Let’s be frank: Could there be any better way to start your weekend than kicking into some radiant Supersonic HD neon-racing action on your HP TouchPad with a soundtrack provided by Finnish artist collective Kitkaliitto pouring out in all its…
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December 21st 2010 | Posted by Adam Marks
When you are listening to music on your phone, did you know that you can control certain aspects of playback using your wired headset? Many headsets–including the one from Palm that comes with your phones–have a button on them that you use to hang up a phone conversation, but that is not the only use you will find for that button. From the stock music app to homebrew apps like Music Player (Remix) or other audio apps like DrPodder, you can control the audio playback using that button. Just load up an audio file and click once to pause/play that current track, or quickly click twice to fast forward to the next track.
Thanks to RagaR for suggesting this tip
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December 17th 2010 | Posted by Nathan Mylott
Checking in is a rapidly growing area of social networking. GetGlue, a network that lets you check in to what you are doing rather than where you are, is considering a webOS app. Founder and CEO Alex Iskold told me there are no definite plans yet but if you want an app, send GetGlue a tweet to @GetGlue with the hashtag #webOS and let them know. In the meantime, you can also check in on Getglue’s mobile site at http://getglue.com/mobile, but that is not nearly as much fun. Currently there are GetGlue apps for Android and iOS.
Unfamiliar with GetGlue? Read on for a quick look at this social service.
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December 8th 2010 | Posted by Derek Kessler
If there’s one homebrew app that’s been incredibly popular from the start, it’s been Music Player (Remix). What started as an enhancement of the built-in webOS Music app, Remix has evolved to version 2.0 with a completely new UI, awesome utilization of dashboard controls, and more.
See everything that’s new, including a video, after the break!
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November 18th 2010 | Posted by Nathan Mylott
It is often mentioned how the world of cell phone gaming has been turned upside down in the last few years and become something new. Cell phones themselves have also evolved into something key to managing our lives, to safety, health and learning. Some truly artistic developers have even managed to turn them into a soothing therapy to our minds and even our psyche. They have created experiences that allow us to do things we never could have done before; to create and immerse ourselves in an aural and visual beauty that floats our consciousness aloft to a higher level and heals our spirits.
These are apps that are therapeutic and relaxing, and some of them are fun little time wasters too. They are more than just nature sound boards, of which there are many in the App Catalog. These apps are a great, natural and healthy way to unwind and get rid of stress after work or clear your mind for intellectual pursuits.
Apps Reviews, Pandora, music, spotify, streaming, streaming music
November 17th 2010 | Posted by jackofspeed
PreCentral forum member jackofspeed submits this review of the Spotify webOS app and service, as he’s from the UK and can use Spotify
Here in Europe (the land from whence this author hails), Spotify is kind of a big deal. When their webOS app became available last week, it was the end of a 12-month wait for those of us lucky enough to be able to get the Spotify service. To most of you though (i.e. the United States) it may be an unknown commodity, and this is as much a review of the service as it is the app.
A quick summary is in order: Spotify is a cloud-based music streaming service, not unlike Pandora, but with one key difference – you can choose exactly the music you want to play. It’s as simple as that; if you want to listen to a specific artist’s new album, you just search for it and play it. What’s more, if you don’t mind a few adverts, it’s free to do so! Alternatively, you can pay £4.99 a month for ad-free streaming to a computer at 160kbps, or £9.99 per month for ad-free streaming at 320kbps to a computer or mobile device.
The more expensive of these services also allows for offline storage of playlists (limited to around 3000 tracks) so playback can continue in the absence of a data connection. The service also supports collaboratively editable playlists, scrobbling, and social links via Facebook or as web links which can be used in any way you wish. Incorporation of local music into playlists is now supported as well, so the Spotify app can really act as a hub for all your music on your Pre or your desktop. Yes, you understood that correctly, Spotify does what iTunes does, but with a subscription service like Zune Pass built right in.
But what about webOS? Well the Spotify app supports all the features described above, provided you have a Premium subscription. You can build playlists on the phone or on the desktop app, and they sync through the cloud between devices in a totally transparent way. Got a good Spotify playlist already? Install the app and it’s there, ready to go. You can hit play straightaway and it’s off, playing your music pretty much instantly. This works flawlessly over Wi-Fi, and pretty much flawlessly over 3G GSM.
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November 12th 2010 | Posted by Mark Jensen
Melodeo and their unique nuTsie music app (well, technically it’s HP’s music app now) look to soon be officially making their way to Palm devices, at least if the "Internal beta version of nuTsie for webOS platform" that seems to have accidentally found its way onto the public webOS web app feed is any indication.
This is good news for webOS music lovers (which we assume is everyone) as the iTunes-centric app allows for cloud based music syncing and streaming as well as, or arguably better, than any smartphone music app to date. We reported earlier on HP’s purchase of Melodeo and what that meant for the future of cloud based music streaming on webOS devices (and all smartphone platforms for that matter). Now it appears that the promise of iTunes syncing among all kinds of other music goodness is well on its way to webOS.
Although you can download the app now, screen shots are about all we have to go on at this point, as the beta requires a registration code to activate. The pay for download model appears to be in keeping with both the Blackberry and Android versions of the nuTsie app, both of which have been available for $19.95 and $9.95 respectively. We’ll keep you posted as more information is made available.
Download nuTsie v3 (again, not working yet); Thanks abegee!
Grooveshark, Pandora, apps, music, streaming, streaming music
November 3rd 2010 | Posted by Derek Kessler
If you’re looking for an alternative to Pandora for your music streaming needs, look no further than Grooveshark. Unlike Pandora, Grooveshark allows you to play the songs you want and combines it with an advanced recommendation engine. Those recommendations are also tied into the playlists of other Grooveshark users you follow (assuming you and your friends have similar musical tastes).
Grooveshark’s webOS app debuted earlier this year and recently received a hefty update. The new Grooveshark 1.2.0 brings a long awaited notification area dashboard player for controlling the streaming music playback from within other apps. There’s also now a shuffle mode option for your playlists and search filters to better narrow your results. And if you happen to be in a poor signal area, Grooveshark can detect that and serve up lower bitrate tunes for continuing (if lesser quality) music.
The app has received a number of other smaller updates, tweaks, and bug fixes to bring it to the big one dot two dot oh. Check it out – Grooveshark is available for free from the Palm App Catalog, with full functionality offered through a $3 monthly subscription, which by the way, allows you to stream copies of your own music. Cool, eh?
Source: Grooveshark Blog
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October 25th 2010 | Posted by Nathan Mylott
As we speculated in an earlier post, Spotify is now officially available on webOS. It is a free app but requires a premium subscription.
Spotify is available only in Sweden, Norway, Finland, the UK, France, Spain and the Netherlands. The rest of us will just have to watch in envy for now, as Spotify says on their website, "at this time we don’t know when we may launch in more countries."
If you are not familiar with Spotify, it is a fantastic music streaming service that lets you play any song you can think of over the airwaves, or download it to play offline. You can save those songs in playlists, or share them on Facebook, Twitter, email, or with other Spotify users. You can even use it to sync your music from your computer (Mac or PC) to your phone via wifi, and play it on certain tv’s and audio devices in your home. You can also use it for Last FM scrobbling.
It is available on a wide array of mobile platforms, including iPhone, Android, Windows Phone, Nokia smart phones, and others.
WebOS devices are some of the best media devices in the smart phone market, both in terms of hardware and vast selection of audio and video streaming apps. Having one of the crown jewels of music delivery services in its repertoire helps solidify webOS’ place as one of the great families of media devices.
Source: Spotify; via: webosroundup
Rumors, apps, music, music streaming, rumor, spotify, uk
October 21st 2010 | Posted by Dieter Bohn
If you’re not familiar with Spotify, that might be because it’s the best music streaming service around that’s not available in the US. Spotify for the iPhone has been quite popular, but as-yet we haven’t seen a hint of it for webOS. Until now, that is, when PreCentral reader Michael spotted the above print ad for the Pixi in the Daily Telegraph in the UK. The ad reads:
When she smashed through to her highest level yet on Angry Birds, Laura briefly paused the new Brandon Flowers album on Spotify, rang her friend Abby for some major gloating, put Brandon back on, then let everyone else know by changing her Facebook status.
Amazing what you can achieve when your boyfriend’s running late. Again.
While it’s likely that stateside we’ll have to wait for HP to make something of their Melodeo acquisition, Spotify for UK webOS users would be a nice thing indeed. What do you think: overzealous copywriter or sign of another top-tier app making its way to webOS in the near future?
(p.s. we’re also amused that in the UK, Palm’s tagline "Life moves fast. Don’t miss a thing" has been changed to "Life moves fast. Don’t miss out on anything." What, so bitter that Stephen Fry is spending his time in the US that you can’t take his advice on being persnickety about language?)
Thanks, Michael!