CNN released its first app for the iPad today and the tablet version is an excellent companion to its iPhone counterpart, just as we predicted. The iPad version duplicates the media-rich experience of the website by including full-length articles, commenting, slideshow support, and on-demand audio and video. Ads will be present in the app and Lexus will be a featured advertiser, so prepare yourself to be distracted by slick images of luxury cars.
The app takes advantage of the iPad's screen real estate by offering three different viewing options - broadsheet, list view, and slide show. The broadsheet view is for those that prefer to scan the top 350 headlines presented in a s
