AVOID THIS APP:
It was also know as Summer Player, Video Player, Mobo Video Player, and so on!
Do NOT confuse this with a REAL video player such as VPlayer or MoboPlayer!
Showing posts with label Media Player. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Media Player. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
AAQR: VPlayer Pro / and variety of other names
This spam app keeps changing names and gets uploaded, so please AVOID download this player at all costs. I've tracked this app and it has changed names AT LEAST FIVE TIMES!
AVOID THIS APP:
It was also know as Summer Player, Video Player, Mobo Video Player, and so on!
Do NOT confuse this with a REAL video player such as VPlayer or MoboPlayer!
AVOID THIS APP:
It was also know as Summer Player, Video Player, Mobo Video Player, and so on!
Do NOT confuse this with a REAL video player such as VPlayer or MoboPlayer!
Monday, June 13, 2011
AAQR: Scanner Radio
Scanner Radio tunes into the various police radio frequencies. As such data is public, it is legally allowed to rebroadcast such information on the Internet... and for people to listen to them. (UNLESS you are a criminal, really) The app allows you to tune in, through the Internet, police radio around the world, esp. those close to you. Most of it is pretty boring, like checking drivers license, or one guy going off duty or moving to another spot.
Interesting, but please delete it if you are a criminal. If you get caught with that in your phone, you can get an extra misdemeanor tacked on to your rap sheet.
Rating: try it
http://www.appbrain.com/app/scanner-radio/com.scannerradio
Interesting, but please delete it if you are a criminal. If you get caught with that in your phone, you can get an extra misdemeanor tacked on to your rap sheet.
Rating: try it
http://www.appbrain.com/app/scanner-radio/com.scannerradio
Thursday, April 7, 2011
AAQR: TuneIn Radio
TuneIn Radio is a good online radio player that will also do Podcasts. It has both topical indices AND location indices. It will also pick up your location and give you "nearby" stations.
It seems to have some problem picking up some local channels when my DSL is a bit glitchy, but otherwise it's quite good. Interface is very usable if a bit plain. You can also "bookmark" the favorite stations.
If you want to listen to news or music stations without a radio, this is the app to get.
Rating: get it!
http://www.appbrain.com/app/tunein-radio/tunein.player
It seems to have some problem picking up some local channels when my DSL is a bit glitchy, but otherwise it's quite good. Interface is very usable if a bit plain. You can also "bookmark" the favorite stations.
If you want to listen to news or music stations without a radio, this is the app to get.
Rating: get it!
http://www.appbrain.com/app/tunein-radio/tunein.player
Monday, April 4, 2011
Quick Duel: Google Listen vs. Stitcher Radio
Both Google Listen and Stitcher Radio are for listening to podcasts. However, that's the end of their similarities. Here's a quick impression of both, and I'll reveal what I use later.
Stitcher Radio
Stitcher Radio is an excellent podcast player... If you are on WiFi most of the time and have a phone with PLENTY of memory. The problem is, I have neither... I have the original Droid (with a meager 256MB) and previously I have to use only 3G as I don't have WiFi at home. Thus, my experiences have been getting worse and worse. The reason is half due to my phone: if a call comes in, Stitcher often go pushed out of memory, and thus when it resumes, all of the buffers are gone, and the app have to re-stream the content... over and over. Stitcher also have no "offline" mode where you can use SD card space to pre-load the podcats.
On the other hand, Stitcher lets you sort the providers and shows by topic, provider, search box, and so on. You can also thumbs up/down the podcast, subscribe to it, and so on.
Rating: Try it
http://www.appbrain.com/app/stitcher-news-radio/com.stitcher.app
Google Listen
Google Listen is an official app from Google Labs, and its "discovery/browse" interface is atrocious. You can't browse... Just search. is available, no topic browser at all. Eeek. However, Google Listen is one of the apps that saves your listen position, even if the app was pushed out of active memory then reloaded. It is VERY handy. There are a series of buttons in the player screen that lets you skip ahead and so on.
Furthermore, Google Listen has a few tricks, such as browse the "prior episodes" of any podcast, and you can choose to subscribe or not (i.e. check RSS feed), and or add those episodes to the playback queue.
But the best ability of Google Listen is its ability to download all the relevant information (you can even specify to pre-fetch only while on AC power, and/or only on WiFi). All the pre-fetch podcasts goes into the SD card, so playing them back needs NO bandwidth at all!
Rating: Get it
http://www.appbrain.com/app/listen/com.google.android.apps.listen
Stitcher Radio
Stitcher Radio is an excellent podcast player... If you are on WiFi most of the time and have a phone with PLENTY of memory. The problem is, I have neither... I have the original Droid (with a meager 256MB) and previously I have to use only 3G as I don't have WiFi at home. Thus, my experiences have been getting worse and worse. The reason is half due to my phone: if a call comes in, Stitcher often go pushed out of memory, and thus when it resumes, all of the buffers are gone, and the app have to re-stream the content... over and over. Stitcher also have no "offline" mode where you can use SD card space to pre-load the podcats.
On the other hand, Stitcher lets you sort the providers and shows by topic, provider, search box, and so on. You can also thumbs up/down the podcast, subscribe to it, and so on.
Rating: Try it
http://www.appbrain.com/app/stitcher-news-radio/com.stitcher.app
Google Listen
Google Listen is an official app from Google Labs, and its "discovery/browse" interface is atrocious. You can't browse... Just search. is available, no topic browser at all. Eeek. However, Google Listen is one of the apps that saves your listen position, even if the app was pushed out of active memory then reloaded. It is VERY handy. There are a series of buttons in the player screen that lets you skip ahead and so on.
Furthermore, Google Listen has a few tricks, such as browse the "prior episodes" of any podcast, and you can choose to subscribe or not (i.e. check RSS feed), and or add those episodes to the playback queue.
But the best ability of Google Listen is its ability to download all the relevant information (you can even specify to pre-fetch only while on AC power, and/or only on WiFi). All the pre-fetch podcasts goes into the SD card, so playing them back needs NO bandwidth at all!
Rating: Get it
http://www.appbrain.com/app/listen/com.google.android.apps.listen
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
AAQR: Summer Player, an universal video player for Android
Summer Player used to be VPlayer Advanced until it was yanked as it was too confusing with a different VPlayer (previously reviewed).
Summer Player is a VERY good video player as it can browse for video and other media files, scan your SD card for media and present a list, or just receive "intents" from other apps for playback. It plays FLV files very well, even files that other player apps have problems with. It also plays back a TON of other media formats, including the relatively obscure RMVB.
If you insist on only using free apps, Summer Player is the BEST AVI and video player available.
Rating: Get it!
http://www.appbrain.com/app/summer-player/summer.video.movie.music.player
Summer Player is a VERY good video player as it can browse for video and other media files, scan your SD card for media and present a list, or just receive "intents" from other apps for playback. It plays FLV files very well, even files that other player apps have problems with. It also plays back a TON of other media formats, including the relatively obscure RMVB.
If you insist on only using free apps, Summer Player is the BEST AVI and video player available.
Rating: Get it!
http://www.appbrain.com/app/summer-player/summer.video.movie.music.player
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