iMoon

[VAXman(Admin)]

Originally Posted by Avian

Saw this article this morning, and wanted to share it with everyone. What do you think? Aural Moon on the iPhone?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/...e=search_story

I've been listening to Aural Moon on the road for the past 2 years already! Using EVDO and my Mac's iTunes and, more recently, the same EVDO with XMMS under Ubuntu Linux. The Linux laptop is smaller than my 17" Powerbook making a better fit in the vehicle and it's a cheap ($10) eBay purchase; thus, you won't see a grown man crying if said laptop is damaged in a vehicle mishap like you would if I used my Powerbook! Therefore, I believe that accessing internet radio and, specifically, AM on an iPhone would be great. The iPhone is a much smaller footprint than any of my laptops.

The problem, at the moment, is that the iPhone is predicated on having an AT&T mobile service contract. As much as I'd love to have an iPhone, I wouldn't change carriers just for its technology.

[gr8sho92]

Originally Posted by VAXman

Therefore, I believe that accessing internet radio and, specifically, AM on an iPhone would be great. The iPhone is a much smaller footprint than any of my laptops.

Been listening to Auralmoon regularly on my iPhone at 128k speed. AT&T's 3G service is pretty good in my area and I can have my AM streaming in the car pretty much everyplace I drive and behaves similar to Sat radio except I need to use the phone's UI, which is fine for me.

I have a few apps that can play AM at 128k, but today I noticed that WunderRadio app provided a version 1.6 upgrade. They now provide a native browser in the app that allows surfing while listening to the radio station, which is pretty neat since Apple hasn't allowed many apps to run in background mode. Now I can run the AuralMoon website and callup the 128K stream right off the home page link (have to login for this). If i were so inclined I could carry on a shout conversation right from the phone itself. Pretty slick.

IIRC, the app cost me all of $6.