Five newsworthy iPhone apps

4. The New York Times

Price: Free
Version Reviewed: 2.3.2
Overall Rating: 3 out of 5
User rating : 3.5 out of 5
Developer: The New York Times company

Looking for US related news? You can't go past the New York Times application.

Again, the developers have put out an entirely useable application, with features like saving articles for offline reading and customised reading lists.

Interestingly the application also uses the amount of articles being forwarded by email as a measure of their popularity, providing these articles to the user in a separate menu.

5. Thomson Reuters

Price: Free
Version Reviewed: 1.2.1
Overall Rating: 3 out of 5
User rating : 2.5 out of 5
Developer: Thomson Reuters

If you are looking for a little more business in your news application, check out the offering from Thomson Reuters.

Using a similar menu style to some of the news apps above, the user can indicate the geographic region they are interested in. Whilst Australia is currently not represented, users can choose from the UK or US news sources (The pick of Reuter's local technology news is licensed by iTnews.com.au, among others).

The applications allows the user to select stock watch lists which can be tracked over time, as well video coverage on some of the biggest news and business stories.

And a highly recommended...

Whilst strictly not an iPhone application, we couldn't conclude these reviews without a mention of the iTnews mobile edition!

The mobile site strips down the best of our website to provide the user with a simple interface as good as an application in many cases.

Breaking news and top stories are all at the users fingertips, with links to most read stories, most discussed and of course all our latest reviews.

By using the simple + button, you can then have iTnews on your homescreen!