At the same time that its iPad, Apple tablet was unveiled an application free iBooks and iBookstore to take advantage ebooks Reader features permitted by this support portal. In addition to the standard digital book, it is possible to use the power of the tablet to offer enriched content.
This idea has made its way and took a particular direction, that of the education market and books school and other course manuals. Phil Schiller, master of ceremony of the Conference new York of Apple, recalled that 1.5 million iPad tablets were used in the education market and that there were 20,000 mobile applications around learning, not to mention the Platform iTunes U with many audio and video content from many universities.
Going further in this approach, it is an application iBooks 2 before and that therefore the share beautiful school textbooks, with aims to reinvent itself, nothing less. Comparing the new application with traditional textbooks, Apple is not too difficult to find many benefits, not just in terms of congestion or regular update.
The new textbooks sauce iPad resumed so all the benefits of the tablet in interactivity and touch gestures, with the possibility to zoom in the images or move from one chapter to another with a simple gesture.
The presentation varies depending on whether the display is portrait or landscape. In the first case, emphasis is placed on the text while in the second, photos, videos and animations are preferred, constituting two separate approaches but with always the possibility to move from one to another according to the needs or the cravings.
The iBooks application 2 also includes a real glossary to find definitions of terms, accompanied by photos, videos or references to other definitions. In school textbooks of iBooks 2, can also find quizzes, questionnaires, or interactions with maps, to verify the acquisition of knowledge.
A notes system is also integrated, it is possible to collect and combine. Once again, the focus is largely on ergonomics and the responsiveness of the application, essential to remain attractive.
A new section appears to be in the iBookstore, dedicated to this new class of rich school works. And as for the first version of iBooks, iBooks 2 will be downloadable for free on the App Store. In his press conference, Apple has not mentioned availability outside us.
Apple also provides the tool to easily create interactive books (not necessarily of the manuals) with the Mac OS X application free iBooks Author, incorporating a mode of direct distribution to the iBookstore.
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