Breaking News 1.2.9.0
When it comes to finding a good app to read the news over a cup of coffee in the morning or during the lunch break in the middle of the day, Windows Phone users have lots of alternatives, one of them being Breaking News.
Uncomplicated and easy to work with GUI
This app comes with a decent front-end, well organized, even if it doesn't excel from the visual perspective. The content is structured neatly, to make it a breeze to access any article regardless of the section you are currently browsing.
The few functions are kept at hand, inside the main menu hosted at the bottom of the screen, while the waiting time when opening the articles is not too long, despite the delays in fetching and displaying the online data at startup.
From time to time you will also come across some prompts for rating and reviewing Breaking News, but fortunately there are no advertisements in sight.
Browse the news on the go and pick the subjects to follow
The utility offers a varied choice in terms of content, so you can look at the most popular subjects of the moment or check out the latest additions that are displayed promptly in the home screen.
There are no configurations for the update frequency, but you can trigger the check manually, using the dedicated button that is put at your disposal in the main menu.
The source of information for this app is the BreakingNews.com website, so as soon as a piece of news is published there, you will be able to get it as well inside this app.
A pretty neat feature of this application is the ability to follow several subjects and you can add them with a bit of help from the built-in search engine.
Some suggestions are also provided in that section of Breaking News, so you can select some events from there as well and have the app monitor the news releases on those subjects so they are retrieved with higher priority.
The images you see inside the utility can be opened separately and viewed even in landscape mode and their quality depends only on the uploaded content and may be less than expected in many cases.
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Bottom Line
Design / UI8
The looks of the application are decent, but not quite appealing, so it loses a bit from the visual perspective. |
Function6
The basic set of options doesn't provide too many extra features for users, who are limited to reading the articles. |
Security10
This utility seems perfectly safe to use since it doesn't need to access any sensitive system areas. |
Battery6
If Breaking News is used over long periods of time, it will have an above average power consumption. |
Price10
Despite some occasional prompts, the application offers everything it has inside without asking for any money. |
Compatibility9
Meant to be used on the more recent handsets out there, powered by Windows Phone 8 and above, this utility doesn't have any other special requirements. |
Specifications
- price:
- 100% Free
- current version:
- 1.2.9.0
- reviewed version:
- 1.2.9.0
- developer:
- Matt McCormick
- category:
- INTERNET & NETWORK
- os version req.:
- 8, 8.1
- age rating:
- N/A
- in-app purchases:
- No
- hits:
- 206