AP Mobile updated but still falls short

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Furthermore, there's the stupid, red AP logo and the words "Associated Press" listed on *every* article. (See the screenshot accompanying this article.)

Must we battle that visual clutter on every single line? I don't think users are likely to forget what app they've launched. Couldn't the logo and name be placed within the actual body of the articles, instead of on every line of a *list* of articles?

Dumb, dumb, dumb.

Wish I had known this was coming before I upgraded. The original Mobile News app did everything right.

So you're telling me a free app sucks? OK, fair enough, but can't TUAW review apps we can't try ourselves?

Second, why not write the developer and voice your concerns (if you haven't already)? A blog post like this has a chance to reach lots of people, yet, you offer nothing for readers to help fix the situation—at least offer a link or contact info and tell readers to write to the developer(s). Seems like people just like the vent.

The AP is becoming is becoming a right-wing mouthpiece anyway. I've removed them from all my feeds, and I wouldn't allow them on my iPhone.

I agree with the criticism of the app, the 1.5 version had to be whacked and reinstalled regularly as it became slower and slower, and the 2.x version is a bloated mess. But really, the worst part is that the AP news is so poorly written and tends to focus on crime reporting. I'll take NY Times and BBC News for content any day, and both have excellent iPhone apps available for free.

I would have to agree with Mr. Martin. I saw the update and promptly downloaded it thinking it was just another set of bug fixes. I was wrong. I had to go back using time machine, find the old version, delete the update, and reinstall v1.5.1. For such a large news provider, I fail to understand why they can't get a decent designer for their app.

I am still using 1.1.1 and won't update until either it doesn't work anymore or 2.0 is cleaned up. 1.1.1 was the last version without ads and it works beautifully and is nice and clean.

It matters not. The app is apparently not available to us Canadians.

YES, the scrolling STILL sucks! it jumps all over the board, the clips (placeholders) at the top do occupy much of the screen, basically this is a perfect write-up. I use mobile AP, but it really does need MUCH improvement. I didn't see a feature to write a comment any longer (which hasn't worked since the very first version of the app a year or more ago), only to submit a story which I haven't tried yet. the font size needs to be adjustable as well as the option to turn off or on menu images, as they are big and if you have more than one topic set in the prefs (which are horrendous) you can only see 2 stories at a time basically, unless you hit the "more..." button. This APP still needs much improvement. It'll get the job done most of the time, but it's more bloated and clunkier than a detroit oil burner!