Every morning on my way to work, I read the morning news while on the MRT/bus. My preferred sources for local news are the Straits Times and Channel NewsAsia, both for which an application for the iPhone exists (Note: there's also an application for Today called iToday, however I never read Today, and thus haven't tested this application; also, I have two other applications (Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal) installed which I use for other news).

Straits Times
The Straits Times application downloads the latest news during startup. These news are grouped into different categories (Singapore, SE Asia, Asia, etc.) and an aggregated view with the top stories of each category. The news preview displays the time when it was posted, the headline, and (if available) a small image. Within an article, that image and the article's text are displayed. However, it has to be noted that, like with the online version, for some articles not the whole text is available (only in the printed version).

Startup screen



 
Top Stories
 



Article view

Channel NewsAsia
The CNA application downloads the news online on-demand and not all during startup. Similar to the Straits Times app, it groups the news into different categories, and for each article it displays the time, the headline, and a picture.

Startup screen




Category view




Select more categories




Article view