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Papers for iOS update time!

mek — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:51:43 +0000

This is the update everybody has been asking for. In the past 3 months since its release we have been blown away by the reactions we have received on Papers for iPad, but one thing was clear, you wanted the ability to highlight text passages and leave notes on the PDFs. And from today that’s exactly what you can do. It’s intuitive and simple and now makes reading an even better experience on the iPad.

Simply tap and drag to select a piece of text and tap highlight, that’s all there is to it. Highlighting can be very accurate thanks to the loupe that pops up while you drag and text selection is also column-aware. We also allow you to copy the text to the clipboard. In addition you can tap and hold anywhere on the page for a second and a sticky-note pops up to type away. After you’re done a red pin will indicate the location of the note.

But also for iPhone owners there’s exciting news, Papers is now full optimized for iOS4. It supports fast application switching, as well as the razor sharp retina display of the iPhone4. PDFs never looked this good, and even on the relatively small screen they’re a joy to read.

If you already own Papers for iOS this is a must-have update, now available from iTunes. And if you don’t, then it’s time to head over to the app store!

For more information see the Papers for iPad and Papers for iPhone web pages.

Rewind 2009: Papers for iPhone 1.3

mek — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:34:32 +0000

Welcome to a new decade! It’s hard to believe what has all happened in the past 10 years; what has started completely from scratch as a very small hobby in 2001, culminated in an award winning and thriving software company. And what better way to finish the year than discovering that Papers for iPhone was choosen among the 30 best iPhone Apps of 2009 in the UK iTunes store! A big thanks to everybody for making this app such a success!

Papers for iPhone ranked among the 30 best iPhone apps of 2009

Speaking of which, we’re also very pleased to announce the immediate availability of Papers for iPhone 1.3, you can now download the update via iTunes. In version 1.3 we not only fixed the recently changed Google Scholar search engine*, but perhaps even more importantly, we significantly improved the PDF viewer inside Papers for iPhone. Text is rendered much sharper and the entire reading experience is more robust and speedier.

Best of all, Papers for iPhone 1.3 is just the beginning, we have a lot more exciting new releases lined up for 2010, we can’t wait to show you, stay tuned!

The mekentosj team

*) an update for the Mac version of Papers is also available, see here for more information.

Papers for iPhone update

Matt — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:15:34 +0000

A fresh update to Papers for iPhone is now available on the iTunes App Store.

Papers for iPhone is now compliant with the new iPhone OS 3.0 (fixing the PDF viewing problems some people were experiencing), but also has a fantastic new feature: in-app emailing.

You can now email an article to a friend or group of colleagues without leaving Papers. Just select your article and go to ‘Share by email’ to compose and send a new message without skipping a beat.

Check out Papers for iPhone on the iTunes App Store.

This update is free to all existing users. Just check for updates from iTunes or visit the App Store from your iPhone or iPod Touch to update to version 1.2. Of course, just to be sure that everything goes smoothly, you can make use of the free library backup service.