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Better Homes & Gardens Comes to the iPad [PICS]

via Mashable! by Lauren Indvik on 3/15/11

The April issue of Better Homes and Gardens arrived on the iPad Tuesday, the first the magazine has released for the device.

The $3.99 issue [iTunes link] reflects much of the best of iPad magazine design, with crisp, colorful layouts packed with scrolling galleries and text, and discreet buttons that can be tapped to furnish additional information, such as recipes, about photographed subjects.

Among the highlights is a room makeover with charismatic designer Elaine Griffin, complete with video and pages of photographs that can be tapped to pull up additional information. I also enjoyed a brief story on spring home palettes, which allows users, in one frame, to sample five different paint colors in a single room.

I was disappointed by the complete lack of sharing options, especially given how comparatively late the magazine has arrived on the device compared to others in the category, such as Martha Stewart Living, which remains one of the most beautiful and user-friendly magazines on the iPad to date. A video of Jaime Oliver, which appears to be more of an ad for Better Homes and Gardens's website than an interview, could have been left out as well.

Despite those flaws, we think readers of the magazine will be pleased with the experience on the iPad. If you try it out for yourself, please let us know in the comments what you think.

In addition to Better Homes and Gardens, publisher Meredith Corp also released Parents and Fitness magazines for the iPad Tuesday. The publisher plans to offer subscriptions to Android tablet owners in the near future.