NEWSBOX
The news in your pocket
Free
NewsBox app provides you with up-to-date video news by various Russian TV channels directly on your iPhone/iPod Touch anywhere and anytime. Local, global, economics news and fashion shows are here. Browse over 2.000 video news by categories or search for news you want to watch. Organize your Recent category by toggle on or off various channels.
NewsBox from iTunes AppStore can play videos only with WiFi network available. Also you can change the default settings to view the standard or low quality version of the videos.
Specially for 3G/EDGE users NewsBox web-version is available. Application runs from Safari. Instruction for installing you can find below. Web-version of NewsBox is fully identical to the version from iTunes AppStore.
FEATURES
- Play video news directly on your iPhone or iPod Touch
- Browse or search over 5.000 video news from various TV channels
- Fresh video news every hour
- Toggle on or off various channels in "Recent" category
- Automatically and manual adjustment quality of the video
- Connection support for the EDGE/3G network and Wi-Fi (only web-version)
- Include 4 Russian TV channels, such as NTV, TVC, Expert TV and World Fashion TV
- Also include videos from AMVNews.ru, Kanobuvosti from kanobu.ru, trailers of new movies and games
HOW TO INSTALL NEWSBOX WEB-VERSION (for playing videos via 3G/EDGE)
1) Launch Safari at iPhone
2) Type address http://nb.media-phone.ch and wait loading of page
3) Then tap "+" and choose "Add to Home Screen"
4) Enter name for icon
5) Icon of NewsBox will appear at Home Screen
6) After that you can launch web-version of NewsBox directly from Springboard
HOW TO USE
● To browse videos, tap "Последние" (Recent), "Популярные" (Most Viewed), or "Каналы" (Channels). Or tap "Поиск" (Search) to search for a video
● To search for a video, tap "Поиск" (Search), then tap search field. Type a word or phrase that describes what you’re looking for, then tap Search
● To play, tap the video. The video begins to download to device and a progress bar appears. When enough of the video has downloaded, it begins to play
● To show or hide video controls just tap the screen
● To see description about a video, tap blue arrow next to any video in a list
● To refresh video lists on Recent and Most Viewed categories, tap at the top of the iPhone screen
● To enable or disable a different channel, tap * on Recent category, then use toggle to turn channel on or off
● To adjust the quality of videos, tap "О программе" (About) then tap "Изменить качество видео" (Change video quality) and and select some option
NOTES
On iPhone OS 3.0 you may experience problems with video playback. We recommend that you update your device to OS 3.1 version or later, if you have not done so already.
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