Apple Thoughts: CNN in the iPhone App Store

"As you may have heard by now, we launched the CNN App for the iPhone and iPod touch last night. We've had this app cooking for a while, so we are extremely excited to unveil it. Now available for download for a one-time fee of $1.99 on the App Store, the CNN App is designed to provide a visually-driven news experience for iPhone and iPod touch users who demand accessibility and convenience."

Favorable reviews on this app, which is $1.99 USD and available now in the iTunes store. But be warned you do get ads even though you paid for the app. According to the CNN press release, "We're charging a one-time fee of $1.99 for the CNN App on the iPhone and iPod touch, and the App also has ads in it. We did this for two reasons: 1. To deliver on a premium experience with unique features and functionality never before available from CNN on a mobile device; and 2. to ensure we were positioned to continue building new, improved mobile products to offer consumers."

If I pay for an application I don't want ads, even though the ones I've seen on the app are fairly unobtrusive. If you want to learn more about it, check out the CNN iPhone site.