NYTimes
by Antonio Wells
May 14, 2010 1:34 PM –
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The NYTimes app for Android allows you to enjoy the award-winning journalism of The New York Times on your Android smartphone, free of charge. Specifically designed to utilize the features and navigation of the Android, this app includes: unique video display, various sharing tools, offline reading and font size adjustment.
Price: Free
AndroidTapp.com Android App Review:
Pros & Cons:
Pros
- Read The New York Times while mobile
- Watch NYT videos
- Share articles & videos
- Has home screen 4×1 widget
- Offline reading and font size adjustment
Cons
- Navigating sections in the second window-shade is kinda cumbersome, recommend using the Menu button
- Some NYT vids come through poorly digitally pixelated
Features:
NYTimes Android App is The New York Times official app for Android. The glaring feature it has over the iPhone version is the ability to watch NYT videos. Naturally you get articles from an array of topic sections, however I would recommend using the phone’s Menu button to access these rather than trying to pull down the second window-shade with the app sub-header. You can share articles and videos via email, SMS messages or other apps installed on your phone. Another plus allows you to read content offline and adjust font sizes for the small screen. Finally is has a home screen 4×1 widget in which you can choose which sections stream through.
In our evaluation, some of the videos came though with extreme digital pixelation… like watching on a dish in a storm.
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NYTimes Latest News
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NYTimes Article Content
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NYTimes Sections
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NYTimes Technology
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NYTimes Latest Videos
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NYTimes Home Screen Widget
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NYTimes Playing Video
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NYTimes Video Sharing Options
Usefulness & Frequently Used:
For readers of the NYTimes with Android devices this is golden! They’ll probably access the content multiple times if not daily.
Ease of Use:
Aside from the sections buried in the window-shade, the app is über easy and straight-forward.
Interface:
Just like the NYT paper and website, the app features elegant minimalistic textual driven design. Remember you can adjust the font size on an article by pressing the Menu button and choosing your size.