With its WiFi and 3G web connection, the iPhone is an awesome device for keeping up with the latest news and current affairs, and here are 4 top ways to receive the latest information.

1) Sky News app

The Sky News app presents up-to-date news on your iPhone, using a streamlined and attractive interface. The categories are at the top of the interface and are changed with a tap, and the news articles in each category appear with a thumbnail image at the bottom of the interface, it’s an interface that works very well.

Sky does video presentations very well and for many of the stories there is an accompanying video news report from the Sky News Room. There is also a live feed of the Sky News channel available by selecting the Live TV icon at the bottom of the interface.

Chat forums and social networking tools are also provided to share your choice in articles. With Sky you know what you’re getting, the latest news well presented, brilliant video and streaming access to a live TV news station.

2) BBC News App

The BBC is one of the oldest news providers and is well known and trusted for providing the latest headlines from around the world thanks to its army of reporters across the globe. They also have an agenda to develop technology and use it very well (for example, their excellent iPlayer service), so it’s not a surprise to see that they have their own iPhone app. The BBC News app presents the news in a more magazine-like interface than the Sky News app, with the topics presented vertically down the screen with the articles for each topic running horizontally on a timeline running displaces. then use the Sky interface, but the detail in the articles is the same as Sky, occasionally offering different slants or prominence in the news. Multimedia is well used with video reporting being used where appropriate and a live feed being provided to the BBC news channel.

Although the BBC News app may lack the viewing glitz of the Sky News app a bit, it is a major source of news and complements the Sky app beautifully.

3) The Telegraph mobile app

The Telegraph is a famous newspaper in England, and was one of the first British newspapers to offer an electronic service to mobile phone readers.

Offering very detailed articles (just like the style you’d read in a written newspaper), the Telegraph app provides a good read for those times when you have a little more time to absorb the news.

The app interface is minimal with the main topics and articles for each category running from the top and bottom of the screen, and you can view more stories in each category by selecting the category name. Telegraph is no match for the BBC or Sky apps for visual design, although it does provide a nice photo roll feature where you can view collections of brilliant photographs from the Telegraph archive, useful features for sharing articles using social media are also provided.

The Telegraph app offers a good option for those who want to read up on the news, and an updated version of the app will be released soon.

4) TV update website

The TV Catchup website allows you to watch live TV on your iPhone and provides a great alternative for those who want to watch the news instead of reading or for those who don’t want to install an app on their phone.

By signing up to the TV Catchup website, you get free access to a number of live TV channels, including BBC News, Sky News and BBC Parliament, providing the perfect way to catch up-to-date news as it happens. Video quality tends to be a bit lower than dedicated apps, but may require a reduced amount of bandwidth as it works well on 3G networks.

In conclusion, by using any or all of the above facilities, you will be provided with the latest news and up to date opinions directly on your mobile phone.