Zinio today announced that they are bringing their Newsstand app to Android 3.0 powered tablets and select FroYo and Gingerbread devices. These select devices include Samsung Galaxy Tab, Samsung Galaxy S II, Dell Streak, Motorola Atrix, T-Mobile G2x, T-Mobile G-Slate and they will come with it pre-loaded from today. Zinio will be making 18,000 magazine issues from all over the world to your tablet.
Features of Zinio App:
- Read full-color pages or text mode for simple reading.
- Sync your entire library easily with your computer and other supported mobile devices.
- Purchase full subscriptions for the best value, or buy single issues and find your new favorites
- Tablet-optimized library views including “stacks.”
- Thumbnail scroller.
- Hi-fidelity text rendering.
- Supports interactive capability — audio, inline video, hyperlinks and animation.
- International newsstand selector currently accessing 29 global newsstands, 30 languages.
- Magazines worldwide, published Canada, UK, Australia, Spain, France, Italy, Russia, Japan and more.
- Download queuing.
Some of the popular publications on Zinio:
- Bloomberg BusinessWeek, The Economist, HBR
- Maxim, Esquire, Car & Driver, Men’s Fitness, Outside
- Elle, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Nylon, Harper’s Bazaar, BlackBook
- Saveur, O: The Oprah Magazine, Dwell, Wine Enthusiast
- T3, Macworld, PC World, PC Gamer, X-Box World, Layers
- National Geographic, The Smithsonian, New Scientist, Science
- Vogue France, Esquire UK, Hola Mexico, GQ Japan
Free Magazines upon Download, through June 15:
AFAR, BlackBook, Cosmopolitan, ELLE DECOR, ELLE, ESPN The Magazine, Esquire, Food Network Magazine, Harpers Bazaar , Harvard Business Review, Home Theater, Juxtapoz, Marie Claire, Men’s Fitness, Men’s Journal, Motor Trend, O, The Oprah Magazine, Outdoor Photographer, Outside, Popular Mechanics, Road & Track, Robb Report, Rolling Stone, Seventeen and Us Weekly.
it works only on tablet running on 3.0 and above. no support for froyo or gingerbread yet