Kindle – Read Books, eBooks, Magazines, Newspapers & Textbooks
Amazon is the original granddaddy of books, and the way they’ve brought this content to the digital world is simply beautiful. Perhaps the best part of this app is that it completely syncs with any other Kindle device or app you have – wherever you stop in a particular book is where you’ll pick up on another device.
Wikipanion
Wikipedia works through Mobile Safari, but Wikipanion makes it an even better experience for the iPhone by optimizing the UI and expanding the search function. Settle bar bets at a moment’s notice with this one.
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Float Reader
From the creators of Scribd, Float lets you consume written content in a dedicated phone layout that really makes reading easy and smooth. Browse content from your favorite sites, your social channels or use their bookmarklet to read something later.
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Mashable
Mashable is THE first source for social news and insights, and their app does more than just give you a bookmark. Great jobs board there as well, if you’re looking.
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CNN App for iPhone
The app is fine for reading, and even has a few capabilities that let you capture news to report back to CNN, but I really love the notifications here. These often keep me up to date on stories of the day I would have missed otherwise.
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BBC News
CNN is great, but it’s always nice to get a more rounded-out view of the world. The BBC provides that all elegantly, with some special content for mobile devices as well.
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Auto Enthusiast Weekly
If you love cars, this is the app for you. Not only do they beautifully convert the magazine over into a great mobile device format, but you can buy new or previous issues for just $.99 each! That’s much cheaper than the paper version by far.
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Pulse
Pulse brings in streams of news from across the web, letting you get the cultural zeitgeist by seeing the top stories on Reddit or Digg, or quickly skimming through top sites like Huffington Post or GOOD magazine.
Instapaper
The “Reading List” feature soon to come in iOS5 may replace this app, but until it does, Instapaper is the easiest way to bookmark great sites and read them on the go.
OverDrive – Library eBooks and Audiobooks
I’m saving the best for last. This app lets you check eBooks or audio books out from your local library – all within the app, and all FREE. It’s a great reading experience too, but you can’t beat that price point.
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