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Originally Posted by VAXman
Can you please check and verify whether or not iPhone 3G can now decode the 24k and 96h AACplus (HE-AAC) streams since the latest iTunes can now do this.
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The short answer is yes.
The longer answer is that this isn't so much of an iPhone thing other than the speed of the connection, but moreover of the application being used. While the iPhone has an iTunes app, oddly enough this isn't used to stream internet radio. So once you buy the phone itself and establish service, you don't automatically have the capability of listening to Auralmoon, but rather you have to be prescriptive and go down a path similar to what I posted earlier.
Here's how I tested your question. Wunderradio has an embedded web browser. I bring up the AM website, and then click on the 96K AAC+ patron link, which launches quicktime player in the background and then returns back to the app. Works fine.
The point of the app is that iTunes has a vast assortment of them, but whether or not they support a given stream type varies. It so happens that AAC+ seems to be somewhat prevalent for the app set offered in the iTunes store. When I had my Palm Treo 650, I seem to recall that PocketTunes also supported AAC+, which coincidentally has been ported to the iPhone recently.
If you think AAC+ is exotic, try finding an app that support Real Player streams! I have only found one to date (Wunderradio). I use this to listen to RAI and BBC.
Unfortunately the applications as categorized by Apple leaves a lot to be desired when it comes to this specific type of app because it is commingled with every type of music app imaginable, and so tough to see all of the ones that do this specific job.
As I was surfing the store last night, I did come across one less popular app that advertised AuralMoon because the radio station listing picked stations starting with "A" and AM was there on the screen.
