We haven’t heard from Nobex in a while but it’s great to see they’re still updating the app and going strong. Nobex Radio has been updated to 3.0.6 and it includes integration with BlackBerry Messenger as well as native Twitter and Facebook applications. In addition, the user interface has been improved. For those who don’t know, Nobex Radio adds a social component to music listening, allowing you to share your favorite songs and stations with friends. Features include: Continue reading ‘Nobex Radio Gets Updated with BBM Social as well as Facebook and Twitter’
Later today, US BlackBerry Beta Zones users will be invited to try out RIM’s latest app called BlackBerry Radio. The upcoming radio discovery app brings a variety of music services such as Slacker, Pandora, Clear Channel and Corus all into a single app. Other features include: Continue reading ‘RIM Introduces BlackBerry Radio App to US Beta Zone Users’
radioBee 1.6 is a radio player for BlackBerry powered by SHOUTcast. While not free, which is the case with apps such as iHeartRadio, radioBee seems to offer a larger catalog of stations.
The app uses a proprietary algorithm to search, play more than 80,000 internet radio stations. The app provides popularity and reliability ratings for each station, along with station programming, genre, name, encoding, bitrate.
New features include :
Proprietary real-time audio play
Works in the background, you can listen music and do something else with your phone
Support of SHOUTcast and Icecast servers
Enhanced Directory of more than 80000 radio stations
Currently playing information displays current song and artist
Listen to your local hometown radio station from anywhere in the world
Find specific stations using the extensive search function
Manual adding of custom streams (including possibility to stream music from your computer to your cell phone)
Build a list of your favorite stations and shows
Check emergency scanner streams
Check weather conditions on weather radio streams
Bluetooth audio streaming to your car or home audio
Slacker Radio has enjoyed great success on BlackBerry and recently they’re hit their 1 millionth download. Slacker is killing the competition too:
* Slacker Radio offers 2+ Million tracks – 4 times as many as Pandora
* Slacker Radio offers stereo audio – Pandora only offers mono (single channel)
* Slacker Radio offers station caching so you can listen to radio even when you don’t have a signal
This is a great app, although it does have a few drawbacks. For example, the fact that it must be plugged into a PC in order to sync really hurts the functionality. I get really bothered when I have to sync things via my PC and I would love to have OTA syncing capabilities. Soon, I hope.
Here is a quick breakdown of features you get with Slacker:
* High-quality stereo playback from all streaming wireless connections (including Wi-Fi) and cached stations
* Station caching – play music even without a network connection
* Free music library featuring millions of songs from thousands of artists
* Over 100 professionally programmed genre stations
* Create custom stations by searching for artists or song titles
* View song lyrics
* Bluetooth support
* Multi-tasking – listen to music while doing email
* View artist biographies and photos
* View album art and reviews
* “Peek Ahead” artist and album preview
* Pause and skip songs
* Rate songs as favorites
* Ban songs and artists you don’t like
If you’re a terrestrial radio gal or guy, you might recognize Clear Channel – owners of the radio airwaves in the United States. If you’ve fallen in love with one of Clear Channel’s many stations from across the USA and find yourself unable to hear your favorite stations or on-air personality, don’t fret, I Heart Radio is here! You can still listen to your favorite station via your BlackBerry now. The I Heart Radio application is available for free via the BlackBerry App World.
Whenever he starts BlackBerry Pearl’s data connection and places the phone next to the flashlight, the flashlight blinks. The radio waves seem to be interfering with the power connection in the flashlight, but can someone tell me in more detail what is happening?
