(Phoenix, AZ) ABC15.com has launched a new application for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The app enables iPhone users to get ABC15 content anywhere, anytime.
The application is a one stop shop for top news, text and video reports from ABC15.com including up-to-the-minute weather. The ABC15.com News application is now available free of charge in the iTunes Store.
The app uses the iPhone's location-based technology for local news. It also has multimedia capabilities for easy viewing of ABC15 News stories.
ABC15’s iPhone app is the only application in the valley offering traffic maps as well as the most accurate and up-to-date digital data for shorter commute times. Users get the latest weather outlook across the state and the nation. A complete financial survival guide with consumer resources for all things money. Viewers can navigate the new real estate market, find ways to rebuild finances, and get expert advice on saving for retirement, health insurance, and auto loans.
The application will include the following features; see the links below for more details:
• View
Traffic Maps and Travel Times for the Phoenix Metro area
• View Current
Weather Conditions and Radar Maps
• View a
10-Day Forecast for the Phoenix Metro region
• View weather cameras from across the state with the
Arizona Weather Network• Watch Video of the Latest ABC15 TV News Headlines
• Get the Latest News From Your Favorite
Local Sports Teams across Arizona• Find Places to Dine Out and
Local Events to Attend
• Get News from the
Financial Survival GuideFor additional information about the ABC15.com iPhone application and other mobile products, visit www.abc15.com
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The E. W. Scripps Company (www.scripps.com) is a diverse, 130-year-old media enterprise with interests in broadcast television stations, newspaper publishing, and licensing and syndication.
The company's portfolio of locally focused media properties includes: 10 broadcast TV stations, with six ABC-affiliated stations, three NBC affiliates and one independent; daily and community newspapers in 15 markets and the Washington, D.C.-based Scripps Media Center, home of the Scripps Howard News Service; and United Media, the licensor and syndicator of Peanuts, Dilbert and approximately 150 other features and comics.
