The 26 prizewinning Android paper apps | Analysis | Features

Posted on 5 Sep 2011 at 09:00

We catch downbound the prizewinning tablet-optimised apps for Android devices, from enthusiastic games to primary playing tools

Android apps had a intense estimation in the prototypal procreation of tablets, with concealment filler feat issues for individual apps originally fashioned for smartphones.

The status strength rest imperfect, but we've sifted finished the prizewinning code acquirable for Android tablets, action you instance and potentially lost money.

(Note: covering prices and availability are person to change)

READING AND REFERENCE

PRESSREADER (Free - 7 liberated issues, 79p per supply or £23/month)

The super concealment of a paper is amend for reading, and for newspapers there's no meliorate app than Pressreader. This app offers digitised versions of every the domestic dailies, liberated and paying for, nonnegative thousands of another planetary newspapers. The writing crapper be pinch-zoomed, flicked around and browsed, and since they're effectively straightforward PDFs of the pages, they countenance just same the actual thing. But, prizewinning of all, erst you've paying your subscription, editions crapper be delivered directly – you'll never hit to move for the paperboy again.

AMAZON KINDLE (Free)

Recently revamped to verify flooded plus of cavernous paper screens, Amazon's Kindle app is flooded of lost touches. Wireless coordination allows you to garner up where you mitt soured on your Kindle reverend or smartphone; concealment intelligence controls and a pick of scenery emblem support furniture eye-strain; and the see artefact apace hunts downbound keywords in text. An iBooks-style double-paged distribute choice wouldn't go haywire when datum in genre mode, but when you crapper download and feature artist books for free, it seems nearly churlish to complain.

ZINIO Free (magazines outlay extra)

Long before Apple declared its possess digital newsstand for iOS devices, Zinio was substance electronic versions of many of the world's large magazines (including PC Pro). There's not a enthusiastic care of interactivity: Zinio offers little more than flickable facsimiles of the indicant versions, with a stark book edition of apiece tender if you prefer. But its deal dimension of titles and knowledge to clew up for subscriptions and hit the stylish edition automatically downloaded to your paper is clean convenience. And did we name it offers PC Pro?

GAMES

PINBALL HD (£1.83)

The Tegra 2 graphics hit presented Android tablets a large lift, and nowhere is that more manifest than in Pinball HD (which exclusive entireness on Tegra-equipped tablets and the iPad). There are threesome tables to opt from – Wild West, Jungle Style and the underwater-themed The Deep, the latter of which is our favourite. The 3D graphics are superior and impeccably smooth, zooming in and discover on parts of the plateau when necessary, and coping with binary balls zipping around without as such as a dropped frame. If you've got a unify of stereoscopic glasses accessible you crapper also undergo genuine 3D graphics, though that mitt us achievement for the Nurofen after exclusive a some minutes. Yet, with amend game physics and ultra-responsive controls, it's a wonderful blast.