The Times subscription on the iPad is already good value at £9.99 / month and provides a newspaper like interface to the excellent content held within. Last month I received an email giving a further 30 days subscription for free and today it happened again. That is working out at 10p / day for a brilliantly written newspaper. Doesn’t get much better than that.
“Dear Reader,
We hope you are enjoying The Times iPad edition.
As one of the first people to sign up, we would like to reward your decision with a further complimentary 30-day renewal. We want you to have the chance to see the many enhancements to the product – both editorial and technological – that we have planned.
You will need to upgrade to version 1.4.1 this week, if you haven’t already, to take advantage of this offer.
Upgrade Now
Feedback from readers has allowed us to identify and implement many improvements to The Times app. Thank you to those of you who have sent us your comments and suggestions so far. Any further comments or questions are very welcome – please email us at help@thetimes.co.uk
We have been able to make sure this innovative product overcomes some of the technical teething problems that are inevitable on a new device like the iPad. But we know that there is more to do. Our next update will make the product more stable, fix bugs and help prevent crashes. Technical improvements will also help avoid the late delivery of editions as experienced on Monday.
More exciting still is that in a further update we will begin to add more editorial as weekday supplements, the Magazine on Saturday, and inclusion of the daily crossword.
Thank you again for your custom and please enjoy the next 30 days with our compliments.”
But it is the most buggy app on my iPad!
Never had a problem with mine
@Shaun, the Times app has caused my iPad to crash and then reboot. Also the Times app freezes. I use wifi to download the content.
I usually attract technical problems, but I guess I was lucky this time:)
Example of reported issues: http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2010/07/06/the-times-ipad-app-youre-downloading-it-wrong/
Wonder if mine worked because it was wi-fi only
Hi Shaun
How does the iPad version compare to just reading the website on iPad – I already subscribe to the website version of Times and Sunday Times – so am reluctant to pay another £10 to get iPad version. (PS – my iPad will be with me next week
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Thanks
Anil
Anil, the iPad version in my view is better but does not include the Sunday Times.
If I’d known it was £10 for three months I might have subscribed! Pressdisplay has been giving me a few problems, charged for copies via iTunes but they refused to download. They did give me some free copy vouchers after I complained though so I’m pleased with their support. I can’t get Marvel or DC Comics to download any free comics.
Bascically I have been very impressed with the potential of reading periodicals on my iPad, but unimpressed with the implementations so far :S
I guess they’re making so much money from their paywall that they can afford to be generous
or maybe not?
http://www.businessinsider.com/only-35-people-will-pay-to-get-past-newsdays-paywall-2010-1