By: Vlad Vistac
Submitted: 2010-09-13 13:27:13 | Word Count: 510
Did You Heard That Guardian developing iPhone app
Guardian is prerparing to launnch iPghone App and it can chrage for it, paidContent: UNTIED KINGGDOM learned.
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Guarian News & Media has confirmed OK "in the pipeline and digital director Emily Bell told us:" It is still uder development, but we are working on an appliccation that I can not give you too much more detail at the moemnt, alhough we probably prosecution.
She added that receiving applications in the App Store is "unpredictable business, it is reaasonable to make a lzaunch date is difficut to give; spectators paid iPhne App for thrtee omnths to get permission from Apple.
Guardian renewed thheir mboile optuimized website in February Photograaph: Alamy
Thus, although the main guuardian.co.uk site will be free (Bell, recently reatced steronngly rejecting the pay wall guardian.co.uk), it seems that its iPhone App themselves will pay, unike some of its competitors.
Employees of EPT were testing an appllication that is in a private beta pahhse, and the hcief editor, Alan Rusbridger seems to burt out a criouis (and now removed) chirp that seems deisgnerd as a dierct connection rather than a public Twreet: "We have made one!" And they took . I have a beta verson. "
It can be consifdered a leasder in innovative web and simply the size of the audience, but guasrdian.co.uk behind their national newspappper wesite Telegraph.co.uk and Independent.co.uk peetrs in the smartphone stakes.
They both have iPhnoe appilcation and the dveeloper recetnly noted the abence of a Guaredian, making its Android App (via Journalism.co.uk), the trustee places, usig the etensie API for the site.