Wow, Did you think B&N was sitting still? In the middle of dealing with cleaning up the nook software B&N just released a major upgrade to the eReader application for the iPhone. I've written about the major issues with this application, and how it could make one buy a Kindle if the iPhone application was important. It was unusable to do simple things like follow a link in the table of contents or changing the font. Delays that were literally minutes long before are now gone, and the response time is instant!

Before you pat B&N on the back there is a gotcha. Many received a good-news-bad-news email from the company. Opening new eBooks purchased after the most recent software update may not work correctly. If you have problems here is how to resolve them:

• Remove the ebook from your iPhone / iPod touch by swiping from left to right across the title in the list view and tapping the “delete” button when it appears
• Tap “My Online Library” and re-download it to your iPhone / iPod touch

Keep up the good work B&N on your eReader software platforms - but we encourage you to adopt a more rigorous set of test plans - for you and us!

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