Guardian iPad Edition Improves Usability

The Guardian app for iPad has been updated with improved section navigation, clearer issue picker, pull down to dismiss, and more.

The Guardian iPad edition beautifully re-imagines the newspaper for the iPad. Each issue showcases our comprehensive international reporting, thoughtful commentary, award-winning sports journalism and unique approach to coverage of culture, science, the environment, media and technology.

Full feature list
- daily editions from Monday to Saturday including all content from the main section of the Guardian newspaper, G2 and the Media, Education, Society and Film & Music sections
- on Saturday, Weekend magazine and the Sport, cultural Review, Travel, Family, Money and Work sections are all included along with the main section of the paper
- full compatibility with Apple's newsstand service - background downloading of each issue
- copy and select text or look up words using Apple's inbuilt dictionary
- editions from the last month available in the archive
- all article and picture content downloaded for reading offline
- stunning photojournalism and full screen cartoons
- in-article image galleries
- video embedded in articles viewable when online
- share stories via Facebook, Twitter, Instapaper and email
- swipe to navigate between sections or stories
- related articles within the edition highlighted
- related online articles open in an in-app browser
- "back page" showcase of the latest news, video and comment from the Guardian website


The Guardian iPad edition is free for a limited period then available via an auto-renewable subscription as follows:
- the subscription costs £9.99 for one month, with six issues published each week
- payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase
- your subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period
- your account will be charged for renewal within the 24 hours prior to the end of the current period, at a cost of £9.99 for a further month
- you can manage your subscription via your iTunes account and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to Account Settings after purchase
- no cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active subscription period
- any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to the Guardian iPad edition
- The Guardian reserves the right to alter the pricing at any point

What's New In This Version:
- improved sections navigation: carousel replaced by popover to give a better overview of all available sections and a quicker route to them
- clearer issue picker: removed the "tap to download" bezels so that the content isn't obscured by the messaging
- in article view, pull down to dismiss is now available as well as tapping the close "x" on the coloured header bar at the top of the article
- the chevrons to either side of articles and fronts have been removed
- crash and bug fixes

You can download Guardian iPad edition from the App Store for free.

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