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Rejoice, news nerds! NPR arrives on the iPhone
NPR has launched a new iPhone app with that's so good it might replace both your computer and your radio as your favorite way to listen to the news. The app allows you to listen to live streams from hundreds of NPR news stations, as well as reading and listening to archived stories. All told, you're getting over 1,000 stations, news programs and live streams on your iPhone for free.To keep all this content organized, you can add stories to your queue and listen to them in order. If you're just interested in what's playing on your local station, you can easily locate it using the NPR app and your iPhone's GPS. The NPR app is more than news, though: it also lets you listen to popular programs like Car Talk and Fresh Air. If they're on air anywhere in the country, you'll see an "on air" badge, meaning you can listen live. For shows that aren't live at the moment, you'll still be able to listen to the most recent episode on demand.
[via Mashable]
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