Showing posts with label Android Radio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Android Radio. Show all posts

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Radio App For Android - Listen Music You Love Anywhere And Anytime

This is one of the best Android Radio Apps for music lovers. It allows you to create Radio Station by the artist you like and keep on streaming hours of music that you love to listen. It also give wide range of stations created by genre and quickly tap into class of music you want to listen. A really coolest app to try and see...oh, I mean listen...

This is second post on Radio App for Android and if you have not yet read about first Android Radio app discussed in earlier post then you can read it at : Best Android Radio App - With Over 50000 Free Online Internet Radio Stations

Best Apps For Android Radio Jango
Radio App For Android - Jango Radio App : User interface of this app is so simple and friendly. It does just what you want an android radio app to do without any jargon. Best part of this app is, it is so small in size that just takes few kilo bytes of your Android memory space and provides coolest music than other heavy radio apps in Android market.

Android Radio App - Welcome Screen : When you start this app first time then it may display a screen with information about latest update to this version of app and once you dismiss that screen then it would present you with the welcome screen as shown below.

Android Radio App - Welcome Screen
Android Radio App - Welcome Screen
This screen provides two options. First option allows you to log-in using your Jango account, if you have created one. Second option allows you to start using Jango radio without registering a account. You may try this app without creating an account and once you like the app then go and create an account.

Android Radio App - Create Station :  Tap "I am new to Jango" for using this Radio app without registering for an account. Tapping this option would display the following screen.

Android Radio App - Create Station
Android Radio App - Create Station
Type the artist name you want to create radio station by, in text box with text "Enter any artist to get going". You need not enter complete artist name. For example, just typing "Ad" would search and display list of artists whose name begins with "Ad" - AD, Adele, Adina Howard, Adam Sandler, Adam Ant, Adam and The Ants, Adema, Adam F, Adolescents, Adam Green, ADULT, Addison Road, ADL, Adrian Belew, Adrima, Adam Cohen, Add N to (X), Adriano Celentano, Adam Freeland, Adonis, Adrian Enescu, Advantage, Adam Beyer, Adeva, Adalberto Alvarez, Adem, Adam Sky, Adolphson & Falk, Adam Fields, Adam Popp, Adolfo Urias Y Su Lobo Norteno, Adam K & Soha, Adult Net, Adultnapper, Adlm (After Dinner Liquid Mints), Adept, Adrian Raso and the Mess, Advanced Association, Adora, Adam Tyler, Adam Brock, Adonis Puentes, Adam Teague, Adamo, AdamTake2, Adjay, Adoram, Advisor, Adrienne Pierce, Adalia, Adam Rykala, Aduro, Adam Martin, adVerSity, Adam Jarvis, Addison Baker - Fusion, Adriana Evans...and list is on.

Tap the name of artist from the list to create a radio station by that artist and start playing the station you just created.

Android Radio App - Station Playing : As mentioned above if you tap the name of the artist then it would create a station and start playing it. For example, tapping "Adele" from the list of artists shown in above screen would start playing the station for Adele as shown in screenshot below.

Android Radio App - Station Play
Android Radio App - Station Play
There are many useful functions on this screen which you can use. The icons with up and down thumb are for rating the song. You can tap pause button to stop playing station at any point of time and it changes to play icon. Tap play icon to resume playing the station. Tap next button to change the song.

Volume icon allows to change the volume of the Radio station. This is very handy feature because it allows you to change the volume of radio irrespective of the volume setting of your phone.

Android Radio App - Edit Station : In above screenshot notice an icon at right hand top corner of the screen. Tap this icon to display the "Edit Station" screen shown below.

Android Radio App - Edit Station
Android Radio App - Edit Station
You can use this feature only when you are playing a station created by Artist name. This can not be done while playing station by genre.

Edit station screen displays the names of artists similar to the one you entered for the station. Here either you can add the artist by tapping "+" icon or remove them by tapping icon in pink color. You can also add artist not listed in list by tapping "Add Artist" button. Tap "Variety Settings" button to alter few settings to fine tune the behavior of this Android Radio app.

Using this screen you can add or remove one or more artists to your custom radio station. Once the radio station is created then you can play that station to listen music for those and similar other artists.

Android Radio App - Genre Stations : You can tap "Genre Stations" button on bottom tool bar of this app to display the predefined list of radio stations by various genre categories.

Android Radio App - Genre Stations
Android Radio App - Genre Stations
There are good number of categories for exploring the radio stations. You can select from - "Top Stations", "Alternative", "Christian & Gospel", "Classical & Opera", "Dance", "Country", "Decades: 70's", "Decades: 80's", "Decades: 90's", "Electronic", "Independent", "Hip Hop", "Indie", "Jazz & Blues", "Latino", "Pop", "Rock", "R&B / Soul", "Themes & Moods" and "World & International".

For example, tapping "Top Stations" from above screen would display the list of top stations or hot stations as shown in screenshot below.

Android Radio App - Top Stations
Android Radio App - Top Stations
This screen displays the list of top stations. Here you can select from - "Top 100 by Jango", "Thanksgiving", "Fresh 40 by Jango", "Christmas Classics", "UK Top 100 Chart", "R&B Christmas", "Hot Country", "Independent Christmas", "Love Songs", "Hot Hip Hop / R&B", "Hot Adult Pop & Rock", "Hot Dance Hits", "Hot Alternative" and "Hot Indie Dance".

Just tap any of the genre listed above to start playing that radio station and you can enjoy hours of streaming music on your Android phone.

Android Radio App - World & International Stations : Selecting the "World & International" genre category displays the list of radio stations covering music from all over the world. Here you would find radio stations list with stations like - "Swedish Essentials",  "World Music", "Dancehall", "Afrobeat", "Ska / Rocksteady", "Bollywood Hits", "Raggae", "Chansons Françaises", "Pinoy Music", "Celtic", "Irish Pub Songs", "Deutsche Music", "Brazilian", "Tango", "Cuban" and "Regional Mexican"

You can tap any of the world or international radio stations from above list to start enjoying the music from that part of the world. For example, tapping "Bollywood Hits" starts playing the radio station with music from Bollywood movies as shown in screenshot below.

Android Radio App - Bollywood Hits Station
Android Radio App - Bollywood Hits Station
Screenshot above is showing a song, "Jai Ho" from "A. R. Rahman" being played by Bollywood Hits radio station.

As mentioned earlier in this post, this is second post on Radio App for Android and you can read about first Android Radio app at : Best Android Radio App - With Over 50000 Free Online Internet Radio Stations

You can download this radio app from Android market or app store of your choice and start enjoying music you love on your Android mobile phone anywhere and anytime.

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Saturday, May 14, 2011

Best Android Radio App - With Over 50000 Free Online Internet Radio Stations

In last post I talked about wonderful app for playing and enjoying Android music. If you have not read it yet then you can find it at : Best Android Music Player - App with Themes, Equalizer, Album Art and Lyrics

In this post I am going to talk about another music and Android streaming audio source app, one of the best Android Radio which you can download and enjoy for free. This first of the radio apps I posted here about. You can read about second radio app at : Radio App For Android - Listen Music You Love Anywhere And Anytime

Best Apps For Android TuneIn Radio
TuneIn Radio App : This is one of the popular and cool Android Radio apps. It has list of over 50000 free FM, AM, ham radio and online internet radio stations from different countries and in different languages. User interface of the app is simple and effective. Being a internet radio app what it needs is only internet connectivity. Unlike default Android radio, it does not need head phone to be plugged in to act as antenna. Another best part is you can listen to your favorite radio station from any part of the world. When you start the TuneIn radio it displays the categories of radio stations as shown in image below.

Android Radio - TuneIn
As you see in android radio image shown above, radio stations are categorized in very useful categories namely Local Radio, Music, Talk, Sports, By Location, By Language and Podcasts. If you tap one of the categories say Music then app would display the next screen with sub categories as shown below.

Android Radio - Music Stations
Android Radio - Music Stations
As shown in image above radio stations are further categorized by type of music namely Adult Contemp, Alt.Rock, Best Bets, Children's, Classic Rock, Classical, Country and so on. Tapping any of these sub categories displays the list of radio stations in that category. For example if you tap Classical then it would display screen with following radio stations list.

Android Radio - Classical Music Stations
Android Radio - Classical Music Stations
Above image of android radio app is displaying all the classical music stations available with TuneIn online internet radio. You can tap any of the radio station from the list to display following screen and start playing it.

Android Radio - WETA station
Android Radio - WETA station
Screenshot above is showing the WETA radio station being played with TuneIn Android radio app. Immediately below the title bar of the app is displayed the name of the radio station, WETA in above case. Below the station name is displayed the remaining duration of current streaming audio content from this radio station. Progress bar shows the same information visually. Below the progress bar is "Add to Presets" button. You can tap this button to add the given radio station to presets list. Presets is equivalent to favorite option that we see in other apps. At bottom of the screen is buffering status of the radio stream and at right is a button which you can tap to stop playing this station.

The Radio stations list displayed in previous to previous screenshot can be scrolled down to find more stations. At the end of the list a "More Stations" item is displayed as shown in image below.

Android Radio - More Stations
This "More Stations" item is very useful feature. App displays only small list of stations from huge list and provides this option to tap for showing more entries. This improves the response time of the app drastically. App also displays the Shows just below the "More Stations" option entry. Scrolling down further on this screens provides few more useful choices as shown in image below.

Android Radio - Most Popular Stations
Android Radio - Most Popular Stations
As shown in above image, Explore Classical section is displayed at the end of the screen. This would vary depending on type of sub category you select. Here there are two useful choices, "Most Popular" and "By Location". You can further filter the Classical Music Radio stations by tapping "By Location" option to display the screen as shown below.

Android Radio - Stations By Locations
Android Radio - Stations By Locations
As you can see it allows you to filter the selected radio station category by locations like Africa, Asia,Australasia, Caribbean Islands, Central America, Europe, North America, South America and so on. Tap one of the areas to go on filtering the stations for specific region and you can find the stations of your interests as shown in example below.

Android Radio - Classical Music Stations in US
Android Radio - Classical Music Stations in US
Above screenshot shows the classical music radio stations filtered to display only from US. This way you can find the radio station of your interest. Once found add it to presets so that you can find it quickly next time. All the stations you add to presets can be seen quickly by tapping "My Presets" tab at just below the title and top of the screen. This displays the presets screen as shown below.

Android Radio - My Presets
Android Radio - My Presets
Stations displayed at My Presets tab can vary depending on which stations you have already added to presets. This list can be empty if you have not yet added any radio station to presets. It is possible to store all your presets stations at TuneIn server so that you can access it from any other device. For this you need to register for TuneIn account and use the account credentials with radio app. For entering the account credentials press the menu button of your Android phone and tap the settings menu. It would display the TuneIn settings screen as shown below.

Android Radio - TuneIn Settings
Android Radio - TuneIn Settings
The first option in settings screens above if tapped allows you to enter the TuneIn account credentials. One more important and useful feature of this app is search. You can find a magnifying glass icon at top right corner of the screen. You can tap this icon to start searching for a Radio station you are looking for. You can perform the search by Artist, Album and Song also to find the radio station that is playing it. Isn't it wonderful?

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You can download apk of this app from your favorite Android market or store. Like other apps you can get update of the latest version of this Android radio app for free. Download and start using this free and wonderful Android radio app today.

As mentioned earlier, this first of the radio apps I posted here and you can read about second radio app at : Radio App For Android - Listen Music You Love Anywhere And Anytime

If you like this post then you may want to read few more interesting posts about best and exciting Android apps in popular posts section at right. Keep checking back for more best apps for Android.