PC Magazine

As an avid reader of the PC Mag website, I love the new iPad magazine. The content is presented in a very intelligent manner, taking full advantage of the capabilities of a digital platform. Navigation throughout the magazine could not be easier. You can simply tap on "links" in the table of contents, and can swipe past an articles that you don't have interest in, though that is unlikely. The magazine has tons of really good content that is presented beautifully. The picture galleries are smart and intuitive, and the 360-degree view for review products serve as a prime example of how digital magazines should be. Slight formatting issues that result in slightly inefficient screen utilization create a slight annoyance, but this small issue does not detract from the wonderful content. At just $3.99/issue ($1.75/issue with the subscription) the PC iPad Magazine is definitely worth the investment.

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I bought a 12 month subscription about 6 weeks ago. The price was great and the magazine looked great on the iPad. I was a little disappointed at the lack of landscape support but overall I like the magazine and love a lot of the interactive features. However, I take the bus to work every day and bought the magazine specifically for reading on the bus. This worked great for a couple of weeks until an update that broke the app. Now, the app will not even open unless I am connected to the Internet. Since my iPad is WiFi only I am no longer able to read the magazine unless I'm in range of a hotspot. I called PC Magazine a week ago and they said they are working on a fix but nothing yet. In the mean time I have been unable to read the magazines I download offline. By the way, I'd like to know why they require you to download an entire magazine to the local device in order to read it but not allow you to view the file offline. The files are huge and are taking up a lot of space for nothing. Until they fix the glitch I would recommend you skip PC Magazine and subscribe to Maximum PC Instead.

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Once again, magazines especially tech mags need to look at WIRED. I already have a subscription to PC Mag, why do I want to get a second subscription? Yes PC Mag is already Digital and everyone has been reading it through Zinio. But why do I have to have my copy on Zinio and buy the magazine on here as well? There should be an option just like WIRED magazine has that I can input my account information and get the magazine in both places. I know that the new PC Mag on iPad is suppose to have more digital content and videos (at least from what I read and heard) so I understand there is a change coming from the Zinio layout, but still. Are your customers not valuable? I am in no way connected to WIRED in any way, but I do respect them a lot for letting me have both a printed magazine and a digital copy all for one price. This has created a long time relationship that will last with WIRED as long as they don't mess that up. Please PC MAG give existing customers a way to read the magazine without having multiple purchases and continuing that great customer support and customer care that you have always had.

Love the layout! The app is extremely easy to navigate, and you can swipe to your heart's desire! The 360 product images are also really cool, and I can't wait to see what the next issue will feature in 360-degree glory. As another reviewer said, I wish they had them for every product review. The Digital Life section is very helpful for how-tos and tips and tricks. Also, I like how some pages surprise the reader with a glowing image or an image that moves without the user having to do anything, which shows that PCMag made their app specifically FOR the iPad. A lot of other magazines on the iPad are just glorified PDFs. Can't wait to see what next month's issue brings!

I am a subscriber and it took weeks and several email exchanges with customer service to be able to download the February issue. They kept telling me to uninstall and reinstall the app, and sign out and back in, all of which I did repeatedly. It finally downloaded but only on one device. When it can time to download the March issue, same problem. It is nearly the end of March and I still cant download the issue. Customer service has said a lot of subscribers are having this problem. These are supposed to be tech experts, how hard can this be to fix? If your customers can’t even read the issues they are paying for, why bother to subscribe? I love the content in the magazine, but this barely functioning app is making me wish I hadn’t resubscribed.