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Flipboard

scotttie — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 05:23:15 GMT

Raven,

tell me more about flipboard. I looked it up but am not quite clear on exactly what it is. Are there self published magazines on it?

Also does it cost anything?

Re: Flipboard

raven-blackbird — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 05:33:20 GMT

if you have a Galaxy phone............flipboard comes with it...........it comes with sections already in play..........Cover Stories........News.........Facebook.........Twitter..........DIY...........but you can customize your feeds...........I got rid of Facebook and Twitter because I don't do either..........but I have the DIY.........News, and Cover Stories as well as a few others.........every day you get new feeds...........I spend my lunch hour reading my flipbook...................................raven

Re: Flipboard

scotttie — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 05:37:41 GMT

I have a Galaxy but it's a couple of years old. I don't see a flipboard app.

ETA what is DIY ( I only know it as do it yourself lol)

Re: Flipboard

raven-blackbird — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 05:47:38 GMT

On 10/26/2014 scotttie said:
I have a Galaxy but it's a couple of years old. I don't see a flipboard app.

ETA what is DIY ( I only know it as do it yourself lol)

You should have flipboard scottie............go to your Samsung Hub and look there.

DIY........do it yourself...........all kinds of AWESOME projects of every type........plus there is every interest under the sun and flipboards of those.........gardening......computers........cooking/recipes........dogs.......cats......environment

business as art........zoo veterinarian........home farm..........there are too many to list.........................................raven

Re: Flipboard

raven-blackbird — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 05:56:48 GMT

scottie my Galaxy is an S4............but I'm going to get the Galaxy S5 Note........I use my phone for work all the time.........I do a lot of it on my phone.......from drawing out layouts, to emails.........but the Galaxy S4 I have now is about 2 years old.............................raven

Re: Flipboard

Lynnj — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 06:50:42 GMT

It's basically an app that is like reading a magazine, but it's all articles from all publications in one place. Like they do the work for you and bring it all together into that one app. It's not like you know you want to read the latest cover story on People mag, so you go to this app and there it is. It's not like that. They have categories set up, or you can add others, and when you click on the category it will display like a magazine different articles from various publications from all over the place. It's all current articles, this is not a reference app where you would search for articles on one specific subject to what has ever been written about it. It's pretty cool. Never heard of some of the magazines that they pull some of the articles from, then other articles are from well known publications. While I don't check this app out everyday, if I am in a waiting room or waiting in lime at a store or just looking to pass time like I would with a magazine, I may open it up an flip through to see if something catches my eye to read.

Re: Flipboard

shesallthat — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 13:13:30 GMT

i have it on my iphone and i love it!!

Re: Flipboard

Charming1 — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 13:40:49 GMT

I see it as a free app on my ipad mini. I'll have to download it and give it a try. It sounds interesting.

Re: Flipboard

scotttie — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 13:56:53 GMT

On 10/26/2014 raven-blackbird said:
On 10/26/2014 scotttie said:
I have a Galaxy but it's a couple of years old. I don't see a flipboard app.

ETA what is DIY ( I only know it as do it yourself lol)

You should have flipboard scottie............go to your Samsung Hub and look there.

DIY........do it yourself...........all kinds of AWESOME projects of every type........plus there is every interest under the sun and flipboards of those.........gardening......computers........cooking/recipes........dogs.......cats......environment

business as art........zoo veterinarian........home farm..........there are too many to list.........................................raven

That really sounds great. I just found the ""hub"". But then it wants me to allow ""installations from non market applications"". Then there came up a warning:

your phone and personal data are more vulnerable to attack fy applications from unknown sources. You agree that you are solely responsible for any damage to your phone or loss of data that may result from using these applications.""

That's a little offputting. Any help with that?

Re: Flipboard

scotttie — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 13:59:13 GMT

Thanks for all who responded to this thread.

It does sound interesting. I don't do have Facebook or Pinterest or Tweet accounts either. (I see those things when I'm in the mood on my dd's computer).

Just apprehensive about that warning on my phone.......