Many people have heralded the New York Times reader as a fabulous piece of software for demonstrating new Windows presentation options. They’re right. It’s a great app. But what if you don’t want the overhead of .net 3.0 on your UMPC? Maybe you just don’t want the NYT. Another, slightly lower tech, option from our friends in Canada is a daily PDF formatted for easy reading.
The Toronto Star now has a free, lighter PDF version available daily. They send you an email with top stories of the day and you can select to download various PDF versions from a basic paper of 8 pages to a more bulked up one with 12. If you have PDF Annotator you can even do the crossword and Soduku in ink on your tablet PC or UMPC. This version is designed for commuters so the downloads are fast, it’s easy to read and well, unlike RSS feeds, it feels like a newspaper. You also won’t have to worry about folding it or smacking your neighbor on the train. I hope more news outlets will look at options beyond the web page. You can check it out here.
(Full disclosure: I work for a small subsidiary ultimately owned by the parent of the Toronto Star. In comparison we’re sort of like a pimple on the a.., never mind, you get the picture. I don’t work on the news side and I’m a 1,000 miles from Toronto. Ultimately, they still pay my salary, hence the disclosure.)
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