“We’ve been getting lots of questions from customers, so we wanted to confirm that we will soon be adding a new B&N eReader for iPad – continuing to fulfill our promise of providing consumers any book, any time, any where,” says official B&N blog.

“Designed specifically for the iPad, our new B&N eReader will give our customers access to more than one million eBooks, magazines and newspapers in the Barnes & Noble eBookstore, as well as the existing content in their Barnes & Noble digital library.

To be released around the time of iPad’s expected availability, the new Barnes & Noble eReader will join our growing list of free eReader software for most computing and mobile devices including PC, Mac, iPhone, iPod touch and Blackberry, many of which will be updated shortly for an enhanced on-the-go reading experience.”

I do not think so! The tremendous difference  is exactly in the screen size, content (movies, newspapers, books) made for big screen and WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT — APPS for big screen! Developers, just think about the opportunity of developing and using new innovative interfaces with huge multi-touch OLED beauty! This is a new platform even if it looks same as iPhone and huge challenge to get your applications right and discover all the new use cases of the device.

Do not get mislead. We are going to see a success of iPad.

Quickly browse your device’s audio books or podcasts from within Audio Footnote. Begin playing your audio program using familiar controls and record your notes as quickly as they come to you! Your notes are saved and sorted according to the program you were listening to, the date and how far into the program you were.

LISTEN
- Listen to the audio books and podcasts you already have on your device
- Audio Footnote knows where your program last left off, no matter what app you were last listening in
- Familiar controls provide flexible and easy playback

RECORD
- Easily record a voice note or while listening to program
- Program playback automatically stops and resumes after recording

RECALL
- Notes are saved with date and time stamp letting you sort your notes by the date recorded or the time into your program that the note was taken

SHARE
- Share your note by sending them via email or email them to yourself for quick backup

Note: If you’d like to use iTunes U podcasts with Audio Footnote, you can do so by changing the Media Kind attribute in iTunes from iTunes U to Podcast. More info at http://audiofootnote.com/faq.html

The brand new Empire Movie Guide app has over 9,000 in depth movie reviews from the world’s biggest movie magazine. The app is perfect for the iPhone and the iPod touch and covers everything from silent movies to the latest sci-fi blockbusters.

All 9000 reviews can be accessed in seconds without the need to access the Internet because every single review is stored on the device. You can search by; genre, release date, movie name, director and even actor. As well as the review the guide contains separate plot synopsis and essential credit details. All of which you can with share with your friends on; Facebook, email and twitter.

If you love movies then you will love this application.

Using reverse geolocation look-up technology, Near to Here knows exactly where you are and what interesting stuff is around you. As you pass by landmarks – both renowned and obscure, you will be alerted with the Wikipedia entry of whatever is near – allowing you to discover and learn as you wander through new or old places.

No matter where you are on the planet, if you are near to something cool, chances are, Near to Here will alert you and tell you about it. Whether you are passing by a plaza in Rome, playing near a fountain in Paris, strolling through Times Square in New York, or admiring the world’s largest ball of yarn in Darwin, Minnesota, this application will give you all the information you need to be an informed traveler.

Choose a title and genre, create your story and your first chapter and other users can make additions and revisions to your story taking your collective creation in unlimited directions.

As the story creator, you have full control over the story, getting to choose which revisions you like best using the application’s built in revision control system. You can also “lock” sections of the story so that no further edits will be accepted and “finish” the story when you feel that the story has come to a close.

In addition, you can browse or search existing stories and contribute to stories other users have created.

Features:
* Create stories with the following genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror, Romance, Historical Fiction, Mystery, General Fiction.

* As the Story Creator, you will have full creative control over all story content.

* Full revision control system that lets you choose which content gets displayed in the story.

* Browse stories, add them to your Bookshelf and watch them unfold.

Requirements:
Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later

Our app has everything for comfortable reading: smooth resizing, quick scrolling, bookmarks tool, restoring document position if reading was interrupted by incoming call or sms and many other features.

Main features:

- Full-screen view.
- Smooth zooming-in and zooming-out lets you fit page size to the display.
- Quick scrolling makes reading very comfortable even if you choose maximal zooming.
- You can easily read text column with help of horizontal scroll fixation mode.
- Screen rotation block mode that blocks image while rotating the device.
- Tap-zones allows you to move a page in four directions. Also tap-zone allows you to call application menu.
- Move to any page of a document by entering its number.
- Colored bookmarks will help to jump to the most interesting parts of a book.
- The application will store the last view position and bookmarks for all documents and books stored in your device. If the reading is interrupted by incoming voice call or SMS, you will continue reading the document from the same page.
- DjVu books and documents (and any other files) can be easily transferred from computer to your device via Wi-Fi, USB or Bluetooth. To do this you’ll need only standard software that can be found on most computers: Safari™, Finder™, Internet Explorer™, or other web-browser.
- If you tired of reading and want some fun, there is little game inside our application at your service. Just type in codeword(app name) at one “secret” =) place.

** Important ** The free version is good for 20 downloads. For unlimited downloads you can purchase the full version inside the application.

All Features
- Thousands of manga titles at the tip of your finger! Fully integrated with all time favorite manga sites such as onemanga.com, mangafox.com, and mangavolume.com.
- Download and save your favorite manga for offline reading.
- Real time sync with manga sources sites and get all the recent updates immediately.
- Browse through your favorite manga hosting web sites via an iPhone friendly interface.
- Read while downloading.
- Fast flipping through pages for a more fun reading experience.
- Read in portrait or landscape orientation.
- Orientation locking for reading in bed.
- Automated cropping of the white space along the edges for a larger image and fuller viewing experience.
- Pinch or double tap to zoom and catch every detail of the artwork.
- A library section to organize and keep track of what you’ve read.
- Book mark your favorite titles for easy access
- You can search by alphabetical order or simply by typing its titles.
- Remembers highest downloaded chapters for each manga titles for your record.
- You can delete, save, organize into different folders.

Maggie takes on the Grand Witch Nimble Merry with the help of her opera singing cat, a flatulent hound, and a mouthy crow.

Features:
* Fully illustrated with animation for every page.

* Narration for the entire story and almost 100 vocabulary words.

* Sound effects.

* Ability to zoom in or out while holding the phone upright, or rotate your phone to view it in landscape / widescreen mode.

* First 10 pages free, remaining 30 pages and a quiz can be purchased in the application for $0.99 USD (or equivalent in local currency).

This interactive Fairy tale illustrated, was narrated with great warmth and skill by a young interpreter.
The illustrations were made by a contemporary cartoonist who has been able to translate the lyrics in enjoyable and colorful images.
The story has been adapted for young children and impressionable ones.
All the characters of the story: Little Red Riding Hood, the wolf, the grandmother, the hunter, the animals on the woods and other elements of the scenes were made as stickers that can be dragged on the screen for the entertainment of children.
To proceed in the story is just a small slip of the finger on the screen, in the most classic of interaction with your iPhone / iPod, change text and images.
The voice playback of the text is activated by simply pressing the icon of the sound.
The new way of telling stories to your children!

Features:
+ Dirty Word-of-the-Day – get a fresh dose of filth every day
+ Bookmarks – why not save those favorite f-bombs just in-case you need to whip one out on someone!
+ Rate a Word – like it so much, give it the finger – a thumbs-up that is!
+ Email a Word – sure, rate your favorite words but why not share it with your buddies?
+ Shake the App – wanna see a random dirty word, just shake-it baby!
+ Submit a Word – ok, so your favorite filth isn’t in there yet – stop cryin’ about it and tell me what you wanna say

App includes 10 private lessons for first time learners with no previous knowledge of the language. It is a great starting point for to learn Japanese or acquire basic language skills before visiting Japan.

Got some time to kill? Fire up WordGlide and watch English words drift by.

Occasionally, a word will pause and display its definition.
Seen an interesting word? Tap it and its definition will pop up.

FEATURES:

✓ Bundled with more than 150,000 word definitions
✓ Audio pronunciation
✓ Mark a word as a Favorite and it will show up more frequently
✓ If a definition contains an unfamiliar word, select it to look-up its definition
✓ Control flight speed, definitions duration, font sizes, and more
✓ Works in portrait and landscape
✓ Supports device shakes

—note—
This is a free version,coming soon paid-application-complete version.

The WEEKLY ASTRO BOY MAGAZINE will be publishing weekly almost 100 pages as one volume.

Please check it out on website:
http://www.astroboymagazine.com/

Covering topics such as “in-text citations”, “multi-author articles”, and internet based content – this reference is an invaluable guide for authors. This application offers examples, templates, and notes on more than twenty of the most important references a writer needs to have at their fingertips.

Application coverage includes:
- Journal Articles
- Whole book references
- Motion Picture, Television and DVD references
- How to reference content that has been retrieved online
- What to do with Digital Object Identifiers
- In text citations
- Emails, Website retrievals, and more!

This application is aimed at authors who need a quick and concise refresher in how to format their references for academia. The application is not a primer in academic referencing, and assumes that you have some basic experience in referencing content.

Unlike other handwriting apps, BetterLetters takes you beyond the worksheets. Over and above a set of sample letters and numerals to trace and copy, the BetterLetters application includes:

User-selectable “ink” color. All letter and numeral examples display in black, but BetterLetters allows you to work with these on-screen examples in a color of your choice.

Two variations on the Italic style: you have a choice of letters with, or without, lower-case exit-strokes. (Choose according to personal taste, or choose whichever version feels easiest for you to write.)

A list of 299 practice words, chosen to include every letter combination in the English language. (You can also input your own practice words.)

Onscreen instructional essays and audio by our handwriting specialist (Kate Gladstone, known internationally as the “Handwriting Repairwoman”) covering such topics as joins, stroke order, handwriting history, and development of speed.

Built-in sketchpad for independent practice and application of handwriting skills.

Links to handwriting instruction web-sites selected by our handwriting specialist to provide further resources for the study and practice of rapid, readable handwriting. (REQUIRES INTERNET CONNECTION: Wi-Fi, 3G.)

WHO CAN WRITE BETTER with BetterLetters?
Physicians, nurses, and medical and nursing students can gain and maintain clear, rapid handwriting for situations that require writing by hand. (In the most highly computerized hospitals, computer networks crash or generators fail. Even when computers work, doctors often must scribble quick notes, or give ward clerks the day’s handwritten records to read and process.)
Children, teens, and young adults facing high-stakes exams can prepare for the written sections which these exams increasingly contain. (Since 2003, the SAT exam given to USA high school students has included a timed handwritten essay which provides about 1/6 of the total SAT score. When schools neglect handwriting instruction or use counterproductive instructional methods, BetterLetters allows students to gain and maintain competent handwriting.)
Parents and teachers – at every level from kindergarten through graduate school — can improve the legibility and speed of their own handwriting in order to teach more effectively. (A teacher’s handwriting, if it lacks precision and speed, can derail even the best-planned lesson or demonstration at the board.)

* Loading of files via WiFi hub, URL, USB (see FAQ on support site for USB download method).
* Automatical detection and support more than 100 encoding and transformation to book format. (East Asian texts and auto detecting encoding support).
* Automatic detection and correct line breaks.
* HTML tags can be processed.
* Different control schemes.
* Search function.
* Select tool. Save, e-mail or translate selected text crops in “built in” editor. Translation service is provided by “Google Translate”.
* Text hyphenation for different countries.
* Useful interface for file management.
* Justify text when reading
* Opening very large files.
* Quick open files after first open (files is indexing).
* Advanced bookmark features.
* Reading starts from the point where finished last time.
* Quick navigation, advanced scrolling options.
* Extended fonts, color schemes and backgrounds, images on background support.
* Unique settings for each file.
* Landscape or portrait mode.
* Fully functional file manager for files (you can easy create folders, move, copy or delete your folders and files).
* Full support of zip archives. You can download and unpack large archives. File indexing and quick open for files inside archives is also available.
* Brightness control of background during reading.

You really can’t blame the developers for sticking their URL in the product name here, for once. The world of dictionary applications and web sites is competitive enough that to really stand out, such an app has to be both very good and free (or nearly free). This is free, though there are occasional relevant self-promoting banner ads, and the interface and functionality are a joy to use, hence the high star rating. The dictionary is the ‘Random House’ one, not that well known, while the thesaurus is the best known in the world, Roget’s, adding a welcome stamp of authority.

The first nice touch that you’ll notice is the use of different, striking colours for the main dictionary and thesaurus pages. In addition to giving a big clue as to which module you’re currently in, the same colours are used for the icons showing matches in the ‘Search’ page – all very intuitive. Word matches are very good, with even British spellings recognised (despite this being a USA product), even though the entries are essentially redirects to the American version of the word. The information given, in all modes, is nicely implemented into a standard iPhone OS ‘look and feel’.

Importantly, and despite this product being largely the creation of an online dictionary site, all the main word and thesaurus information is stored locally, i.e. on your device, so you don’t need an Internet connection to look up words or their synonyms. So if you’re miles away from Wi-Fi and also don’t have a good 3G signal, you’ll still be able to use the application.

In a sensible design decision, there are two features which do need to go online: firstly, the audio previews of each word, of necessity requiring significant storage space – these download quite fast over the air and are typically played within a couple of seconds. And secondly, the ‘Word of the day’, designed to increase your vocabulary – this is presumably set manually on the developer’s servers.

The only slight confusion, and the reason why Dictionary.com drops a star in its rating, is that the dictionary’s not quite as complete as you might think. Many words are ‘resolved’ down to their main variant and you’re left to complete the related words in your head. For example, ‘coagulability’ is in the main listing, in that it comes up as a ‘quick match’ as you type. But when the entry is shown, you’re looking at (and hearing, via the preview) ‘coagulable’ – you’ll get the gist of what the initial word means, but it’s a shame that so many complex words are rationalised down in this way.

Although there’s no ‘browser-like’ forwards and backwards ‘history’, you do get a ‘Recent’ list, which keeps track of everything you’ve viewed – if anything, this is even more useful. Overall, for a free application, you really can’t fault ‘Dictionary.com – Dictionary and Thesaurus’ in terms of value for money(!) and commercial competitors will have to really stretch out in order to beat it on functions too.

You’d have thought the Word of God was free, wouldn’t you? After all, it’s not as if the Author is going to want any royalties! The reality is that most translations of the Bible in most languages are copyrighted to the translators and publishers – after all, they’ve got to make a living too, or at least pay their expenses. So it’s not unreasonable to pay for a commercial, proof-read and double-checked translation in a particular style. At the same time, there will be some for whom the Bible has to be free, by definition. Olive Tree specialise in Christian software and texts and manage to please everyone by producing the polished Biblereader for free, along with a number of basic translations. You need free, just use these and be happy. You need language that flows a little better, has a commentary and which has more modern styling, you hunt around for some of the commercial, copyrighted translations.

Except that you don’t have to hunt very far, because BibleReader cleverly includes a full online Catalog, with (literally) hundreds of bible translations (in several languages), commentaries, Bible Study Tools and Christian ebooks. The word ‘hundreds’ sounds like I’m exagerating, but I’m not – there are more things to read here than you or I could realistically consume in an entire lifetime.

Items which are free can be downloaded over-the-air immediately, while those which have a price shunt you off to the Olive Tree web site to add said items to your account. After which they’re available for download in the application itself. It’s all rather well thought out. Even more so when you realise, as a potential freeloader, that all the free items are also collated into a dedicated section in the Catalog, giving you maximum content for minimum effort.

Within each Bible, there’s a clear and colourful ‘Verse’ chooser, letting you drill down to any verse in the Bible with only three finger taps. Very elegant and quick. If a particular word or phrase has come to mind then the Search function has every option you could wish for to help you track it down, including phrase, ‘all words’ and ‘any word’ matching.

The BibleReader experience is sumptuous in a low graphics way. This isn’t the prettiest application around but it’s superbly implemented and will prove an excellent source of inspiration and reference for many, many iPhone and iPod Touch users.