Free newspapers on your iPhone
By Dusan Belic on Tuesday, July 24th, 2007 at 9:17 AM PST In Apple, Content, Services, iPhone
Here’s something for all the iPhone users who love reading the newspapers, but don’t want to bother with all the paper. NewspaperDirect’s PressDisplay.com is now offering “500 newspapers from 70 countries in 37 languages” — all optimized for your beloved handset.
According to NewspaperDirect’s CEO Alexander Kroogman iPhone’s huge touchscreen is ideal for PressDisplay.com because “its rich user interface complements the advanced navigation and browsing capabilities of PressDisplay.”
Interested? Plans are starting from $2.75 for a single paper (issue) to between $9.95 and $199.95 per month for various levels of access.
[Via: CrunchGear]
Perhaps I’m wrong, but why you call this free newspappers if you have to pay at least 2.75 per paper per month?
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