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White House Officially launched an iPhone application for who want to watch President Obama’s speeches live on their iPhones.On Jan. 20, the White House recently launched its first official iTunes app, which brings key features of WhiteHouse.gov to mobile platforms. The free app allows users to view White House video, photos, blog posts and other news events.This app brings all features of WhiteHouse.gov to your iPhone.

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According to WSJ, the app is created using AppMakr,but it is not confirmed by White House.AppMakr is a relatively new app-making template provided by PointAbout, a technology consulting and services company that has attracted attention for its easy-to-use app building template.AppMakr costs $199 for to create an app that allow AppMakr to keep publishing rights.It costs $499 for those who want to design and publish the app themselves.That is there is no AppMakr branding.(The White House app shows no AppMakr publishing copyright.)

Currently the White House app is only available to iPhone users.But White House is working to develop the same for Blackberry and Android platforms and also planning to release an optimised version for low-end mobile phones.

Even the iTunes app store offers some other White House related apps, like BriefRoom,White-House,The Unofficial White House News Reader,but Mr.Shapiro confirmed that the new White House app is the only official White House app.

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Tags: apps, iphone, mr shapiro, news reader, obama, technology consulting, whitehouse news, wsj

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