Five-Star Apps: The best iPhone and iPad apps for work and play

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1. Reading

The iPad was designed for reading books and other long-form material. The Retina Display in the iPhone 4 and 4^th-generation iPod touch likewise ache to display words. In this chapter, see the best apps for reading books, newsfeeds, documents, and comics.

BOOKS / NEWSFEEDS / REMEMBERING / DOCUMENTS / COMICS

iBooks

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Read and buy ebooks and read PDFs with a booky feel

iBooks is Apple’s entry into the somewhat crowded ebook reader app market. Designed first for the iPad, and then brought over to the ...

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