27.01.2011 21:05 Uhr, Quelle: The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Ongo for iPad is a good start but far from a home run

We told you yesterday that Ongo was on the way to the iPad, and now it's in the app store and I've had some time to play with it. Ongo is a joint venture by several newspaper companies to create a paid, ad-free news aggregator that is easy to use and will appeal to the news junkie. After some hours using the app, I found it attractively designed and easy to use. You can see and share top stories from several publications like the New York Times, USA Today, and the Washington Post. The app doesn't cache much, so reading offline does not appear to be an option. You can save stories, called clippings, but once saved I could not retrieve them without a data connection. The app allows you to sort news by type, like U.S., or Arts and Entertainment, but there are no sectio

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