Talking iPhone Web Application Unveiled at Macworld, Receives Apple's Prestigious "Staff Pick" Designation

The Apple iPhone gets another feature as Web 2.0 startup PimpMyNews.com announced the debut of the world's first "talking social news application" during MacWorld 2008. The application designed specifically for the iPhone and iPod Touch has received Apple's prestigious "Staff Pick" designation and can now be accessed from any iPhone or iPod Touch.

The PimpMyNews web app features key functionality from the PimpMyNews full site, which launched in December. The web app scours the Internet for breaking text stories from the most popular news and blog sites and converts them to near-human sounding audio that users of iPhones, iPod touch devices and other mobile devices can listen to wherever they happen to be.

Users can also share audio versions of stories with friends, or post them to other social sites including Facebook, Digg, Del.icio.us, StumbleUpon, Reddit, Mixx and more.

PimpMyNews users who sign up for the free service on the main site can create a personalized talking newspaper by selecting their favorite text news and blog sources from 59 unique categories, including Technology, Entertainment, Sports, Politics, Colleges, Business and more.

Users can listen online or on-the-go by creating a personalized news podcast that is continuously updated with fresh content from their favorite sources.