Here's my direct comparison of today's New York Times Business Section in their iPhone app vs. the new Sueddeutsche Zeitung app vs. their iPhone-optimized version of sueddeutsche.de.

Amazing how different designs can be and how the NYT manages to have a far clearer appearance while offering more than double the (text) content. (I counted chars: the whole text content in the SZ app example equals the NYT's first article plus the second title and 9 more chars. It's just an example, but obviously the additional content (what's the article about?) is valuable.

The other open questions are: why should I (or anyone) pay relevant money (€1.59 per month) for a push notification service (=annoying) and offline browsing capability (=rarely needed on an iPhone)? On the other hand it's clear why they don't charge for the Basic app, as it seems to offer just the same content as their (very similar looking) sueddeutsche.de website.