Thread title says it all. Is there currently any way for the iPad to download the latest issue of the WSJ or any other newspaper I have on it? Will this be possible with 4.2? I take my iPad on the subway with me every day (no WiFi or 3G connection) and I have to remember to open the app and let each one download before I go underground. I feel like this is an obvious flaw that should and could be fixed but am I missing something?
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Any Way to Have the iPad Download the Newspaper in the Morning?
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I don't think there is way to do on stock firmware (you got a couple of options on the Jail breaking side), it seen like a pretty huge flaw, however rumors around is that Apple will be releasing an News Stand App, that will manage your Newspapers and magazines subscriptions just like iBooks manages your books. We can only hope "offline" reading is available.
No, there isn't a way. The best workaround I can think of is to use a RSS reader app, so you only have to open one app to download all your news sources.
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http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/09/16/apple-to-announce-ipad-newspaper-subscription-plans/
He asked if it could be automated...as in he does not have to open the wsj app in the morning before he leaves his house.
I don't think there is any way to do that in iOS...
Its not iOS, its the app itself.
If WSJ has an app and enables push on it, they could push the new paper to the device each morning. Content push is something a developer would NOT want the OS to control, its better for the app itself to decide when to push new content.
If WSJ has an app and enables push on it, they could push the new paper to the device each morning. Content push is something a developer would NOT want the OS to control, its better for the app itself to decide when to push new content.
I don't think that is right; you can use push notifications to send short messages asynchronously to an iOS device. AFAIK they can't automatically trigger the download of larger amounts of data (ie. the whole newspaper). The Instapaper developer complained about this in a blog post shortly after 4.0 was released.
Oh really? My bad. I didn't fully check. I thought it would have been able to. I guess it makes sense though since large amounts of data over 3G synching automatically would be a bad thing for some people.
A way to do it over wifi would be pretty sweet though.
There are provisions to reduce excessive data via 3G - for example I got a warning saying I couldn't install an app due to it's size except via WiFi.