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The Onion has launched its official iPhone app, sponsored by Jack Link’s Beef Jerky. The application presents the award-winning news, analysis and attention-grabbing headlines all Onion fans, myself included, love.
Among the things you’ll be able to enjoy while on the go are Onion Radio News, Onion News Network video, sports, opinion editorials, statshots, infographics and more. In addition, you can search and view The Onion’s online content archives and save items for offline viewing (very handy). Paid upgrades featuring enhanced functionality will be made available throughout 2010.
If you’re not familiar with The Onion (shame on you), you should know it’s the “last bastion of reliable, unbiased, and definitive news reporting in a world dominated by superficial, mediocre, non-Onion-related media outlets.” During the past 21 years, it has expanded from a humble local weekly to a national print readership and online audience of 7 million a month.
And if you remember, this isn’t the first Onion iPhone app we’ve seen – in September of last year we talked about their Microfiche application.
The Onion (FREE) [iTunes link]
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.
