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

kala85

Found it disappointing to be honest. There are two ipad apps for the Sunday Times.
This subscription one and then there is one that allows you to download the newspaper and read it as a digital paper like the irish independent ipad app.

Kenny Logins

MarcusP12 wrote: »

Thanks...that sounds like a plan except how do I do that? Plus I don't know anyone with the app.....

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

kala85

MarcusP12 wrote: »

Hi, I see you've been helping people with their queries. I've a pretty major one....I just signed up to the subscription as I have recently moved abroad to bahrain with work and wanted to keep in touch with the Sunday times even if digital.however when I went to install app it says it's not available in my country!it's the android one.what's that all about?is it the same for ios?surely one of the points of an online edition and app is for people like me who can't get the print edition because of their location? Is this the case or just a bug? Am I screwed here? Can I at least access via the desktop sits? Please help.....I was really looking forward to flicking through a digital version of the paper but it seems I've been sold a pup!

I feel the same agree with you one hundred percent.

MarcusP12

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

MarcusP12 wrote: »

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.....

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

MarcusP12

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

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

Claude Burgundy

Anonymagician wrote: »

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

Monthly

substanceg

Quick question.

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

Culture, Sport, business etc?

Thanks

Birneybau

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...

substanceg

I'm sold then. Can't go wrong with that price. Thanks

dulpit

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.

jayjbe

The iphone app has a Goals section showing near live video of Premier league goals. Maybe can get elsewhere, but seems a good bonus feature.

MarcusP12

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??

Livefornow

MarcusP12 wrote: »

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??

yes

mccard

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

MarcusP12

mccard wrote: »

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

Tell more! Just got iPad so looking forward to being able to use on an iOS with decent screen but can't be ar$ed setting it up till tomorrow....

roakleyIRL

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

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...

roakleyIRL

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

Dr Devious

Can you access the app on other devices other than on the ipad? Another ipad or iphone etc?

Mark Tapley

Dr Devious wrote: »

Can you access the app on other devices other than on the ipad? Another ipad or iphone etc?

Yes , android as well.

Kenny Logins

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

guil

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.

dulpit

guil wrote: »

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

Me too...

Dr Devious

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.

Birneybau

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.

Yeah, I love it, reading right now.

dulpit

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.

MarcusP12

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.

For me it was a no brainer as I do not have access to the hard copy as I'm working abroad. As an on line substitute, working from the free ipad (can't speak for android tablet as cant download here), I would say it is excellent. I was hoping that it would have the same layout and feel to work through as the printed version and I'm happy to say it does. The daily editions are a bonus too as I wouldn't normally be interested in these in print form but they're good to dip into every now and again and save some articles for later. I'd definitely recommend it if you're into reading stuff on line but if you're more of a traditionalist then don't be seduced by the free ipad 2 since you can pick them up now a lot cheaper.....

wowy

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.

Doodah7

I go an email on the evening (19.30ish) of the fourteenth day advising of dispatch and it arrived by courier by 10.30 the next morning.

noaddedsugar

I subscribed on the 23rd of March and am still waiting. My 10 working days will be up on Friday I think.

BlackWizard

Is the iPad mini not a bit too small for reading news? Could I read a PDF on it comfortably too?

westside

BlackWizard wrote: »

Is the iPad mini not a bit too small for reading news? Could I read a PDF on it comfortably too?

It is perfect. We have the iPad and the mini and the mini is handier as it can be held in 1 hand. I don't find any difference in using the mini and I use the normal iPad every day

MarcusP12

westside wrote: »

It is perfect. We have the iPad and the mini and the mini is handier as it can be held in 1 hand. I don't find any difference in using the mini and I use the normal iPad every day

Yeah, I'd agree....have a Samsung tablet also and find the mini very comfortable to use instead. Also have a cheap 7" Lenovo tablet which I find less comfortable so the slightly bigger mini is the right balance. you can increase the font size slightly with the times app. Its a versatile size. Small enough to be mobile, but big enough to read with comfort...

podge018

put it this way, its bigger than a kindle which I assume millions of quids worth of research has proven to be the optimum size for reading with ease.

wowy

tallpaul wrote: »

I go an email on the evening (19.30ish) of the fourteenth day advising of dispatch and it arrived by courier by 10.30 the next morning.

I got the despatch email this evening, it says arrival on 22nd (Friday). Hopefully I'll get it before then.

Edit. Arrived today. That's prompt.

avenged7fold

I tried to take up this offer earlier but after going through all the details, including my card details, I received a message sayin "An error has occured". No details as to what the error was or why it happened. Has this happened to anyone else?

castle2012

Went into Harvey Norman had a look at flexirent for the iPad mini 2 , working out for the same iPad 33.50 for 12 months , after 12 months you don't even own it , you can make them an offer to buy it but they may not accept , the times deal is way better plus there's no need for bank statements credit checks etc , ordered one today from the times , can't wait to get it

dulpit

Just got an update for the mobile app (android phone) and it is waaaaayyyyy better than it was. The old app was ugly and dated looking, the new one is quite swanky.

One thing I don't like is that the new website (thetimes.ie) now just auto directs you to the Irish section of thetimes.co.uk. I know it's essentially the same thing, but it does make you feel like an after thought...

mpearce

Very interested in this offer - would be very interested in hearing other's thoughts on a couple of issues.

1. Do you get a "paper" edition on the ios/android apps

2. Compared to the printed version - what are the main drawbacks, do you get all printed sections, news review, culture, magazine, sport (including gaa coverage), etc. ?

3. Is there anywhere showing some screenshots of recent editions of the app editions - apart from itunes

4. As I already have a version 1 Ipad - would the relevant app be available for this ?

Any other advantages/disadvantages experienced by anyone that has taken up this offer.

podgeandrodge

Would sign up in a jiffy if there was some way this deal could also include a copy of the real paper every week through token or something.

MarcusP12

mpearce wrote: »

Very interested in this offer - would be very interested in hearing other's thoughts on a couple of issues.

1. Do you get a "paper" edition on the ios/android apps

2. Compared to the printed version - what are the main drawbacks, do you get all printed sections, news review, culture, magazine, sport (including gaa coverage), etc. ?

3. Is there anywhere showing some screenshots of recent editions of the app editions - apart from itunes

4. As I already have a version 1 Ipad - would the relevant app be available for this ?

Any other advantages/disadvantages experienced by anyone that has taken up this offer.

Add your reply here.
I think paper versions are only on the tablet versions of the android and iOS apps but can only confirm for iOS....you do get all the sections in the Sunday times version and is very easy to navigate with the iOS tablet app which you'll likely use with the free iPad mini.....won't work with ipad1...was in similar boat as had to wait for iPad mini to come with a visitor ( am living abroad) and wanted to use the app on iPad 1 but needs at least iOS 6 or something.....

mpearce

MarcusP12 wrote: »

Add your reply here.
I think paper versions are only on the tablet versions of the android and iOS apps but can only confirm for iOS....you do get all the sections in the Sunday times version and is very easy to navigate with the iOS tablet app which you'll likely use with the free iPad mini.....won't work with ipad1...was in similar boat as had to wait for iPad mini to come with a visitor ( am living abroad) and wanted to use the app on iPad 1 but needs at least iOS 6 or something.....

Thanks for the reply on that.

Pity no option regarding the ST app for an Ipad 1.

Also, good to hear that all sections are available on the "paper" version.

Presume you also have access to back dated editions.

Thanks again

MarcusP12

mpearce wrote: »

Thanks for the reply on that.

Pity no option regarding the ST app for an Ipad 1.

Also, good to hear that all sections are available on the "paper" version.

Presume you also have access to back dated editions.

Thanks again

No worries...not sure about back dated issues.I know you can go back a week anyway but not sure about longer...

castle2012

Any idea how long it takes to get the iPad ?

dulpit

castle2012 wrote: »

Any idea how long it takes to get the iPad ?

3-4 weeks if memory serves...

Edit: checked emails. I subscribed on 8th February. Dispatch email received on 3rd March. Think I received it the next day.

MarcusP12

dulpit wrote: »

3-4 weeks if memory serves...

Edit: checked emails. I subscribed on 8th February. Dispatch email received on 3rd March. Think I received it the next day.

That sounds about right.....you have to fulfil a 14 day cooling off period before you are committed to the contract. Only then will they dispatch the ipad. Takes up to 10 working days after the 14 day period which was the case for me so 3 to 4 weeks is a safe estimate.

podge018

MarcusP12 wrote: »

Add your reply here.
you do get all the sections in the Sunday times version and is very easy to navigate with the iOS tablet app which you'll likely use with the free iPad mini....

Are you talking about paying extra for the 'paper' version?

Am I right in saying that with this offer you only access to the app content, and would still have to purchase the Sunday Times for €3 or whatever it is each Sunday to get the full content.

Birneybau

podge018 wrote: »

Are you talking about paying extra for the 'paper' version?

Am I right in saying that with this offer you only access to the app content, and would still have to purchase the Sunday Times for €3 or whatever it is each Sunday to get the full content.

No,the full content is available through the app.

As for also getting the paper, sure what's the point in that, Times Inc gonna take a hit on profits for the craic?