Apple rolling iBooks out across iOS 4 devices, get your Winnie the Pooh now

No shock and awe here, Apple's already given us plenty of warnings, but we thought we'd drop you a friendly note to say that if you've upgraded to iOS 4 early, your copy of Winnie the Pooh is flying at you right this minute. Tipsters point out that they get a notification encouraging them to download the heretofore iPad-exclusive iBooks app, though they're finding they have to do it via their desktop iTunes client rather than over the air. Ah well, Apple's probably being extra cautious with moving those big wooden bookshelves into the smaller dimensions of your iPhone or iPod touch. We've not been able to get the app running on our iPhone 3G, so perhaps this is another of those features you're not going to be able to enjoy on older hardware -- we hope it's just us though.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

[jbarr14 Posted Jun 11th 2010 5:13PM]

i tried to download it, but it didnt work, and now i cant download it at all, anyone know how to get it?

[AppleDragon Posted Jun 12th 2010 12:58AM]

Heads up, people, it's been pulled.

B-U-M-M-E-R!

[binarydaddy Posted Jun 12th 2010 2:28PM]

UPDATE ON iBOOKS FOR 3G ONLY!!

Per my recent reply regarding iOS 4 on 3G, no iBooks...called Apple on this one. I have a free dev acct and asked about upgrading to paid membership, installing iOS 4 and iBooks on a 3G. Here is their response:

"Upon purchasing the $99 or $299 membership, you'll be given access to download iTunes 9.2 and iOS 4 on your 3G. Once those are installed, you'll be prompted on your iPhone to download iBooks. Your account email needs to be the same as your dev account email for verification purposes. If they don't or you use your personal iTunes account, you will not be prompted to download iBooks app."

Hope this clears things up...I have 9.2 and iOS 4, but not a paid dev account. So I won't get it on my 3G.

[dest747 Posted Jun 12th 2010 11:12PM]

Whatever happened to Game Center?