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I've been looking for a news app that I like for iPhone for a while now. The NYTimes app was my go-to, until they made it subscription only (I would happily pay
by atacrawl 14y ago
I've been looking for a news app that I like for iPhone for a while now. The NYTimes app was my go-to, until they made it subscription only (I would happily pay for the app if they would just let me). I thought Flipboard held some promise, but I found it too gimmicky. Other news apps I've tried just didn't do it for me.
Honestly, most of the news I get on my phone comes from Twitter (well, Tweetbot to be more precise). When I want to hit up a news site, I go to Evening Edition (http://evening-edition.com http://evening-edition.com).
- cwe 14y agoI primarily use Tweetbot and Flipboard, both of which give you articles in a browser window. People are so acclimated to the way the web (currently) works, I think they prefer this dynamic. Reading an online article is more ingrained in us than arbitrary apps that come up with fancy interfaces for the content, when all we want is the content in a standard wrapper. Apps are still young, maybe some patterns will start to emerge in the interfaces that will change the OP numbers, but I have a feeling the pattern will be apps that point to browsers.
- untog 14y agoI think the Twitter part is the main reason that people are reading their news through browsers and not apps- it's all about the discovery. Interesting that this has just been posted today, though- NYT have posted an experimental version of their HTML5 iPad app: http://app.nytimes.com http://app.nytimes.com. If they can bring people in through that, it could be the best of both worlds.