Ziteon Friday foretell the availableness of its newsreading app on the iPhone , wrap up an exceptionally busy workweek for word app developers .
The news follow , by just a few days , Flipboard ’s launching of an iPhone - compatible general app , a successor to the troupe ’s year - old — and much - lauded—”social magazine ” for iPad . likewise , Google on Thursday announce the launch of its newGoogle Currents readerfor iPhone and iPad .
Zite is more similar to Flipboard , in that both tie into a user ’s societal media — like Twitter and Facebook — to produce headlines ; Currents instead feature a partnership with on-line publishers to make their subject matter available in that app .
Zite ’s newfangled iPhone offering is a little different from the other two apps . Both Flipboard and Currents are graphic - driven — require substance abuser to come home on icons to get to the headlines . Zite , though , is headline - drive : Flipboard offer just two account per iPhone Thomas Nelson Page , but Zite double over that number . Zite ’s iPhone app also has a scrolling menu across the top that allow users shift quickly between categories .
And if you have multiple iOS devices , you ’ll in all likelihood want to sign up for a Zite write up , to synchronize your preferences and tidings sources between your iPhone and iPad . Flipboard also has a new history system for similar purposes — and Google products are incomplete , of course , without a Google story .
Although the introduction of the iPad was initially seen by old - media publisher as a digital dick that might help them save their businesses — and , at long last , come out to be doing just that — this hebdomad ’s intelligence signals the iPhone ’s continued relevance as a newsreading gimmick , with iPad achiever write up like Flipboard and Zite thrive their offerings to the smaller screen .
Zite , in particular , suggested to reporters that there were two good reasons for doing so : First , iOS substance abuser sometimes only have time to quick check headlines on their iPhone in between meeting and other errand . secondly , there are reportedly still plenty of iPhone users who do n’t own iPads .
The new iPhone interface is uncommitted as part of a 1.3 update to Zite ’s existing app , which now runs on any gimmick with Io 4.0 or later .
