• ReadWriteWeb, Friday, October 15, 2010 12:50 PM

The New York Times just rolled out a comprehensive iPad application, which, for a short time, consumers can experience for free. "Starting next year, NYT plans to charge," notes ReadWriteWeb. The new app offers breaking news, videos, photo slideshows and blogs.

Overall, 25 sections of the paper's content, and 50 NYTimes.com blogs are included in the new app. Previously, The Times offered iPad users an "Editor's Choice" app, featuring a limited collection of news and opinion, and which left many disappointed. "Here, at last, we have an digital alternative to an old-fashioned newspaper and one of the country's most prominent papers is offering only a limited and crippled (the iPad app didn't support hyperlinks) selection of content," is how ReadWriteWeb articulated user sentiment. According to the tech blog, it was rumored that even Apple CEO Steve Jobs disliked the "Editor's Choice" app.

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