Wall Street Journal iPhone App – Business Now Within Reach
5/18/2009 04:58:00 PM - 0 comments
Wall Street Journal has always been considered a prestigious media representative, dedicatedly bringing all day’s business news for you. What started off as a print media version is now famously available as the web version and lately has been made available as the Wall Street Journal iPhone App.Offering Cost-free Wall Street Journal iPhone App
While the web version of the financial newspaper with online content is priced at $103 per year, the print edition is available at $140, and on the Amazon’s Kindle, the Wall Street Journal is priced at $9.99 per month. However, the lately released Wall Street Journal iPhone app is offered free of cost. Now, this move by the media giant to offer free news content for the iPhone is considered quite an achievement as The Wall Street Journal, is considered one of the few newspapers that ‘charges’ for content online.
Wall Street Journal can soon be accessed right in the palm of your hand, courtesy Apple iPhone. The app has been formatted exclusively for the iPhone or iPod touch, with news and views regularly updated on this site, thus facilitating people to take informed business. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) app for iPhones prominently features videos and podcasts; however, one thing that is missing in the app is the Search function.
Keeping options open for Wall Street Journal
The concept of brand-name news app on the iPhone is not new, as the New York Times, Bloomberg, CNN and Associated Press seems to be already using seems to be basking on iPhone success. Latest reports have revealed that the media giant is not completely decided on the current Wall Street Journal ‘free’ status; by indicating that the company is "still exploring all options". However, there is also the option of offering both free and subscription content, to mirror the experience on the site.
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