News Live Tiles 1.5.0.1
Windows Phone users can have a go at News Live Tiles, the easy to use utility that helps you keep up to date with the latest events from your areas of interest.
Unsophisticated and practical interface
From the visual perspective, this app doesn't offer a whole lot because it has a quite simple appearance that is made particularly for ease of use. The graphics are decent, but most depend on whether a certain website has some images that can be detected and added as tiles inside the collection.
Browsing the various sections of the application is fluent and lacks any noticeable lags, but there is a nuisance that will appear after a few uses, namely some prompts that ask you to leave a rating and a review for News Live Tiles.
Quickly search for sources of newsworthy material
With the help of this utility you can look for the favorite information sources and have them one tap away onto the Start screen of your Windows Phone.
By default, you will get a list of interesting feeds that might seem interesting, but if there are are some entries that you find no use for, simply tap and hold each of them to trigger the removal command.
The built-in search engine is quite effective and you only have to insert a single term to start a query that usually yields relevant results in a couple of instants.
Customize each entry and pin live tiles
News Live Tiles makes it possible for you to modify for every item you select from the search area the name, webpage to open and RSS feed for getting updates.
More so, by checking a couple of boxes you can have the info loaded in the full-screen browser and view the available images, where these can be retrieved.
The tiles will be added to the Start screen and the update interval or all of them can range between as little as 30 minutes and as long as 12 hours, depending o the selection you make from the "Settings" area. Updating the pinned tiles can also be made manually from the same section.
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Bottom Line
Design / UI6
There is nothing that catches the eye inside this application, so the smooth navigation and good organization of the content are its only attributes. |
Function9
The accurate search engine and the customization possibilities it offers for every entry make News Live Tiles gain a lot of points. |
Security10
Discreet and well-behaved, this app doesn't come even close to any system areas that might contain sensitive information. |
Battery6
The application takes up a substantial amount of power when running, so the battery usage records very high values at all times. |
Price10
Since it comes without any adverts and offers everything it's got freely, News Live Tiles is areal bargain. |
Compatibility8
Tailored only for the latest handsets on the market, the utility will have to be installed only on Windows Phone 8.1 devices |
Specifications
- price:
- Free with ads
- current version:
- 1.5.0.1
- reviewed version:
- 1.4.0.5
- developer:
- Koode
- category:
- INTERNET & NETWORK
- os version req.:
- 8.1
- age rating:
- N/A
- in-app purchases:
- No
- hits:
- 234