Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Multimedia, Developer, iPhone
MobileScrobbler hits milestone updates
Scott hasn't found any reason to jailbreak his iPhone yet, but one of the jailbreak apps that readers suggested would make it worth it was MobileScrobbler, and now Sam Steele has dropped us a note that he's updated the iPhone's Last.fm client to a 1.2.0 release. There are a number of neat features, not least of which is the ability to stream Last.fm radio content over EDGE or Wifi ("Wifi strongly recommended," sez Sam). The app will also scrobble tracks as you listen, allow you to tag songs as "love" or "ban" (everything is cached, and then uploaded when a connection returns), and view upcoming events and add them to your calendar. And he's even pulling in lyrics from LyricWiki-- I don't know if that's a MobileScrobbler thing or a Last.fm thing, but it's great.Pretty amazing. MobileScrobbler can be obtained through Installer.app, and a look at the changelog tells you just how fast Sam is updating it to keep up with all the tickets (the app is free, but he's accepting donations if you do think it's worth jailbreaking your iPhone for). Software like this is terrific-- here's hoping that when Apple does release an SDK, they make sure that dedicated developers like Sam can do this stuff officially.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
starkruzr said 10:40PM on 12-27-2007
Hellllllll yes. This is easily one of my favorite iPhone apps ever. It works remarkably well.
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Fernando said 10:52PM on 12-27-2007
Wow, nice app indeed
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punkassjim said 12:31AM on 12-28-2007
I've stumbled across a bunch of "iphone developers'" sites, and this dude really takes it seriously. Sets milestones for himself, manages his tickets promptly, and really just has it all under control. Very impressive, it seems clear he's got some experience under his belt. Anyway, yeah, easily the best app on my iPhone.
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punkassjim said 12:33AM on 12-28-2007
...and I just realized this evening that the Lyrics, Artist Wiki, and Events screens in MobileScrobbler are all actively getting info for you even when you're just playing your own local music. Awesome.
Fabio P said 6:28AM on 12-28-2007
the hell, it even is translated to german and propably some other languages. i'll try it a week or so, and if its cool i propably will donate :D heck, he should be hired by apple, like the developer of Lights Off.app
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