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TuneIn Radio Android app scores a touchdown

Review for TuneIn Radio

Posted October 22, 2010 9:12am by Tim McLain Tags: Music, radio

APPOLICIOUS ADVISOR RATING:

5 of 5 bars
  • PRICE: Free
  • TASTY: Listen to your favorite radio stations and podcasts streamed to your phone when you're on the go.
  • BUMMER: Using the app for two-three hours at a stretch might tax your battery.
  • COOL: This "radio in your pocket" app makes it easy to find and listen to thousands of radio stations scattered around the globe.

My wife and I are unabashed (long-suffering?) Chicago Bears fans. We do our best to never miss an ugly win, or loss, by "Da Bears."

That's why when a game is blacked out or we're otherwise on the go during those magical football hours, we turn to our trusty Droid and the TuneIn Radio app to listen to the games, broadcast by stations like WBBM, WCFF and KBOB.

The interface makes it easy to find stations by numerous methods – call letters, content type, location, language, etc.

With more than 40,000 stations broadcasting sports, talk, news and music programming, you're sure to find a source of interest. Thankfully, the sheer number of available content sources is tamed by the app's clean, clear navigation and sorting buttons, so you'll never feel overwhelmed.

Plus, the Podcast channel is your link to Internet-sourced content that's presented by the types of music each 'cast offers.

Once you start listening, the DVR-like controls to pause and rewind the stream come in handy. Especially when my wife wants to hear the commentator recount yet another Peppers sack, Urlacher stop, or Hester returning a kickoff for a touchdown. Go Bears!

partymonster

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Would love to find a way to delete pre-sets on my Galaxy S. Anyone?

Reply to comment Posted December 02, 2010

deralaand

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@ partymonster

The simple answer...long press the 'In Preset' button when tuned into the station you want to remove from the presets.

Now...why is it so difficult to simply leave a comment? Appolicious kept leaving me somewhere else after I had to sign in with Twitter, so I could create an Appolicious account so I could follow someone so i couls...blah blah.
It would never bring me back to the comment field...WTF?

Reply to comment Posted January 03, 2011
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