BNO News “ the iPhone app that prides itself on bringing breaking news to you faster than any other news service, via push notifications “ has just had an update that continues to extend the range of push preferences available.
One of the biggest features of this latest update is that if you subscribe to the service (which is an extra $0.99/month on top of the $1.99 purchase price of the app), you can now filter and set preferences for push notifications by categories and keywords.
I think this is a very cool new feature “ allowing you to choose topic areas that you ‘d like to get notifications on, and even set keywords you want added to push.
Here are some of the other new things in this update:
- Categorization (with color)
- Account management (App Store and Amazon subscriptions)
- No longer relies on Twitter
- iPod Touch support
- New notification sounds
I ‘ve been using BNO News for just under a month now and find that it lives up to its ‘breaking news ‘ rep quite well. It always let me know about major, breaking stories well before AP Mobile, often having several bulletins out ahead of even an initial one from AP.
I ‘m not sure yet whether I ‘ll go for the paid monthly subscription in order to add the category and keyword options over the long term, but I like the concept a lot and will certainly be giving it a try for a month or two once my initial free trial subscription runs out.
***** Just to be clear, you do not need to pay the monthly subscription to get the standard major breaking news headlines via push. The subscription just adds the ability to receive lower priority notifications via the category and keyword selection methods.
I also like that the in-app purchase options for the subscription service let you buy just one month at a time if you like (as well as 3 month and 6 month options).
You can grab the latest version of BNO News in the App Store now, for $1.99.
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