App: Spectra News

by Matt on 03 January 2010

msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/components/spectra/index.html This is a pretty craaaazy new way of viewing the news through a spinning, kind-of-3D, visual interface. A news re-imagining if you will.

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Odds and ends reviews

Pros

Newsworthy

You select the news you’re interested in and it falls into the viewing area to be read when something takes your fancy.

There’s also a completely ridiculous webcam mode where you can show colours to your camera and those coloured news stories appear and an audio mode too (where you it reacts to what you ask for). It makes the news fun!

Cons

Bad news

Innovation and new ideas are to always be applauded but we’re not convinced this really enhances the news-reading experience. Not sure many people will be swapping this for their preferred news site on a daily basis.