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Zinio’s magazine app out-grosses Angry Birds on iPad

By: , IntoMobile
Friday, August 26th, 2011 at 1:11 AM

Global magazine newsstand Zinio proudly announced that its iPad app is now more downloaded than Angry Birds. Among the iPad’s top grossing apps, Zinio is currently the #3 Overall in the USA and #1 for News in 56 countries worldwide. As for the Android version — which BTW now works both on smartphones and tablets — Zinio has exceeded 300,000 installs in less than 60 days.

Among the countries where people like getting their magazine fix using Zinio are Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Taiwan, UK and US. Zinio is preloaded on a growing number of Android devices coming into market through a number of partnerships.

During the second quarter, the company added to its already deep selection of more than 400 magazine titles from 28 countries, making Zinio the largest magazine newsstand in the world, online or offline. All this led to the 1,020% increase in paid orders over last quarter, delivering more than 175 million issues to digital readers…

Zinio (FREE) [iTunes link] [Android Market link]

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Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.

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