Woohoo!!!
Version 2.0.0 of the ooTunes Radio app for iPhone/iPod Touch is now available!!!
The free update will show up in the "updates" tab within the blue "App Store" app on your iPhone/iPod Touch. If you didn't buy it yet, Get it in iTunes!
So, what's in this update? Too much to list... it's a huge improvement to stability, usability, appearance and a ton of new features!
The built in list of streams is now over 7000, but if that's not enough, this version adds support for playback of the following (using the greatly improved built-in web browser):
- ScanAmerica
- RadioTime
- Seeqpod
- Icecast
- XM Radio
- Live365
- Reciva
- Shoutcast
- NOAA Weather
- Air Traffic Controllers
- Archive.org
- Any other site with links to a .pls, .m3u or .asx playlist or other linked audio
All these sites and the built in station list means you've got nearly infinite audio at your fingertips. The list of websites will be updated with new interesting sites, as we recieve your suggestions.
In fact, if something DOESN'T play with the browser's "play" button, use the "?!" button to email us the site and we'll make it work if we can!
Here's the list of current Radio Only features (some are new, some have been there all along).
- Search preset stations by genre, country, city/state, station name/call sign or frequency/band
- Automatically resume last station played on start-up (even after a phone call)
- Post what you hear and like on Twitter or Facebook
- Create and organize favorites with custom tags
- Listen to any of over 60,000 live concerts from Archive.org (over 6,500 Grateful Dead concerts alone!)
- View album art and lyrics, or find track more on Last.fm
- Listen to interesting tracks again by searching SeeqPod or YouTube
- Works well on the move (detects changes from wifi-3G-edge and automagically reconnects)
- Store and share your favorite stations
- View recently played and most played streams
- Shake to shuffle streams
- View cumulative listening time and historical data
- Easily report broken radio links for repair
- Purchase your favorite songs by choosing the lowest price through comparison of iTunes, Amazon and other music providers.
- Listen while using the built in web-browser to
- Play your favorite web-based game
- Check web-based email
- Chat on web-based chat rooms
- View current station's web page
- Surf the internet
- Tweet on Twitter
Nearly everything I added or fixed was a suggestion from you, the users, so again, thanks, and keep the feedback coming!
In the future, look for restarting tracks where they last left off, fast-forward and rewind within tracks, and then with iPhone OS 3.0, great enhancements to video playback!
As always...
TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK! I think this version is really solid, but there will still be improvements in the future.
If you like it, please TELL YOUR FRIENDS, leave a review in the App Store (or update it if you already left one and this fixes any issues), blog about it, tell your favorite radio stations to promote it!
Thanks for your support!
Steve
(ooTunes Nerd #1)
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