Horrible download management

Bought a subscription, but the app is slow on the iPad 3. Scrolling is jerky and page turning lags. But the number one reason I dont get around to actually enjoying the issues is that I literally have to sit with the app open for the entire 600MB download. If I try to do anything else during the download it stops. Sometimes it successfully resumes, and sometimes not. I have a 3Mbps home DSL connection so this is a major pain as it is a very long download and generally gets split over several sessions. Ive started downloading the last issue about four or five times and never end up finishing it. I always get called away before it finishes and after three or four resumes it usually starts over for some reason.

At least Wired lets you read during the download. Anyway, lots of people have slower connections than mine so this should be taken into account. Tying the device up for the whole download is an unacceptable solution.

Andy16666 about Popular Science, v4.0.3