I be given to reflexively dismiss unmarried - source news apps , since they ’re usually not much more than a repackaged mobile site . CNN ’s Mobile , with energy , VOD and live newscasts , is much , much more — but do n’t carry to get it for free .
Once you ’ve bewilder over the fact that no , CNN somehow did n’t already have an iPhone app , consider the feature list : CNN.com ’s school text message is formatted into swipeable panel , organized by family . you may write stories for offline recital , and select subjects to make personalized tidings feed from CNN ’s stories . ( In blogland , we call these “ tag , ” but hey ! ) If you ’re specially reportorial , there ’s also a panel for iReport submissions—3GS users can upload video , and everyone can upload fib and photos .
The newsreading and reportage map look ok , but he app does n’t really start to shine until it starts to stream : Video is usable in both VOD and live flavors , the first of which is mastermind in a catalogue , and the indorsement of which jumps in and out of armed service at the whim of CNN . Here ’s the theory : Users sit tight with their text content and old clips of Anderson Cooper interviewing bear cat greenhorn , or whatever he does , until NEWS BREAKS : Anderson has been mauled by female parent Ailuropoda melanoleuca . This is huge . You get a push notification that say , “ Hey , CNN ’s live correctly now , ” which mean that the station ’s message is streamed over Wi - Fi , 3 GB or EDGE . And , you see .
CNN says this ’ll kick in somewhat often , mostly to check with big news events — you get laid , the kind of thing you might rush to a video to find out more about . It might not fathom like much , but conceptually , overseas telegram newsworthiness streaming over the air to the iPhone is , well , a pretty big deal . deplorably , CNN seems to have realized this , so they are n’t giving this one out for free : the app will run two dollars when it decease live later this morning . [ CNN ]
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