{"id":535186,"date":"2010-04-19T17:00:21","date_gmt":"2010-04-19T21:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mobilecrunch.com\/?p=29841"},"modified":"2010-04-19T17:00:21","modified_gmt":"2010-04-19T21:00:21","slug":"wwe-latest-two-years-after-app-store-launch-wwe-launches-1st-iphone-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/535186","title":{"rendered":"WWE Latest: Two years after App Store launch, WWE launches 1st iPhone App"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mobilecrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/wwelatest.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"wwelatest\" width=\"326\" height=\"464\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29840\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It took WWE almost two years to release an <a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.mobilecrunch.com\/tag\/iphone\/\">iPhone App<\/a>, but here we are. That&#8217;s right, today the company, which fancies itself as some sort of catch-all, cutting-edge entertainment juggernaut, has bequeathed upon the world <a HREF=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/wwe-latest\/id366242410?mt=8\">WWE Latest<\/a> [iTunes link], a 99 cent App for the iPhone and iPod touch. It&#8217;s fairly basic, but should help those of you itching for, I don&#8217;t know, Diva photos or Raw results. You do know your iPhone has a perfectly viable Web browser, right?<\/p>\n<p>No, <a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.wwe.com\/inside\/news\/wwelatestapp\">99 cents<\/a> isn&#8217;t a lot of money&mdash;it&#8217;s pretty much free, guys&mdash;but what would compel someone to pay <i>one cent<\/i> for something that&#8217;s freely available via Safari (or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobilecrunch.com\/2010\/04\/12\/hands-on-demo-video-opera-mini-for-iphone\/\">Opera Mini<\/a>)?<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s not too much going on in the App. You&#8217;ve got News, Photos, and Videos to choose from, and that&#8217;s it. Again, you can find news, photos, and videos on the Internet just fine.<\/p>\n<p>For something that took two years to come out, it&#8217;s sure a little lackluster.<\/p>\n<p>You look at other sports Apps, most notably the <a HREF=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/mlb-com-at-bat-2010\/id359059171?mt=8\">MLB App<\/a> [iTunes link], and think, &#8220;Well, now this is something that I can show my friends.&#8221; It really makes use of the iPhone&#8217;s hardware, whereas WWE Latest seems like WWE.com in a self-contained window.<\/p>\n<p>Push the cruiserweights, etc.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/IdWugI0HXoyPy7YjzlgwiQqc7c4\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/IdWugI0HXoyPy7YjzlgwiQqc7c4\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/IdWugI0HXoyPy7YjzlgwiQqc7c4\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/IdWugI0HXoyPy7YjzlgwiQqc7c4\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?a=rPKSvZ_0Ly0:KVygmJl7v20:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?i=rPKSvZ_0Ly0:KVygmJl7v20:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?a=rPKSvZ_0Ly0:KVygmJl7v20:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?i=rPKSvZ_0Ly0:KVygmJl7v20:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?a=rPKSvZ_0Ly0:KVygmJl7v20:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It took WWE almost two years to release an iPhone App, but here we are. 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