Staple iPhone App Flipboard Makes Its Way To Android

(1:31 pm PDT, May 3rd 2012)

Staple iPhone App Flipboard Makes Its Way To Android

Flipboard has made the jump.

First Temple Run, then Instagram, and now Flipboard.

Continuing the trend of high-profile iPhone apps making their way to the Android platform, popular reading app Flipboard has unveiled its exclusive partnership window with Samsung for the just-announced Galaxy S III. This is the first time Flipboard has ventured away from iOS, and its Android app will be available exclusively for the Galaxy S III for an undisclosed amount of time. The app will then be available for all Android handsets in Google’s Play store.

Flipboard’s app will take full advantage of the Galaxy S III’s AMOLED HD 720p display, and it seems to function almost identically to its iOS counterpart. An Android-only feature is the ability to add a widget to any of your homescreens, allowing you to swipe through news stories without actually entering the app. Based on hands-on time with the app, SlashGear says “it’s just as smooth as the iOS version, with no stutter or slowdown whatsoever.”

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  • applefan111111

    Deleting Flipboard

  • http://www.vgartdesign.com/ Volodoscope

    Samsung really can’t come up with anything on their own. Apple hasn’t released a new look for an iPhone in a while now and Samsung is just going crazy with this fugliness.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=505729809 Boris Kevin Bayemi

    Good strategy Samsung. Continue making your products feel more exclusive, and reap the benefits!

  • Therealestmc

    This is a nice looking phone. I like apple but i must admit samsung has been releasing great products lately, namely the galaxy note and the gs2. Build quality is not as fine as apple but definitely good. 

  • Deranger86

    What a ripoff. And people are actually supporting this blatant plaguarism?

  • http://twitter.com/Ruichuen1989 BeMorePatientRC

    really disappointed on Flipboard

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