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Consumer Reports Unveils New Application For iPhone And iPod Touch

New App Helps Users with New Tech Gadgets Make Better Purchasing Decisions

YONKERS, N.Y., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Just in time for the holiday shopping season, Consumer Reports released a new application for iPhone and iPod Touch users today. Available for free at iTunes, the ConsumerReports.org application features expert tips and buying advice aimed at helping shoppers make better purchasing decisions.

Once downloaded onto an iPhone or iPod Touch, consumers will have instant access to consumer news, advice, and best buy information from the testers and editors at Consumer Reports. ConsumerReports.org for the iPhone and iPod Touch provides the latest news from the Consumer Reports' blogs in the following consumer product areas:

    --  Cars
    --  Electronics
    --  Money
    --  Home & Garden
    --  Babies & Kids
    --  Safety
    --  Health

"Consumer Reports continues its mission of providing expert, independent, buying advice to consumers in different forms of media," said Jerry Steinbrink, vice president of publishing for Consumer Reports. "From print, to online, to mobile phones, and now on iPhones and the iPod Touch, putting Consumer Reports in the hands of consumers at the point of purchase will help them make better purchasing decisions."

The material above is intended for legitimate news entities only; it may not be used for commercial or promotional purposes. Consumer Reports(R) is published by Consumers Union, an expert, independent nonprofit organization whose mission is to work for a fair, just, and safe marketplace for all consumers and to empower consumers to protect themselves. To achieve this mission, we test, inform, and protect. To maintain our independence and impartiality, CU accepts no outside advertising, no free test samples, and has no agenda other than the interests of consumers. CU supports itself through the sale of our information products and services, individual contributions, and a few noncommercial grants.

SOURCE Consumer Reports

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