Digg's native iPhone App arrives

[UPDATE - the new Digg app for iPhone is now available at the App Store]

Digg's highly anticipated native iPhone application is set to hit the Apple App Store at some point later today.

Mashable got the exclusive tip on the launch of the new Digg application for iPhone, which is sure to be a hugely popular news app for the hardcore news junkies amongst us.

Search, bury, comment

Digg's Kevin Rose first mentioned that they were planning an iPhone app late last year, with the new app supporting browsing popular, upcoming, and recent stories across topics and giving users the chance to dig and bury stories from within the app.

The app also offers users options for navigating comments and related stories.

Digg has offered an iPhone-optimised version of its site since 2007, so the app is sure to be a welcome addition to most Digg-er's iPhones

We'll be sure to keep an eye on the App Store for the new Digg app and let you know when it finally arrives.

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BBC News and Sport iPhone apps face delay

The BBC's big push on to the iPhone is facing a delay, after the BBC Trust announced it is reviewing the broadcaster's mobile-based proposals.

The BBC made headlines last month, when it announced it was to launch free apps for its News and Sports service.

Both BBC News and BBC Sports Results are to be updated feeds of the broadcaster's web pages, with the sports app to offer real-time data of Premiership football matches and the like.

The apps were scheduled to launch in April (News) and May (Sports), but this is now not going to happen.

Uncertain times

"There remains some uncertainty about the potential significance of whether [the apps] constitute a change of service," said a spokesperson for the BBC Trust.

This news will be welcomed by the newspaper industry, with David Newell, Director of the NPA, saying: "This is not, as the BBC argues, an extension of its existing online service, but an intrusion into a very tightly defined, separate market."

There will be four main features that the BBC Trust will look at, before determining if the apps get the go ahead. These include: the financial implications of the apps, if the apps are seen as the BBC going into new areas of "untested activity" and how the apps will affect others in the market.

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