Newspapers 2.0.0.0
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 Newspapers.
Well structured front-end
This app comes with a decent GUI, 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.
Browsing the numerous sections of the application and going through the long lists of news articles are done fluently, while the news texts load fairly quickly and with minimal delays.
A real nuisance is the presence of some animated ad banners that keep on changing at the top of the screen, while from time to time you will also come across some prompts for rating and reviewing Newspapers.
Go through a plethora of sources from all over the world
The neat organization of the content is helping a lot in discovering the best sources from all over the world. After you pick the desired region, you can select the country and view the available newspapers listed inside this app.
There is even a search function inside Newspapers that you can put to good use and look for the news sources that may be of interest to you, as the query helps you find them inside the app's database.
Save and pin favorite newspapers or share the content
In order to make it easier for you to access the most frequently visited news sources, this utility allows you to mark them as favorites and as soon as they are tagged as such, the newspapers will appear in the respective section of the application.
More so, you can keep them even closer at hand by pinning shortcuts to each of them onto your Start screen, as Newspapers offers this facility as well.
Also, in case you want to send out some articles to your friends you can use the email sharing function of this app or you can have the respective piece of news published onto your Facebook page, as this is equally supported.
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Bottom Line
Design / UI7
This utility has a rather simple appearance, with a good organization of the content, but lacking more appealing graphics. |
Function7
Users can browse several news sources and save their favorites, but the app needs more sharing options and some extra functions for improving the reading process. |
Security5
The application is rather intrusive as it peeks inside many secure areas of the system unrelated to its functionality. |
Battery3
While Newspapers is running the power consumption reaches very high levels, discharging the battery pretty quickly. |
Price9
All the features are offered free of cost, but there are some really annoying advertisements that require a purchase to go away for good. |
Compatibility10
Meant to be used on the more recent handsets out there, powered by Windows Phone 7.5 and above, this app doesn't have any other special requirements. |
Specifications
- price:
- Free with ads
- current version:
- 2.0.0.0
- reviewed version:
- 1.9.0.0
- developer:
- DaksaTech
- category:
- INTERNET & NETWORK
- os version req.:
- 7.5, 8, 8.1
- age rating:
- N/A
- in-app purchases:
- Yes. remove ads
- hits:
- 690