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PEOPLE Celebrity News TrackerCurrent Version: 1.5

For those who want to know EVERYTHING happening on the celebrity scene right now, PEOPLE’s new iPhone/iTouch app delivers up-to-the-minute celebrity breaking news and photos direct from our reporting bureaus across the country. Dig into hundreds of stories and PEOPLE-only exclusives and slide through full-screen Star Tracks photos that follow your favorite stars both on the red carpet and off. Can’t get enough of one special celebrity? Check out our unique “Celebs” section where you’ll find in-depth profiles and deep photo scrapbooks for 200+ stars. Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, you’ll enjoy the most exciting breaking news, delivered in our custom-built, touch-enabled app from PEOPLE magazine, America’s #1 celebrity source.

*** Please contact us at: iphonesupport@peoplemag.com to report any issues with the application ***

Highlights:

News -- Who's getting married? Who just delivered a baby minutes ago? What's the latest celebrity scoop that no one else has yet? Wherever you are, be the first to read it and check out the accompanying expandable photos.

Photos -- From on vacation to on location, go behind the scenes with the stars every day and swipe through hundreds of caught-in-the-act photos!

Celebs -- Brad & Angelina! Beyonce! Robert Pattinson! Become an instant expert on 200+ of your favorite stars with detailed biographies of their lives, their latest news stories and a collection of intimate through-the-years photos.

Top 5 Stories -- If you’ve only got a minute, our Top 5 list constantly monitors and displays the most-read stories so that you can cut to the chase!

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PEOPLE Celebrity News Tracker Review

App delivers news and photos of celebs, but that info comes with ads

When it comes to celebrity news and profiles of regular people doing extraordinary things, People remains a newsstand favorite. But People isn’t resting on its print edition—it’s moved into the digital age, first with a Web site and now with an app for the iPhone and iPod touch.


People Who Need People: The News tab in People Celebrity News Tracker brings you the latest stories from People.com, arranged in reverse chronological order.

The home screen in People Celebrity News Tracker contains all the latest news arranged in reverse chronological order like a blog. Tapping on a story brings up the full article and a relevant photo. A Photos page includes lots of celeb pics again arranged by date. A Celeb page has a long list of celebs; tapping on one brings up the latest news as well as photos and a biography. Finally, the Top Five page contains the top five most read stories this week.

People’s iPhone app is essentially a mobile collection of what’s available on the Web site, so you could theoretically save yourself the $2 cost of the app by reading People.com via the built-in browser on your iPhone or iPod touch. The advantage People Celebrity News Tracker offers is a super clean interface where stories and photos are nicely laid out for quick and easy access.

With that said, I find it a little annoying that People includes ads in a paid app. That’s fine for free downloads—developers have bills to pay, too—but it seems excessive when you’ve already handed over $2. Still, iPhone users dying for the latest celebrity gossip will certainly like the app, ads and all.

People is compatible with any iPhone or iPod touch running the iPhone 2.2 software update.

[Tim Mercer is a technology enthusiast, graphic designer, and blogger, whose blog, digital-artist-toolbox.com, offers free resources to the digital artist and graphic designer.]

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