News Reader for BBC 1.3.0.0
For those who want to access from their mobile devices the information, including breaking news, developing stories, documentaries and so on News Reader for BBC could be one of the possible alternatives.
Well designed GUI with a focus on practicality
The looks of this application are quite decent, as it features a neat interface were all the articles are kept well organized and easy to access. The categorization helps a lot and there are even some customizations available for the general theme, as well as for the background of the articles and the font in use.
Some annoying prompts to try out some other apps made by the same developer will appear frequently until you deactivate them. Full screen ads and flashing banners are also displayed inside the app, spoiling the whole experience quite a lot.
All the news at your fingertips
With News Reader for BBC you can easily go through the main written articles or video stories, but there is an alternative to this. More precisely, by activating the "Categories" menu you will have at your disposal all the sections in which are neatly stacked all the current and past articles.
Should care to set aside some stories that you like, using the "Favorites" button you will be able to include each article in the dedicated section of the application.
Play audio or video news and share content on the fly
This utility gives you access to the BBC videos, so you will be able to play them on the spot and the same applies to the audio correspondences.
In case you want to view the original articles, you can have them open in Internet Explorer with one tap on the corresponding button from the main menu of the app.
Distributing the articles can be done in several ways, namely via SMS, email or Facebook, so you can send the links to the source pages in no time.
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Bottom Line
Design / UI8
The looks of this app are quite decent, with a carefully chosen color scheme, some clean graphics and a few customizations, but also some really annoying ads and prompts. |
Function9
News Reader for BBC offers instant access to all the articles published on the BBC website and users can enjoy the audio and video news as well, save favorite articles and share them. |
Security8
This application needs to look into the phone and owner identity for some reason, even if these are not related to its functionality. |
Battery4
Should this utility run for a few hours continuously, the battery will discharge a lot sooner than expected due to the very high power consumption. |
Price8
Despite the very good feature set it offers, this tool has several letdowns, including the pesky adverts that can only be removed with a purchase and these make it lose some of the original value. |
Compatibility8
Meant to be used on the more recent handsets out there, powered by Windows Phone 8 and above, this app doesn't have any other special requirements. |
Specifications
- price:
- Free with ads
- current version:
- 1.3.0.0
- reviewed version:
- 1.3.0.0
- developer:
- AppsForWP8
- category:
- INTERNET & NETWORK
- os version req.:
- 8, 8.1
- age rating:
- N/A
- in-app purchases:
- Yes. remove ads
- hits:
- 166