel as the speculations were that this app (like Instagram) was exclusive for the iOS devices. We know how users reacted when Instagram released their Android version. Will it be a similar outburts is yet to be seen. We will keep an eye on it :)
If you are and Android device owner do let us know your experience about this app. And if you are an Apple fan, feel free to comment on the exclusivity issue. We would love to hear both sides!
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