Free iPad mini 2 with Sunday Times subscription (18 months)

Kenny Logins wrote: »

I can grab it for you. What device? I have a Nexus 7, so can grab this version.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.timesmobile.ie

I've a Samsung galaxy s2 tablet but also an android smartphone....

I'm hoping Sunday times can help but if play store issue, maybe not.....

Kenny Logins wrote: »

OK, this one says compatible with Moto G, Galaxy S3 etc. so give it a go.

Thanks Kenny, I'll try....cheers for the dig out! Curiously I was able to install the app on my iPhone...we have an iPad also (can never have enough devices!) which the little fella uses for kids films so might try that too...it's an iPad 1 tho so hopefully app doesn't need recent iOS. Not a disaster anyway if it works on iOS here as from what I've read here, it's a lot better on iOS....

Anonymagician wrote: »

Hi guys, just wondering if the money is taken out at a fiver a week or twenty a month?

Monthly

substanceg wrote: »

Quick question.

Does the digital version include all the pull outs that are in the Sunday edition?

Culture, Sport, business etc?

Thanks

Yes...

I subscribed a few weeks back, still waiting on the ipad to be delivered, hoping it'll be in next week or so...

The app on android is weird. It won't work on my phone at all (I log in and I get a black screen, nothing else). On my android tablet it works really well, except there is one article type where you scroll down as against swipe side-to-side, and the scroll won't work. I tested using my dad's ipad and it definitely looks better on the ipad.

All-in-all, I'm quite pleased. I'm finding I'm reading more news and commentary than I had been, and some of the election coverage has been excellent. People are right in saying that there can be a bigger emphasis on UK news on certain days, but so be it. The world news section is very good too.

Is the page swipe, which is like reading the paper in it's hard copy form rather than clicking articles, only available with the tablet version??

Wow, web site and app just received a nice update.

mccard wrote: »

Wow, web site and app just received a nice update.

Hi all,

Just to explain on the website and app. The UK edition launched a new website today and a new smartphone app. The new UK website has an Ireland tab and we are already putting some Ireland stories on it. We will be increasing the number of Ireland stories over time and within a number of weeks it will soon have all the Ireland content each day already featured in the tablet edition. The UK edition is going to be updated at set times each day. The Ireland tab will mainly continue to update each night at midnight with the same content as our morning tablet edition. We will look to change this and move to the UK system at some stage. All Ireland subscribers get full access to the UK website and this will continue so big breaking international stories will be covered extensively at the set publishing times.

We will also be getting a new smartphone app for the Ireland edition of The Times in the coming weeks (estimated: end of April or start of May). For the moment we will continue to use our own Irish website (the times dot ie) and this will continue to feed our existing smartphone app. When we have a new smartphone app we will move to it and we will then simply use the UK website from then on which will have a full Ireland tab.

There will be a short period where our smartphone app will have Ireland content but broken links to the UK content. We will have a message explaining this and advice on how to access the UK content. This is necessary as part of the technology changes for the roll-out of the new app. The existing times dot ie site will work for Ireland content and anyone clicking on other sections will move to the new site. This will be slightly odd but will not last long. The tablet edition will continue as normal.

Will answer any further queries as best as I can

Thanks, Richie

dulpit wrote: »

I must say that the only issue I have with the times is the disparity between the UK and Irish sites. You sometimes end up being routed back to the UK site instead of Irish one, and the UK site/paper does seem to have more details.

Having said that, the new site (UK atm) does look very nice indeed. Hopefully it will roll out to us in due course...

Sure, when we launched the Ireland edition the UK website and smartphone app were in the process of being replaced, so we had to push ahead with the new tablet edition and wait for the launch of the new website and smartphone. The new website and smartphone app for Ireland will be much better and it will be just a matter of weeks before we have both up and running.

Richie

Kenny Logins wrote: »

Quick one - are the iPads silver or grey, or is possible to choose?

I don't think you can choose a colour, I didn't get the option anyway. Mine is space grey.

All in all would you recommend subscribing for it. Probably in 5 to 10 years papers will be an expensive luxury, it'll be all ipads and tablets.

Dr Devious wrote: »

All in all would you recommend subscribing for it. Probably in 5 to 10 years papers will be an expensive luxury, it'll be all ipads and tablets.

I enjoy it. The layout feels more like a newspaper than a website, which encourages me to read more. I wouldn't say I read it every day, but definitely a few times a week, plus the website for articles here and there.

How soon after the 14-day period ended did people get a dispatch email? I'm heading away next Friday, was hoping to have the iPad before then.