Finally there is a proper app for the BBC News website. Previously the BBC News was just a bookmark which loaded up your browser and pointed you towards the BBC Mobile website. But this new BBC News in the Android Marketplace is a proper app with a nice UI and features.
Key features:
- Simple design with scroll functionality to enable efficient browsing
- Tap to reveal full-screen article and in-story video
- On a story page, swipe sideways to read the next story
- Sharing tools to post stories to a range of social networks, or email / SMS to a friend
- Latest and breaking news ticker
- An 'Edit' menu, allowing you to personalise the homescreen by adding and removing news categories to suit your preferences
- Live streaming of the BBC News channel for Android 2.2 devices running Flash
- Settings to allow the app to automatically update in the background
- Font controls to increase or decrease the story text size to suit you
- Full range of News categories: Top stories, World, UK, Sport, Technology, Entertainment & Arts, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Business, Politics, Health, Education, Science & Environment, Features & analysis, Also in the news
Not only is the app easily customisable to your preference, it's smooth UI is nice to use, the app is clearly designed with touch in mind. All usual Android touch related gestures work. Swipe through the different categories to see stories, swipe through whilst reading a particular story to find more in that category, whilst pressing down on any story gives the options to share it via Twitter or other platforms.
There is also a live stream of the BBC News channel, although it has to be said, it's jittery and of poor quality. Probably the only negative thing I could find about the app.
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