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The Geek Weekly BlogWednesday November 19 2008
FlyCast soars to BlackBerrysFlyCast, the popular streaming music app for the iPhone and iPod touch, just debuted on the BlackBerry smartphone. In case you haven’t tried out the service (available for free at Apple’s App Store on iTunes), FlyCast streams more than 1,000 online radio stations from around the world, divided into various genres, such as hip-hop, rock, alternative, dance, R&B, country, reggae, classical, and so forth. Many of the stations offer commercial- and DJ-free broadcasts. What’s more, a handful of these terrestrial- and Web-based stations also let you skip back to the beginning of the track or forward to the next one. You can also view album art, song title and artist name for each track. Talk radio is available as well, including news, weather, podcasts, “old time radio” drama, and comedy episodes. Last week, FlyCast announced that its app will be available for the BlackBerry Curve, Bold and Storm, offering the same lineup of music and talk stations as found in the iPhone and iPod touch versions. The company, based in Lancaster, Pa., says its mobile broadcast network is the first of its kind to be available for BlackBerry smartphones. BlackBerry users can download the app for free by visiting the FlyCast Web site. Monday November 17 2008
A satellite radio you can wearSirius XM Radio and Pioneer Electronics are hoping to make some noise with a new XMp3 wearable satellite radio with MP3 playback functionality. Billed as the smallest and lightest portable satellite radio, the 3.1-ounce XMp3 is the first with multichannel recording capability, allowing users to schedule up to five channels of simultaneous recording. The 2GB of internal memory can hold up to 100 hours of commercial-free music, talk, and sports programming. Selecting what upcoming broadcasts to flag for recording is as easy as navigating through the new program guide -- a first for a portable satellite radio, says Pioneer -- whereby each channel shows its programming schedule up to two weeks in advance. Similar to Digital Video Recorders (DVRs), the XMp3 automatically records the most recent 30 minutes of live programming, so at any time listeners can replay what they just heard, as well as pause, fast-forward, or rewind through this buffered audio. If you also want to carry around your own MP3 or WMA collection, this satellite radio includes a microSD card slot for optional memory cards. |
