News 12 Mobile app review

News 12 Mobile

Price: FREE

News 12 Mobile by Ferhat Ozduran covers the 24-hour News 12 Network. This app will keep you up-to-date with the local news within the New York tri-state area.

News 12 provides coverage of Long Island, the Bronx, Brooklyn, SW Connecticut, Hudson Valley, New Jersey, and Westchester. If you are an Optimum customer or receive News 12 on Comcast, Time Warner or Service Electric cable systems, you will have free access to app News 12 Mobile app.

This app provides local breaking news, direct to the iOS device, as well as up-to-the-minute love streaming of the News 12 Traffic & Weather channels.

Other features include national and international news, sports and entertainment news, local school closings, and regional polls on hot topics.

News 12 Mobile was updated to version 2.4 in late-December of 2012. The current version has a total of 18 customer ratings with an average rating of 2.5 out of 5 stars. Some users are remarking on having difficulty logging into the app.

The latest update includes full-screen optimization for iPhone 5.

Graphically, I think the presentation of this app could be a little cleaner, but it gets the job done and provides news in a clear and concise manner; perfect for people who are always on-the-move.

For: iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad with iOS 5.0 or later. Optimized for iPhone 5.