Thomson Reuters Launches BlackBerry App

Media giant Thomson Reuters is getting a little more mobile, now with a dedicated BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) application so you can catch up on the latest news from around the world while on the move. Handmark is helping out in the operation, and has already powered Forbes, Associated Press and Wall Street Journal apps with their publishing framework. This isn’t the first mobile Reuters has worked on; previously, they’ve pumped out a pretty robust-looking financial data application, but the new app will likely be more colourful reading. Here’s the feature run-down:

• News stories from a variety of categories including world, sports, politics, environment, health, and business
• Full story articles and photos optimized for easy reading on a mobile device
• Ability to select region – US, Canada, UK, or India – for localized content
• Up-to-the-minute market data including indices, commodities and currencies by region
• Designed to support offline use when users don’t have service or an Internet connection
• Personalized stocks tab so users can track only the stocks that they want
• Keywords and My Feeds tab that allows users to customized news feeds that are of special interest

You can download the install file directly here, but it’s probably less of a hassle to find it on the App World. Reuters is solid for a broad range of interest, but if you’re more into the mobile news niche, you should be looking into picking up Frequency for BlackBerry.

[via MarketWatch]