Thanks to “bighearted partners” at Virgin America and Virgin Mobile Canada, Richard Branson’s Virgin Digital Publishing is now able to offer “Project” magazine for free “over the Christmas period.”
No need to rub your eyes in theatrical disbelief: it’s true. In exchange for precisely none of your puny Earth currency, you can now experience the first PROJECT – a revolutionary multimedia magazine built specially for your iPad, packed with international culture, entertainment, design, business and travel. And nuclear weapons. Oh, and Jeff Bridges.
Download the also-free reader App now to feast happily upon:
• DUDE! Jeff Bridges reboots Tron – featuring an exclusive “electrified cover”, videos and an audio interview on his best-known roles.
• SPEED! Jaguar’s 205mph hypercar… has jet engines. Want to hear it in action?
• GODZILLA! Take our in-depth 3D video tour of Tokyo
• EARTH 2! How the search for a slightly nicer home planet is going
• FORAGING! The superchef who serves soil
• MUSIQUE! The world’s coolest record label is… French?
Published by Virgin, PROJECT features videos, galleries, music and daily updated content. And a moronic canoeist.
New in Version 1.15
• Reduced file size (by 30%)
• Now available on both iOS 3.2 and 4.2
More info and download link via Apple’s iTunes App Store here.
You don’t mean I’m first for this freebie?
It looks to be kind of a GQish mag.
Go to the AppleInsider article about this and read the second paragraph of the article – very cool idea!!!
The iPad (well, really iOS) is a true game-changer.
I paid for the first issue and thought it was shite. Sounds like they’re a bit desperate to shift “copies” now
Downloaded the 500+ mb file, installed… And now it’s stuck on a Ford ad.
Fail.
Not interested enough to download it even though it’s free.
Paid for it and didn’t like it. Sigh
For a first attempt, it’s not too bad. There are some clever things done with the interface. Overall it’s a better implementation than the Economist. The writing, though, is a bit too GCish for my taste.
Ah 388 MB download. I have pretty fast cable ISP but it did take 4 minutes to download and another 4 to install. I am not particularly into the articles, but I downloaded it just to see how digital magazines are progressing. This is very beautiful on the iPad and makes me think that magazines will soon be very big. There are a number of impressive scenes that would not work at all in a printed version. If the prices are reasonable I think that there will be a huge market for magazines.
This is not news. I downloaded the Project App, complete with the first issue, well over a month ago.
HaHa……..I was happy to see this mag for free.but not interested enough to download it even though it’s free.Christmas is coming,2010 Holiday gift ideas & holiday gift guide for Christmas.
http://www.aneesoft.com/tutorials/ipad/christmas-holiday-gift-ideas-boxing-day.html
have a good holidays!
It does help us to know much about this magazine when most of the posts just state that many do not want to download it but feel qualified to somehow rate it. That used to happen in the app store on iTunes but thankfully now you actually have to buy an app to rate it. No more of those stupid reviews by folks that only have some kind of ax to grind. If you are not interested, fine. Tell us about all the things you are not interested in. I am all eyes.
Just what the world needs: another multi-media assault on the senses!
I paid for Project and enjoy it. It is a great example of what can be done on the iPad. I’ll buy the second edition when it comes out. I am curious why some people didn’t like it.
Merry Christmas to everybody.
It hasn’t exactly set the world afire has it?
So – what’s the deal for those of us who paid for this first edition ? Free second edition ?
Got the first issue, free, as soon it was available. Great magazine, looks great on my iPad. Good stories, good read, nothing to dislike. Looking forward to the next issue.
Try before you buy?…
What a novel concept!
I can’t belief.
-Usher