It seems that New York Times was glued with iProducts for a long time, so it is a very good news at last New York Times feels to hug Android.
I saw the app in the market yesterday and it is really a nice and straightforward implementation.
The layout of the app gives you a list of articles with the title, the first dozen or so words, and a small thumbnail image.
You can turn down on the section title (e.g. “Latest News”) in order to see all of the other available sections (there are 28 total), or you can hit the menu button and select “Sections” to see the same list.
If you are in an article you can swipe left or right to move to the previous or next article in that section or you can hit the menu button to share the article or resize the text.
The videos in the “latest videos” section played back well on my Motorola Droid and appeared appropriately formatted for the screen size and resolution.
While it isn’t breaking any new ground it certainly is a worthy freshman effort as it serves the purpose of delivering the Times content to the Android masses in an efficient and easy to navigate fashion and it all comes to you for your favorite subscription fee of $0 per day.
If you are a fan of the NY Times or you’re just a news junkie in general I think it is definitely worth a download so hit up the QR code to take it for a spin and let us know what you think.
