Flipboard arrives on Windows Phone a year late without flipping feature

Nokia promised a Flipboard Windows Phone app more than a year ago, and it’s finally arrived in the store today. Despite the long delay, it’s debuting without the key feature that attracted users to the app: flipping. The Windows Phone app simply slides onto the next article, rather than a flipping page like the iOS and Android equivalents that have been available for years. It’s more Slideboard than Flipboard.

While it’s missing a big feature, the rest of the app appears to be fairly feature complete with options to share, search, like, and comment. It’s not as elegant as the iOS and Android versions thanks to the lack of the flip animation, but the layout is nearly identical for article pages. Although it has been delayed for more than...

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