Find Web Audio on Android With Google Listen
Those elves in the Google Labs are so busy that it is hard to keep up with them. That’s why something they released recently fell under the radar, and from the looks of it might be pretty darn cool. Google Listen is a podcatcher for the Android platform, but is also so much more. Imagine you searched for a topic of interest and immediately had a collection of web news, podcasts and more in the palm of your hand.
That is what Google Listen brings to Android — the ability to combine podcast listening along with other popular web audio content with just a few screen taps. Google Listen is limited to English content for now, and in addition to providing podcast handling (listening, queuing, subscribing), it can show a list of popular searches. You can find audio content on just about any topic of interest once you install Google Listen. You can find it in the Android Market, of course.
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I’m becoming convinced that an Android phone, (Hero on Sprint) is the next phone I will get. Along with this great podcaster, widgets, and other apps, this is the platform for geeks. Apple’s iphone was great, but the customization of Android and Webos is perfect for gadget geeks.
Listen cant find MoTR :(
I like listening to CNN live on my iPhone in the mornings. So far I can’t find any Android app that offers anything close to what Wunder Radio and iHeart Radio offer. Plus having to use the crazy dongle thing to connect my headphones… that’s the real deal breaker. I’m selling mine on Craigslist and keeping the iPhone.