Comments on: BNO News iPhone App Updated – Adds Category & Keyword Options to Push Notifications

By: FrankCatalano

FrankCatalano — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:21:50 +0000

In reply to patrickj. I agree...LOL

By: patrickj

patrickj — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:04:54 +0000

In reply to FrankCatalano. Uh-oh. May need to delete my earlier comment, remove evidence of advice that leads to trouble :) (joke)

By: FrankCatalano

FrankCatalano — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:41:00 +0000

In reply to patrickj. I just downloaded it about 3 secs ago & I just customized it.... I like the simple UI b/c news apps can get cluttered with junk when you really just need the essentials. Patrick are you trying to get me in trouble already, I don't get married until next Saturday.... LOL I will definitely have to create an alias. Thanks for the idea.

By: patrickj

patrickj — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:40:12 +0000

In reply to FrankCatalano. Cool - hope you like it.

By: patrickj

patrickj — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:31:03 +0000

In reply to FrankCatalano. Good example of the 'several alerts' thing this morning. Saw an alert earlier saying the IOC (International Olympic Committee) was going to be deciding today on the venue for the 2016 games, with Madrid, Chicago, others in the running. Saw another just now saying Chicago has been knocked out of contention. Oh, and you could always sneak onto Twitter under a false name to (temporarily) avoid marital disasters :)

By: FrankCatalano

FrankCatalano — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:21:36 +0000

In reply to patrickj.

You did help…. I know you like BNO News & have recommended it in past articles. I was just a little put off by some of the reviews in the app store describing annoying push notifications every 2 seconds. It comes down to what you want…. I want a news app that is going to alert me of breaking news b/c every other app has failed at it. I am downloading this app now 🙂 Thanks Patrick.

By: FrankCatalano

FrankCatalano — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:16:52 +0000

In reply to brandonsteili. Yes, I agree. Most likely I will be buying this app today. I would check them on Twitter but my fiance said she won't marry me next week if I did join. Between Facebook & the Blogs I think she is right.... I may never get anything done if I join something else. LOL Brandonsteili thanks for the suggestion. :)

By: patrickj

patrickj — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:15:19 +0000

In reply to FrankCatalano.

You do sometimes get several notifications on one story. But … they are not identical, they are fleshing out more details as they develop or similar generally. I've mentioned before that I'm not the world's biggest fan of push and I'm very edgy about getting too many alerts – and I can honestly say BNO News has never bothered me in this respect. Its level of alerts seems pitched just about right. YMMV of course.

AS for suggestions, not sure. AP Mobile has the local news feature which is very nice – but it is nowhere near as fast as BNO News and does not generate near as many alerts. I ditched AP Mobile once I got to know BNO News. I still also use Newsflash and some others though (Time Magazine etc.). I'm no help 🙂

By: brandonsteili

brandonsteili — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:08:38 +0000

BNO is the one to get then.

CNN & AP have nothing on them and are usually hours behind. If its the notifications you're worried about – then why not just follow them on twitter and check your twitter stream all the time?

By: FrankCatalano

FrankCatalano — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:54:25 +0000

This is an app I have been wanting to buy…. I have heard from people that they will receive notifications numerous times regarding he same news story. I just don't want a million notifications regarding a story I don't care about or that happened hours ago. So Patrick what do you suggest? I am a news junkie & have been using the AP news app which is just not cutting it for breaking news stories.