UK News papers 1.0.0.0
For those who live in the UK or are simply eager to read the news stories published by various newspapers from the British Isles can try out a cool app that is suggestively called UK News papers.
Simplified front-end made for ease of access
This app comes with a decent GUI, well organized, even if it doesn't excel from the visual perspective, as the background and live tiles are lacking eye-candy elements.
The content is structured neatly, to make it a breeze to access any news source and going through the long list of newspapers is a breeze, lacking any delays or other similar issues.
There are some advertisement banners inside as well, appearing on the newspaper pages and changing continuously in the upper side of the screen.
Browse the impressive newspaper collection
With UK News papers you gain access to a wide variety of news providers and you can easily selecting them from the corresponding list shown inside the main screen.
The newspapers are arranged alphabetically and there is no jumplist feature, so you will have to go through all of them in order to find the ones you are looking for.
Each edition you select opens in a new screen and the online edition of the respective paper is loaded with all the features, so you can enjoy the complete functionality just like you would when opening it in a web browser.
Tag and manage favorite newspapers
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.
Should you care to keep any of the sources at hand and easy to reach from the Start screen, use the "Pin to Start" functionality that UK News papers comes with.
Removing any item from the favorites can be done either from the dedicated manager module of the application or by selecting the corresponding function when the newspaper is opened, from the main menu hosted in the lower part of the screen.
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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 and with many adverts. |
Function7
Users can browse several news sources and save favorites, but sharing at least the article links is not possible. |
Security10
Discreet and well-behaved, this app doesn't come even close to any system areas that might contain sensitive information. |
Battery4
Should this utility run for a few hours continuously, the battery will discharge a lot sooner than expected. |
Price9
Despite some occasional adverts shown when reading certain articles, UK News papers offers everything completely free. |
Compatibility9
The majority of Windows Phone users can try out this app as it runs well on any handset powered by version 8 or higher of the OS. |
Specifications
- price:
- Free with ads
- current version:
- 1.0.0.0
- reviewed version:
- 1.0.0.0
- developer:
- Binu
- category:
- INTERNET & NETWORK
- os version req.:
- 8, 8.1
- age rating:
- N/A
- in-app purchases:
- No
- hits:
- 715