Comments on: Guardian newspaper charges for iPhone app

By: Leon

Leon — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:44:55 +0000

Well the Guardian have already said they will charge for some content at some point. It’s possible they’ll have micro charges for things like breaking news or getting content before the online or print edition I suppose. Or maybe early access for the jobs section?

By: mike s

mike s — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:20:55 +0000

It’ll get interesting if everyone switches to mobile versions of the Guardian as a one-off £2.39 charge won’t provide them with much of a long term income.

By: memespring

memespring — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:11:43 +0000

got it just for reading on the tube. i’ve already not brought 1 copy of the print edition, so only another 1.39 and it will have paid for itself.

By: Maxine

Maxine — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:30:48 +0000

Yup – I’ve played with it overnight and I’m more than chuffed with the amount of content and the speed at which it’s updated. The download feature’s well useful where I live, in a black hole under a big hill.

By: Leon

Leon — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:13:08 +0000

I bought it, it’s not as good as the Telegraph in terms of Twitter integration and user submitted news but I spoke with someone at the Guardian and they said Twitter is coming. And they’re going to go down the route of adding user submitted news. Apparently one of the editors is big on what he refers to as ‘mutualisation of news’.

Like the Telegraph is allows offline reading but where it beats several shades out of the Telegraph is content. The Guardian iPhone app has huge amounts of news content compared to the sparse offering of the Telegraph one. The BBC maybe free but it’s content isn’t always great, it’s slow for breaking news and the tech section is a barely disguised pr companies wet dream at times…

I second Piers’ call for an u75 app! I’d especially like a decent one to run the forums through because they never seem to work via the browser.

By: Piers Gibbon

Piers Gibbon — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:12:29 +0000

But suetoo3 don’t you find that apps are more readable and useable than Safari on the iPhone…? IN fact I demand an urban75 app..and it better be free

By: mike s

mike s — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:59:23 +0000

I can’t say I’ve ever felt the need to know what’s ‘trending’ on a newspaper site!

The download bit is useful, but there’s other ways to do that.

By: Maxine

Maxine — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:41:37 +0000

I’ve paid for it – it’s more customisable than the mobile site, and offers extra features such as trending, and I can download a snapshot of whichever sections I want to read offline, which is handy. So far, I like it.

By: suetoo3

suetoo3 — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:17:31 +0000

I won’t be paying for this. I’ll just look at other news websites like the BBC instead.

By: Piers Gibbon

Piers Gibbon — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:11:37 +0000

when I heard they had an app out I went to download it, assuming it was free
when I found it was a couple of quid I didn’t..out of mild shock and mild stinginess
but I might well go back and pay for it