CNET News, now on Android

This may be the year of the iPad's debut, but it's also the year that Android devices exploded in availability. To go along with the extra attention that Android's been getting of tardy, CNET News has ported its month-old iOS app to the Android marketplace. Debuting August 30, the free CNET News app for Android offers an identical-but-Androidified feature set to its iOS twin.

The new Android app for CNET News lets you read articles without pagination, makes it easy to share them, and provides quick access to tweets from CNET editors and writers.

(Credit: Screenshot by Seth Rosenblatt/CNET)

Included in the Android app are article bookmarking, full-screen reading (except for the CNET logo at the top), mobile-optimized search, a built-in Twitter feed from CNET editors and personalities, font resizing while reading stories, and a sharing link to quickly share a story via the major communication and networking tools on your Android phone.

At the top of the app's interface appears a horizontal blog navigation bar that you can swipe to view more blogs, including Security, Crave, Green Tech, and Webware. A similar scroll feature on the Twitter feed page to scroll through tweets by editor. You can also scroll vertically to read the tweet stream in its entirety, or tap a specific editor's tweet to read more by that author.

One of the benefits of the app over reading on our mobile Web site is that stories are loaded without pagination, so it's easier read the latest news. The same is true of the app's search engine, which makes it easier than before to receive to older stories you're interested in.

There are more features in the works, and there's also a feedback button available below the More option so that you can let us know your suggestions. You can also let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.

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