I just downloaded the Globe and Mail’s new iPad app. This is the second high profile Canadian iPad app to be released in the last few days, the first being The Score.
The Globe’s app is actually very nice. You can easily view the headlines of all the latest news stories on the main page of the app.
The stories display in a narrow column on the right side, with sharing options and an ad on the left. The overall experience has a more newspaper-like feel than their website.
A nice feature I was pleasantly surprised by was the ability to swipe left and right when viewing an article, which takes to you the next/previous article in the section. Makes flicking through stories a breeze.
They also include a very cool photo gallery of the days top photos. Some great photos were there when I checked it out.
The app is free, supported by ads that do not get in the way or detract from the readability. Made by Spreed, same company that made the G&M’s iPhone and BlackBerry apps.
Grab it on the App Store here.