SwitchNews is a new Google news app for Windows Phone, we have seen a few others like Goo News that offer google news via an app. The developer informs us SwitchNews allows users to see the latest news from your country (26 countries supported) and add custom keyword-based feeds for your favorite topics. You can also share news item that you find interesting on Facebook and Twitter. It’s available for free (no ads) on the Marketplace in English and French from the “news + weather” category. Press release below
Get the latest news from your country with this simple and smooth Google News app for your Windows Phone 7. You can now add custom topics to the app home page and share the items on Facebook and Twitter!
Coming in the next release :
• more sharing options + Instapaper integration
• news caching for offline viewing
NewsReader is a Bing News app for Windows Phone 7.
Finally, mobile news done right! NewsReader is a portal to Bing News. Stay on top of the happenings around the World, U.S. Internet, or your own field of study with minimal hassle. NewsReader is fast, looks beautiful and is generally pleasent to use. Download it today and try it for yourself.
I was tired of bloated websites that are not optimized for a mobile device. They can take a while to load, be slow to navigate, present you with pop-up ads, and generally annoy you. I created NewsReader to help solve those issues. By default, all sites are formatted, and optimized for the phone (you can turn this off if you don’t like it).
There are a lot of news app for Windows Phone 7 , we did take a look at UN News a while ago, now we have GooNews which is a wp7 app that brings Google News to windows phone 7 in style. The app fetches all the main categories from Google news and you have the option to toggle any of the given default categories and the best feature is you can select any topic and Goonews will fetch news item related from Google news and display it as one of the tab. You can even launch each article by clicking on it which will open the story in Pocket IE windows within the app from where you can easily save it to InstaPaper or share it via email or open the story in Pocket IE. Over all the WP7 app works as advertised and we found it was quite fast and worked well. The WP7 app GooNews is free and if you are looking for a way to keep on top of the various news breaking all over the world then this is a great app.
NewsSG takes feeds from Channel News Asia, The Straits Times, Today Online and brings it all together in the form of a simple Windows Phone 7 app.
WP7 App Description
Singapore News, from where you want it, when you want it. Get to know the latest headlines from the various news sources in singapore, ranging from mainstream media to new media (coming soon). Keep yourself up to date, with all the local news at your finger tips, from one app.
[Change log]
v1.4 + rectify the wrong update file submission for 1.3 -_-”
v1.3 + rectified all scroll related problems
v1.2 + fixed chopped up text
v1.1 + modified theming, now supports light theme as well
The Straits Times is an English-language daily broadsheet newspaper based in Singapore. The app is developed by Apps Lah and is an unofficial client for Straits Times. The app has got a metro UI look to it. The app needs .NET CF3.5
Current Features
- read full articles available from StraitsTimes.com Free
- view pictures and captions related to the articles
- change font size for articles
- offline syncing
- low-bandwidth mode (by displaying images only when articles are read)
- auto updater
The Straits Times is an English-language daily broadsheet newspaper based in Singapore, currently owned by the Singapore Press Holdings (SPH). It is the country’s highest-selling paper and now you can get the latest news from The Straits Times on your windows mobile phone. As you can see from the screenshots they have tried to bring in some of the Metro UI in to the app.
New York Daily News Launches App for Windows Mobile the app looks similar to the The Associated Press App , the app doesn’t look very polished . In any case if you want it head over to nydailynews.com/mobile or text ‘MOBILE’ to DNEWS (36397).
The app is available for iPhone, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile right now, the New York Daily News also has plans to expand into additional platforms, including Palm, webOS, Android and J2ME-based devices in the near future.
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