As a journalist, and a bit of a design geek who’s dipped a toe into the arcane world of tabloid page layout, it’s always oddly thrilling for me to read from a front page that’s actually been printed. Or at least looks like it was intended to be printed.
Kiosko.net, a virtual gallery of the day’s front pages from the world’s top newspapers, is one of those must-visit sites if you’re a newspaper aficionado — and now it has an iPhone app (and yes, it really has gotten to the point where we start making references to newspapers as if they were LP records or Sinclair Spectums).
The app boasts easy navigation through the site’s impressive collection of front pages, offline access to the pages and social network integration, allowing comments on front pages to Twitter, Facebook and more. And if the app works the same way as the site, it should be able to connect users to the newspaper websites behind those front pages. The app is $2, which the dev says is a half-off intro price.
Not sure how those front pages will look on the tiny screen of my 3GS, though. Maybe it’s time for an iPad.
