Indeed. I'm also very happy about it being a book rather than a few music tracks, or a TV series which is being repeated frequently on the BBC still (the second episode of 'Africa' was on BBC2 this morning).

I'd rather have books instead of music or movies, as music and movies are readily available in standard formats whereas books tend to be a bit trickier to find and aren't as easy to convert.

Of course a good app is the ideal freebie as there's no other way to get them for free unless you do certain things which Apple does not altogether approve of.

Indeed. Just the sort of thing I'd love to read on my 4S. Not. Apple don't sell anything thats really suited to reading of books ... (I'm an e-Ink convert, LCD/OLED/IPS/etc are horrible for reading)

Those under 16 will be saying, what's a book?

I was being sarcastic

I can only guess that we're being underwhelmed by the 'gifts' now so that when the inevitable app or game comes, we'll think it's actually a lot better than it is.

Something you get Justin Bieber to autograph at a "concert".

yeah.

e-ink is excellent for reading because it "looks right" in almost any environment, but standard active backlit displays can look equally good provided you lower the brightness to the equivalent level. It will feel unnatural at first lowering the brightness in the app as much as you'll need to, but it will look just as good once you've set it right. In iBooks use the 'aA' thing at the top and pull the brightness slider almost all the way to the left, far further than you think you should. Other decent eReader apps will have similar in-app brightness adjustments.

Apologies for assuming you were the sort of person who doesn't like reading books; sarcasm on forums is always a bit of a gamble without some sort of smiley, as I've found to my cost elsewhere

I really really hope Apple have a gift for us Beliebers this year. I love you Justin.

Today's Free Gift is Toca House, which is made for ages 5 and under

it just gets better and better ..

Makes me wonder what they should be providing to suit your individual needs

i'm not fussy. a decent, useful app or even a game. an album or music video from someone i'm interested in. i'm sure something along those lines will appear, but the first few days don't fill me with a great amount of hope.

It's carrying on in the same vane as the last couple of years.

Just cause it's free doesn't mean it's not crap

that's worth a hallelujah

Comparing the past couple of years (as i've nothing better to do..)


Compared to the last few years, IMO, 2013 is very weak so far.

Not great this year.

I see the review on itunes moan it's only for IOS7. Some people are keeping there devices on IOS6 or can't use it for ipod 4th and ipad 1.

A game for under 5 year olds is pathetic.

Well I guess it's OK if you have pre-school children who are allowed to use your iPad?

Anyway, here's hoping there's more widely popular stuff to come this time around.

Trivial pursuit - the best giveaway ever.

I think score classic goals is the only thing I still have from any of these

The description of it mentions

Day 5 Movie: Home Alone (SD & HD)

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/movie/ho...ne/id344796733

Finally something worth having

If I downloaded that on my phone, can I get it on my iPad?