Comments on: NPR Android App Now Available For Download

By: stuntmen

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By: timapatterson

timapatterson — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:29:29 +0000

Where is the QR code?

Any Android mentioned online should be presented with a QR code so readers can find it more quickly. While this sounds like promoting laziness, but all of these little time savers improve user experience.

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:28:45 +0000

Nice start but doesn’t integrate into the android environment well. If you stop to take a picture while listening, you have to start the broadcast over from the beginning. Also would be nice to have the transport controls in the status bar when in the background.

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:55:31 +0000

Every time I try to listen online…the app crashes. WTF?

By: TP

TP — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:09:07 +0000

The “MyNPR” app can stream radio stations now :-)

By: David Love

David Love — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:35:43 +0000

Oh yeah. Android is cool. :)

By: David Love

David Love — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:34:18 +0000

john meyor, Fox is NOT “right leaning.” That’s a absurd statement. They are hard-core right wing and no-where near “fair and balanced.” Having a couple of people on the network that are allowed to question right-wing motives as tokens doesn’t come anywhere near to balancing the scales…

By: john meyor

john meyor — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:46:57 +0000

It seem’s the anti-fox crowd are suprisingly willing to forgive the liberal news networks. That includes NPR, which is intentional left, not unintentional, Drew. Funny how double standards work.

Oh, and Mark Palmos, the notion that ALL american news networks are Right Wing is just pure crap. Fox is right leaning, but CNN & MSNBC / others are Hardly right wing, and not neutral either. I suspect you are a closet MSNBC fan.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:48:47 +0000

…Like FLOMAX.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:47:55 +0000

Everybody in this country knows that you can get whatever type of news you want. It is just that most people seem to want the soundbite-screaming-opinion type of news. Personally, I like the (admittedly left-leaning) in-depth audio news type.

AS FOR THIS APPLICATION: I think it is hugely flawed! All the stories are there, but I just want it to continuously play them! I am not interested in constantly cueing every story. It is my understanding that the NPR developers designed a simple app with code that could be manipulated…I don’t really care to do so. I just want a continuous stream.

By: df4646

df4646 — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:05:11 +0000

Great app. Thoughtful news. You “biased” freaks ought to turn Rush off and start thinking for yourselves.

By: Mensahwatts

Mensahwatts — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:52:35 +0000

Oh yeah SK? Well does not matter cause android still gets hundreds of new apps daily. And being that they have so many phones out there, there apps will only continue to flow on in….so they racking up will only continue to a insane point in the future….in case u didnt know

By: Andy Kopac

Andy Kopac — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:53:24 +0000

NPR Streaming. Although somebody mentioned a way to stream NPR in this app. there are at least 2 Android apps that will do it pretty easily. “A Online Radio” is what I us. You have to install the app. then go to the stations site and find the mobile streaming link. click on the link and it will ask you if you want to use A Online Radio. I set KQED and KXJC as favorites in the App. Droidlive works too, but I’ve never tried it.

KQED’s paged with the Link is:
http://www.kqed.org/mobile/

By: Drew

Drew — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:34:45 +0000

“Gee, do you think they’ll bite the government hand that feeds them?”

You don’t know what you’re talking about. NPR and other public shows have done a LOT of great journalism breaking stories about state, local, and federal corruption, waste and so forth. It’s just that they don’t weave it all into a crazy conspiracy theory or say that it proves that Democrats are out to destroy America, so it may be harder for people used to that sort of thing to recognize.

By: SK

SK — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:44:33 +0000

@Mensahwatts, unfortunately this was written by a Google developer who offered to help NPR. Even the license in the app is from Google. So, sadly, this one doesn’t count towards “Android racking up apps”.