NY Times catches up, adds Android app

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Posted by DeStorm May - 11 - 2010 - Tuesday

One thing I’ve noticed in the month I’ve had my Nexus One — tons of web publishers have added Apps to the market. iApp Ventures has added a few news aggregators, and I’ve noticed a ton of web publisher apps from Notice Software . Today we see another publisher, this one a bit bigger, adding their app to the Android Market. That’s the New York Times, and their app is front and center. The app looks and functions just as I’d imagined it. By default the top stories get listed on the main screen, complete with snippet description. Pull down the top bar to change categories. They have pretty much every section of the newspaper here, which is quite nice. The articles are pretty much the unabridged version, same as the website, complete with pictures. This is great, at least for a reader like me who enjoys the experience the Nexus One and other touchscreen devices provide. I also enjoyed the ability to scroll left and right to read more articles, rather than navigating back to the main page. (One minor complaint: hyperlinks do not come through on the Android app. Oh well.) If you’re not the biggest fan of the mobile device reading experience, you can try to get more out of the NY Times app by adjusting the font. It looks good for me on Medium, but then I switched to Small and liked it even more. It has two larger settings as well, so it can fit the preferences of any reader. When you’re reading an article you can hit the menu button and share it through a number of channels. These include Gmail and messages, plus any social media apps you have installed. It integrates perfectly with the WordPress app, too. You can get the NY Times app for free in the market, or you can scan the QR code below. NY Times catches up, adds Android app Post from: Google And Blog