Android Online Radio: Thousands of radio stations on your smartphone

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The Google Android smartphone operating system has a decent built in audio player, which is great if you feel like copying your music collection to your phone. But you can also listen to thousands of online radio stations using the free Android Online Radio app which is available in the Android Marketplace.

You can use the app to search for audio streams in the Shoutcast or Icecast directories. There's also a list of user populated channels, and AAC and AAC+ channels. Most of these directories are sorted by music genre, or you can just use the search bar to find the station you're looking for. I was able to find two of my favorite online radio stations and add them to my favorites in just a few seconds.

If the radio station you're looking for isn't in the directory, you may be able to add it manually.

Once you find the station you're looking for, either in the directory or in your favorites or recently visited tabs, you play the audio stream using Android Online Radio. You can also set the clock on a sleep timer which will shut off the media player after a set period.

Android Online Radio: Thousands of radio stations on your smartphone originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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