As developers work to provide support for the higher-resolution screen of the new iPad, the latest apps to get a Retina-ready update are Facebook and Barnes & Noble's Nook.
Facebook on Monday updated its iPad app to version 4.1.1, adding support for new iPad's "resolutionary" Retina display. With the latest version, owners of the new iPad will see a "crisp, high resolution interface," Facebook said.
Also, Barnes & Noble updated its free Nook for iOS app to version 3.1.3, adding sharper words and images for the new iPad's display. The Nook for iPad app gives users access to Barnes & Noble's collection of more than 2 million books, magazines, and newspapers.
Users can download the new versions of Facebook and Nook for iPad from the App Store now.
The new iPad, which hit stores last month, comes with a highly anticipated 2,048-by-1,536 pixel Retina display. PCMag's lead analyst for mobile Sascha Segan said the display is "as beautiful as you've heard, and colors are more saturated than on the previous model. It's still reflective, which creates some problems outdoors, but at 264 pixels per inch, it's the sharpest tablet screen there is."
Other apps to recently be updated with support for the Retina display include Apple's iTunes Movie Trailers and Netflix. But Netflix subscribers who just bought one of Apple's shiny new tablets shouldn't get too excited just yet. The updated Netflix iOS app includes high resolution icons and images — optimizing menus and movie thumbnails for the Retina display — but movies and TV shows are still being streamed in standard definition.
Meanwhile, the Facebook update also includes other new features and bug fixes. The app, for example, corrects an issue that caused the wrong profile photo to appear for people. It also lets users go offline in chat and adds support for several different languages.
For more, see 20 Great Retina-Ready New Apple iPad Apps.
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