What We Think Of iBooks 2 For The iPhone 4S
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Recently Apple announced some new services that they will be offering over the coming months. We previously took a look the new iTunes U service that has been introduced so now it is the turn of iBooks 2, the software which reinvents the traditional educational textbook.
Modern smartphones such as the iPhone 4S incorporate a huge amount of internal storage capacity along with large, high quality displays. This means that these devices are suitable for performing a number of tasks which would not have been possible on a mobile phone 3 years ago. A great example of one such task is the excellent iBooks service which Apple introduced when they launched the 4S phone. This feature enables customers to download a variety of books and publications to their device and read the contents on the phones screen. Apple have now unveiled iBooks 2 which takes this service to the next level. The whole purpose of this update is to benefit students by enabling a large number of textbooks to be downloaded to help them with their studies. Where these textbooks differ from the traditional kind that you would purchase from a book store is that they can incorporate a huge amount of additional interactive content. This content can take the form of a video clip that relates to the text or a multiple choice test which can be instantly assessed.
One area that impresses us with this new software for the iPhone 4S is how it allows the user to make their own notes directly onto the phones display. If you a reading a piece of text that you wish to make a note on you can simply highlight the sentence and then type your own notes which are automatically stored. All notes can be viewed in one location after you have finished reading the book which is a handy way of compiling revision cards. Digital textbooks such as these are a new idea and because of this it is expected that they will account for around 6% of education books sales this year. By 2020 it is predicted that this share will be around 50% of the market. The iBooks 2 software is not only perfect for people who wish to read material but it is also perfect for authors who are looking to publish their own content. For people who want to do this the iBook Author has also been released which provides authors with a simple platform to create their own material.
The iBooks 2 software for the iPhone 4S should revolutionise the textbook market and provide a fun way of learning for students of all ages. The 4S is the perfect device for viewing such material thanks to its incredible display and large storage capacity.
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The iPhone 4S and the iPhone 4 8GB are available now.
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By :
Emma Rosher
Submitted
2012-02-01 13:15:42 |
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