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Variety Variety

Variety-iphone-29389

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2.5 stars

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Description

Access the latest media industry news, reviews, photos, and videos from Variety.com from anywhere.

* News - Headlines and full text of all of our top stories.

* Reviews - Full text with the quality analysis you expect from the Variety staff.

* Photos - High quality photos from important industry events.

* Videos - High quality videos from Variety.com

App Details

Category:
News
Release Date:
Apr 27, 2009
Homepage:
http://variety.com/
Publisher:
NewsGator Technologies, Inc.
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Reviews

Best Trade News App for iPhone!!!
JonDavid1210 5.0 stars Version: 1.0
This app is a must have for those in the entertainment industry! I no longer need to have 10+ Variety.com news feeds on my RSS reader, or have to try and navigate the full site on the iPhone's smallish screen. I still read my copy of Daily Variety each morning, but check then check the app for the latest updates while sitting in L.A. traffic or in my free moments throughout the day. It's ease of use and large print are just want you'd expect in a great app. However, in future updates Variety needs to add TV ratings & pilot pick-ups. This app is not a substitution to reading the trade papers but it works as a great compliment them. Jonathan David TV producer/director Universal City, CA
By nicnlv
NICNLV 3.0 stars Version: 1.0
One star for Apple Technology One star for Content One star for Price! It's only gonna get better for the updates to come :)
Update a major improvement
Cmarlow1 5.0 stars Version: 2.0
Finally, the Variety iPhone developers listen to the users and make some excellent improvements to the app. No more linking to the site to read articles. The photo galleries are optimized for the device and the annoying updater on the app button is gone (hated how it would tally every new piece of content I hadn't read. Good job with the update!
Crashes all the time and should have offline viewing
tothelimit8 2.0 stars Version: 1.0
I like this app and think the interface is okay, but it continuously crashes on me whenever I try to navigate the site. It also will only let you read headlines and short summaries of the articles when you are offline. The designer should consider making it more like the AP newsfeed app, which downloads the stories directly to the phone when you open it so you can read them offline as well. Like another reviewer said, the app would also be better if it wasn't just linking you directly to the website.
No time was spent testing
smichaels 1.0 stars Version: 1.0
It appears as though this was rushed out. The photo browser is ridiculous.. Come on you have to do better than a miniscule view of a web page.
Too Crash Happy
synthmob 1.0 stars Version: 1.0
Too often I would be reading an article then exit to list and program would crash out for no reason. Also they need a way to Mark All Articles as READ.
Constantly crashing
Dtjdetjgsrui 1.0 stars Version: 1.0
This app seems to crash every two minutes, which is pretty frustrating. Then there is the fact that it takes two steps to get from the headline to the story. When you tap on the headline it takes you to a summary page. Then you tap on the story AGAIN to get to actually read it. All the time you are waiting for page loads at each step. But the silliest part is that there is a story summary on the main page. I can't imagine why anyone would want to see TWO story summaries before they get to the story. Finally, due to the format, the print is extremely small in portrait orientation. When you switch to landscape orientation the print is big enough to read, but there is very little space for the actual story. You have the iPhone OS icon bar at the top of the page. Then you have the toolbar for the Variety app below that. And at the bottom of the page there is another wide bar for advertising. This only leaves room for about four lines of the story text, which leaves you scrolling constantly. Frustrating.
NEED TO UPGRADE READ ARTICLES
MR. SNOOCH 2.0 stars Version: 1.0
It is so annoying to see a number next to the icon, this program doesn't delete read articles. Hoping they correct this right away.
Just a portal to Variety.com website
MikePfunn 3.0 stars Version: 1.0
The designers should look at other, better news app, particularly Mobile News (AP), NYT and USA Today. Users should understand that they're not getting a news reader with this app, but simply a set of links to the Variety.com website on a mobile browser, which is clunky in practice, particularly if you want to read several stories in one sitting. (You're having to go back and forth from the app to the website.) Why can't the full stories be served within the app itself, as the aforementioned apps do? Also, the app has the annoying feature of displaying the number of unread stories in those big, red balloons. If this app is determined to do this, it would be nice to have a "mark all as read" button.
K CheEbA
KCheEba 1.0 stars Version: 1.0
Don't think it's to Hott! Can't edit news all ready read, booooo upgrade!!!
Just a sub par rss reader
flash2000 1.0 stars Version: 1.0
Let me know when it turns into a real app and not just an RSS reader with window dressing.
Perfect!
KeithAlan 5.0 stars Version: 1.0
Just the app I wanted for my iphone!
Lose badge count add delete
NY Mogul 1.0 stars Version: 1.0
Either that or this app is getting trashed on this phone
Really cool for entertainment news
overthehillpunk 5.0 stars Version: 1.0
It's very easy & intuitive to use. I especially like the film reviews.
Really cool app...
laurakf 5.0 stars Version: 1.0
Nice way to keep up to speed on the latest and greatest dirt:) Simple, clean interface and great content. Can't beat the price either!
Terrible app
celtics head 5.0 stars Version: 1.0
It was quite bad had like no articles in it the only reason I downloaded it was fotc on the screenshot
Crashes too often
SantTX 2.0 stars Version: 1.0
When the app attempts a refresh, the odds are that it will crash. Some days, it will require a dozen or so restarts of the app in order to view all the latest news & reviews. Then again, it is FREE.
Not even worth it for FREE
waynensocal 1.0 stars Version: 1.0
This app just annoys me. The ICON always has the "update" number being display. You can never keep up with reading all the articles to get that number to stop displaying. Then you open the app and all the small icons at the bottom have numbers attached for unread articles. They think I am going to read all the articles? Plus, there is nothing interesting to read. Don't they get the message! Look how many neg reviews this app has.
OMG!! Clearly a beta release
Anonmom 2.0 stars Version: 1.0
TURN OFF BADGE COUNT!! Allow user to: -Select topics, I don't want icon access to Videos. How about classifieds or box office returns? -Must be faster -Must provide more than the extended headline when an article is initially selected, this is actually one reason I bailed on another newsgator app. -Full article should open, no browser default.
No more badge counts ....
myfone 1.0 stars Version: 1.0
Info is great but badge count in app which always shows made me uninstall this. It is very annoying
Don't like
Texasdrb 1.0 stars Version: 1.0
Too much info. Articles too long. Boring trailers.
Poor Execution
regexp 1.0 stars Version: 1.0
Unstable, read counts only get updated if you actually click on an article, and links to stories just redirect you to the variety website.
Simple and Useful
mkbanks 5.0 stars Version: 1.0
Great content, easy navigation, and it's free!
Variety
Janie5050 3.0 stars Version: 1.0
I am enjoying the Variety application. The only con for me are the numbers of articles to be read that pop up on application icon on the iphone. If I had the option to remove those I would rate this application a 5 star.
Waste of time
Just a fool 1.0 stars Version: 1.0
Just an excuse to link to their content with the built in browser instead of actually creating a useful app.
love this app
code404 5.0 stars Version: 2.0
great job - this is a perfect way to get just the info I need while i'm sitting in traffic! :)
Works great!
Sonofa Macintosh 4.0 stars Version: 1.0
Does exactly what I need it to do and more. Highly recommend.

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