There are already several great news apps on the iPhone — the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today, to name a few. But there is always room for another good app, and Thomson Reuters has just released a great one, News Pro.
Reuters has always provided top notch news content, especially for business and international news, and of course that great content is available in this app. There are a large number of news categories from which you can choose: Top News, U.S. News, Politics, World News, Business, Markets, Deals, Science, Technology, Internet News, Health, Sports, Entertainment, Film, Television, Music, People and the always amusing Oddly Enough.
The content alone would make this a nice app. But what makes the app really stand out are the extras. Many news stories come with small pictures which you can tap to enlarge and there are a number of short video stories. You can also browse the news by looking at picture thumbnails. You can also get up to date information on the market equity indexes and 18 different currency exchange rates. And you can look up information on individual stocks, including not just the share price information but also the latest news about the company, background on the company including address, officers and directors (including salaries), phone numbers (which you can tap to call), etc. And the interactive stock chart works well and is interesting to use. The stocks portion of this app is a compelling alternative to the Stocks app that comes with the iPhone.
There is room for improvement in this 1.0 app. For example, there is no way to search the current news, change the font size, or e-mail a news story. Nevertheless, Thomson Reuters has done a great job with this app, and if you ever use your iPhone to keep up with the news — especially international or business news — you will want to download this free app.
Click here to get Thomson Reuters News Pro (free): 