iOS 5 Newsstand

[gtmeloney]

Has anyone gotten any magazines or newspapers to appear in the NewsStand on iOS 5 beta?

I can't figure out how to get anything there.

 

[Gregoris]

its in the app store same as you get the ibooks... seems like a waste to me when ibooks did the same thing as the newsstand only newstand is just annoying and gets in the way and you can even hide it in a folder, when i jailbreak it will be one of the first apps i delete

 

[iJeff]

I didnt think this would work till the final ios5 build came out?

 

[Gregoris]

it works just fine but i dont think there is much of a selection in the app store for magazines

 

[iJeff]

Learn something new everyday here. Thanks for the info Unleashed, i would have never tried this out because last i knew it just didnt work yet.

 

[Gregoris]

no worries! imo its the same as ibooks though

 

[mg6035]

it works just fine but i dont think there is much of a selection in the app store for magazines

When I open up the newsstand folder the "store" button is not active and when I touch it nothing happens. I just want to try it out. Do I need to download a newsstand app or is the app already on the phone? And if so, why is my "store" button not active? Where do I get content for this? I am on a Windows PC with beta 2 installed on an iphone4.

Thanks

 

[gtmeloney]

This is the same problem I noticed. The STORE link from the newsstand itself is disabled. I have downloaded a dozen or so newspapers and magazine apps from the app store, none of which resulted in an item appearing in the newsstand. I just want to see what it is all about, apparently that isn't an option yet.

 

[mg6035]

Learn something new everyday here. Thanks for the info Unleashed, i would have never tried this out because last i knew it just didnt work yet.

Did you get it to work? Is the store button disabled on yours? Any help would be appreciated.

 

[gtmeloney]

There are pictures and videos floating around of the WWDC and there were definitely magazines in the newsstand, but I can't find any that are willing to go there.

 

[mg6035]

There are pictures and videos floating around of the WWDC and there were definitely magazines in the newsstand, but I can't find any that are willing to go there.

I can't either. I've read there is supposed to be a new section in the itunes store for newspaper and magazine subscriptions but I can't find that either. Is it maybe just for the ipad because I am on an iphone4. How about a little help from those who've said it works.

 

[gtmeloney]

There is a category in the app store called "News", but everything I've seen in there is a stand alone app, not something that appears in the newsstand. Being that there is a button in the newsstand called "store" that does nothing right now, I think it is safe to assume that the Newsstand functionality is not enable yet.

 

[iJay]

Anyone get it working in Beta 2?

 

[mg6035]

Anyone get it working in Beta 2?

I have to believe it's enabled for the ipad only right now. If either of the two people on here who said it works have it working on the iphone I wish they would let us know how.

 

[iJay]

Anyone get it working in Beta 2?

I have to believe it's enabled for the ipad only right now. If either of the two people on here who said it works have it working on the iphone I wish they would let us know how.

I'm inclined to agree with you. That's fine though, I have and iPad as well. I am looking forward to see how it works. Hopefully my local papers will jump on the band wagon. I would gladly get a subscription to several if they went digital. Much easier to read the paper on my throne when on my iPad.