NPR fans rejoice, the NPR app for Android is now available. First things first, the app, which is available as a free download can be found in the Market. Just launch the Market, search for “NPR” and begin the download.
As far as what the app can do, here are a few of the feature;
- Backgrounding. The NPR News app for Android allows backgrounding, so that users can click to listen to audio and then toggle between applications as the audio is playing. It also uses open source code, allowing developers to iterate and improve the app in the future.
- Listen and Read. Allows users to listen to programs and read news at the same time.
- Extensive Topics section. News section showcases NPR’s top 10-20 topics of the day ranging from Science to Books to World News.
- NPR station listening choices. Easy to find and bookmark more than 600 favorite NPR stations and hundreds of station on-demand streams. Live station streaming to launch in Spring 2010.
- Playlist. Bookmark favorite programs to play later.
And just in case you needed anything more in terms of why, feel free to check out the screen captures below.
[via NPR.org]
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