I downloaded the 104.7 KCLD app, mostly because that's the station my kids listen to, it's local to me, and I wondered what it would have....I was actually pretty impressed (after I got through the required 30 second ad watching I had to do to get into the app). The live stream was flawless and the sound was great. Each song playing had options to see artist info, lyrics, a way to buy the song (sends you out to iTunes), and "other media". You could also "Favorite" the song by hitting the heart. You could also see a history of what the station has been playing. It looked like it went back about an hour.
Other features were links to their Twitter feed, Facebook feed, Facebook in general, Twitter in general, KCLDs home page, the Playhouse page, and links to their Pepsi VIP club and Mobile VIP club. In all my jumping around from app to web and back, I never lost the live stream, or had it interrupted at all. I listened for about 20 minutes (four songs). Until the fourth song, all the app info for the songs was available. Not sure why the song info for the last one didn't show up, as it was a well-known song....or at least one I've heard my kids sing before :)Because I'd like to head "Up North" with the fam this summer, I downloaded the UpNorthExplorer app. The first thing I noticed once I had the app going was that it had A LOT going on.....There were 11 buttons I could tap on the main screen, as well as a search tool, and five things I could tap on the bottom. That seems like a LOT of things....which I assumed made this a pretty comprehensive app.
I chose to look at weather first, and allowed access to my location.....got my Sartell weather (25 degrees on April 1, really?) and made my city a favorite. This is connected to The Weather Channel, which I trust.
There was a way to "register" with the app, but I chose not to do so.
The nine main buttons of the app offered things like dining, lodging, recipes (lots looked yummy!), shopping, services, etc. Upon opening each of these nine things, an ad popped up, but just for a couple seconds before the appropriate list came up. As I spent more time looking through the options, I saw that the lists were "a good start", but could be a lot longer. I also notice what seemed like a lot of casino entries. I wonder how people/business get in this app?
Okay, so this was the cutest part of the app (seriously, it was really cute). There was a button that looked like a postcard...it allowed you to take a picture (or use one from your library), then it placed it onto a postcard, allowed you to add text, change the background, change the stamp on it, add effects to the photo, etc. Then you could save it or post it to Twitter or Facebook...like a virtual postcard. I thought it was pretty cool. This was a pretty interesting "thing"...because without this PD, I never would have looked at either of these....or known they existed.
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