PBS NEWSHOUR – Official
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September 27th, 2010

Price: Free

Category: News

Updated: Sep 27, 2010

Version: 1.1.1

Size: 3.9 MB

Language: English

Seller: Public Broadcasting Service

Rated 4+

Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 3.0 or later

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Description

Watch the PBS NewsHour anywhere, anytime. The official PBS NewsHour Iphone app provides video, audio and headline news to users over Wifi or 3G connections. The app provides a customizable interface so that users can sort our coverage of politics, the economy, science, art and the world. Read our in-depth analysis, watch Mark Shields & David Brooks, or listen to the official podcasts, all within this app.

This app is IOS4 compatible and supports multitasking.

What's New in Version 1.1.1

PBS NewsHour 1.1.1 for iPhone is a minor release to fix compatibility issues with iOS3.13 and iOS4

- Video plays properly in iPod Touch and iPhones running IOS3.13
- Audio no longer drops on IOS4 devices when they sleep
- Minor bug fixes

Customer Reviews

Good... But: (4 stars)
Please PLEASE remove the "Morning Line" banner on the bottom of the page(s). Together with all the other fixed items, it leaves too little "real estate" for the news items.

PBS any time anywhere! (5 stars)
It is well polished for browsing for a nybble or byte of the PBS news. I like having a choice of transcript, audio or video.

I suggest leaving up the Morning Line banner ad for just a few seconds but include an I-for-info circle on the banner for people who want to know more about this service. The screen real estate is too precious to keep the banner up full time.

Thanks for the high quality reporting and trustworthy discu

Doesn't provide News Hour anywhere (1 star)
This app provide snippets of the News Hour. They break up the news into bits, and this might be a 'feature' if you are watching on a phone, or over a 3G network. However, you can't watch the entire show, as you can online. You can't watch the 'news' part of the show, only the features. In short, it is not what is says it is, and doesn't give you the content that is readily available online.