New York Times for iPad update adds content

It's too bad you can't get the full content, even if that were a paid option it would be better than no option at all.

Using the crazed Iranian despot as the lead-in picture is distasteful and ill-advised -- it's not just that I dislike him, he's deeply offensive to anyone with any sense of right and wrong.

Whilst others are complaining about one of the articles shown on the screenshot, I would like to say thanks for the "Finding Supermodels in Rural Brazil" article.

A quick Google later and I'd both read the article and seen the video. Fascinating and worth a read/watch.

He said Israel, not Jews. He has nothing against Jews, in fact many live in Iran.

damn right maxwell. get a grip colin.

he's a head of state, and a controversial one at that. he's quite often in the news. why shouldn't he be on one of the screenshots of a news app? your opinion of him is irrelevant.

Get over it.

He exists, so you will see pictures of him.
Everybody knows his views, most people dislike them, and a picture on a blog really isn't going to change anybody above the age of five's opinion. Maybe it is you that is the five year old?

I'm actually glad the Times app doesn't mirror the full website. Most news sites, including the Times, are overflowing with content. So much so that I can't scan let alone read all of it. The Times iPad app returns us to the idea of a curated "paper" that can be read in it's entirety in a reasonable amount of time.

As I understand it, the limited content is because of an exclusivity clause Amazon has with NYTimes on the Kindle; until that contract expires, the NYTimes cannot offer a competing edition on any other e-reader unless it has either less content, or a higher price than the Amazon Kindle subscription.

A quick Google turned up: http://www.fastcompany.com/1638172/the-new-york-timess-lackluster-steve-jobs-disapproved-ipad-app-its-amazons-fault

@Colin

"Giving more exposure to this homicidal. genocidal maniac should be bad in anyone's books."

I agree. It's like if people had just ignored Hitler... he would have just gone away on his own.

Oh, wait...

Dude, chill. It is what's currently showing in the video section (you know - one of the new sections this article is writing about) when you launch the app.

I agree, the guy isn't worthy, but how in the hell would you ever know that, if it weren't for the news about him to begin with? News needs to be open, even when it pisses you off.

You think the world should revolve around you, but one day you'll find out that will never happen, and you'll have to adjust yourself to the world, not the other way around.