iPlayer Radio is a wonderful application that is used for everyone
who admires BBC radio station and has iPhone and iPod.
BBC iPlayer Radio
for iOS
However, like every application of media television, there
is a price that has to pay: using 3G, iPlayer Radio will cram your quota of
data. BBC advises you to limit using in a long time through Wi-Fi.
In our tests, a 20-minute version spent about 11MB of data;
using in a long time will quickly cram all of data quota. This thing is very
regrettable because one of the main benefits of iPlayer Radio is that it
designs BBC radio that is used for your mobile smartphone and we often listen
to radio in many constant hours - this is its radio.
There’s no denying that iPlayer Radio is a wonderful
application. It opens splash Stations screen having click-wheel that imitates
old iPod and provides access to every radio station of the whole country of
BBC, World Service and only symbol for local radio stations. Tabs that are
along the low part provide access to Search, Podcasts, Alarm and More. We
release that Search function is rather irregular.
There’s no denying
that iPlayer Radio is a wonderful application.
Local Radio option in click wheel works in the way that is
rather anti-visual. It uses position data to find BBC application that is
nearest with you most about geography field. This is wise thing. But this thing
prevents you from listening to local radio station from homeland city if you
are on the road. And we cannot find local radio stations through Search
function.
It’s difficult to magnify small benefits of using smartphone
as radio. During free Saturday afternoon, radio has never left for us. And we
have never tuned again or turned off. And when you listen live, you can
continue catching things that are broadcasted, watching directly through
webcam, interacting with program when they take place and sharing online
content. In addition, it also has useful alert function.
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Information
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Price: free
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Website: www.bbc.com
Requirement
of system
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iOS 5.0 or over
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4.6MB archive
Verdict
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It is an application that is necessary for everyone that uses
iPod and iPhone
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Likes radio, iPlayer Radio brings a lot of wonderful free radio
contents to your fingertips. However, we hurry you to keep a keen eye on
quota of data.
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Ranking: 4/5
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