SmartCircular For iPad Has Arrived

Tue Jul 06, 2010 0 Comments

SmartCircular for the iPad has arrived! If you have an iPad, head on over to Bon-Ton to view the latest innovation from the ShopLocal team. Don’t have an iPad you say… we have you covered, check out the quick demo below to view a small sampling of the new features.

A New Way to Browse the Weekly Ad

SmartCircular for iPad is a turnkey solution that introduces a new way to browse your weekly ad by leveraging the unique characteristics of the iPad.

Touch-based navigation: Turn pages by swiping pages left to right using touch-based navigation provides a richer, more engaging user experience

Page browse mode by device orientation: View a single page when device is in portrait mode, view side-by-side pages when device is in landscape mode

Streamlined layout: Weekly ad layout has been streamlined to include only the most vital parts of the ad to take advantage of screen real estate and the device form factor.

Auto-detect device type and location: Automatically detects if user is on iPad and redirects them to the iPad optimized site and correct local ad based on their location

Additional Features: Browse your weekly ad by brand or category, view product details, link to your e-commerce site and provide maps and directions

Tracking: SmartCircular for iPad tracks user interactions including page views, clicks and select touch based events

W3C standards based technology: Uses HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript

Turnkey Solution: Leverage your existing SmartCircular assets and be up and running on the iPad very quickly

Early feedback has been positive and we are already working hard on the next release which will add additional functionality such as multi-touch page zoom, larger pages to fill out the entire screen, Facebook integration, ratings and reviews and additional store content. Look for upcoming announcements on this blog for our next release of SmartCircular for iPad. Be sure to also check out the latest iPad advertising engagement metrics from PointRoll.

We want to hear from you. What features would you like to see in an upcoming release? Drop us a line in the comments.