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The first sentence of USA Interactive’s press release is quite pretentious. It goes like this:
The entire U.S. government — and its history — have just gone mobile.
With that sentence they are announcing two iPhone apps: iUSA and iAmerica, which reportedly provide users with access to everything from their local government to the White House, allowing them [users] to research, connect, and get involved in public service.
First comes the paid app – iUSA (costs $4.99), which indexes every government resource and makes it all easily accessible, and which is touted as “The Pocket Guide to the United States of America – Her History, People and Government.” However, it’s not just a guide, as the app is also designed to educate and promote participation in all levels of government by putting the most current public policy information at citizens’ fingertips. For that purpse, USA Interactive culled from a variety of public sources — including the Library of Congress, the White House, USA.gov, Wikipedia and the National Archives. In addition, the application also allows users to write to the President and lawmakers directly from their iPhones.
As for iAmerica, it’s the companion free iPhone app which is made as a subset of iUSA providing the history of the U.S. through its Presidency, only…
About The Author
Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
