I wouldn't dare start in on the "are newspapers dead" debate. I will say that the only time I actually touch a physical newspaper is when I pick the one up on the floor outside my hotel room on the way out. It's not that I don't like to read newspapers, it's just that they are not my first (or second or third) source for news. With that said, I get most of my news over the net like many of you. However, just because I don't necessarily read the daily paper, I do appreciate much of the reporting that's done by the same organizations.
USA Today on my iPhone
Most major newspaper agencies have mobile friendly websites. It's almost a give that users catch up on the latest happenings on their smart phones. While a mobile friendly site is nice on the iPhone in Safari, a native app is even better. USA Today is probably my favorite paper to read when I travel. So it's only natural that I would want to check out their App. I have to say that it's very well done. The design of it compliments the physical paper, but also takes advantage of the iPhone OS. I can quickly jump to a story that interests me, read it OFFLINE if I'm on a flight and I can easily share it with others via social networking sites and via email or text messaging.
More than just articles
The USA Today app also features weather in the cities that you want to keep track of and the latest sports scores, photos and news snapshots
If you choose to setup the social networking features you can configure it for Facebook and your favorite Twitter app. I use Tweetie 2 and it works great.
The Bottom Line
If you like USA Today, then you'll like the USA Today app. I love the scrollable bar across the top that let's me jump quickly to the category that I care about. This freebie is worth the download.
USA Today
USA Today provides the latest headline news, sports scores, weather, pictures and USA Today snapshots in a clean native app.
- USA Today
- Get on App Store
- Free
All info was collected on 18th February, 2010 when the app was reviewed.
About Terry White
Terry is the co-author of The Best Selling "The iPhone Book" 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th editions. He has been active in the industry for over 25 years and is the founder and president of MacGroup-Detroit, Inc., Michigan's largest Macintosh Users Group, host of the Adobe Creative Suite Podcast and a technology writer - Terry White Tech Blog.
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