= 3 stars

iPhone App that hooks into the Yahoo! Finance website to provide financial information on your iPhone.

The Good

• Plays Yahoo! Tech Ticker videos which aren’t viewable through the iPhone’s Safari because of lack of Flash support.
• The stock section UI has some interesting ideas: stock quotes appear in modular boxes that can be modified into several sizes (just a quote, a quote and a chart, and quote / chart / articles). Tapping on a box calls up a more detailed view, featuring a larger graph and headlines to recent news articles. The graph appears at an even larger size when the iPhone is tipped into landscape view. This section of the app is the best at recreating the functionality of the website within the confines of the iPhone, and with some added functionality familiar to iPhone users.

The Bad

• The UI in other sections leaves a lot to be desired, particularly in comparison with the excellent Bloomberg app.
• Could be better about presenting its content. The UI feels a little clunky, and several of the articles I tapped on came up with the error message: “News not available.”

Conclusion

I visit Yahoo! Finance multiple times a day, and was therefore initially excited to check out this iPhone version. I must admit to being let down by the way it serves up news articles – which should have been the easiest part. The end result: I’ll use this app for Tech Ticker videos and checking stocks, but in regards to everything else, in particular; news articles: Bloomberg.

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