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Google Books for iOS gets landscape mode and search

Google has updated the Google Books application with half a dozen bug fixes and two new features. The updated universal binary with version number 1.1.0.2247 is now available from the App Store and it added convenient landscape reading mode on iPads and the find feature that shows all matches in the book as you scroll down.

The full list of features from the App Store and a couple of more screenshots are right below the fold…

  • Read Google eBooks in Landscape mode on your iPad
  • “Find” feature shows all matches in the book as you scroll down
  • Tapping “Get eBooks” signs into Google eBookstore with the username used to login into the app
  • Added a clear no-network error message alert
  • Removed magnifier

 

Updated bug fixes:
  • Overall application speed improved
  • 3-D page turning available on iPad on iOS 4.3
  • Better Google eBooks downloading experience
  • Better experience on iPad 3GS with no network plan
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