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Simplify Media for iPhone
The Simplify Media iPhone application (iTunes link) v1.1 has hit the App Store. As you can see from the video above, with Simplify Media installed on your Mac and on your iPhone or iPod touch, you can stream your home iTunes library to your mobile device wherever you may be. It will supposedly work over EDGE, 3G, or WiFi and promises what might be the holy grail for mobile audio devices -- practically unlimited storage.
To get started you'll need to download the Simplify Media Mac client as well as register for a free account. Then install the iPhone client on your mobile device and your home Mac should show up as a streaming source. In addition to your home machine, you can connect to up to 30 friends also running the cross-platform software.
Simplify Media for Mac is a free download. Only the first 100,000 copies of the iPhone version are free to download, after that it will be $3.99.
[via Gizmodo]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
cmuska902 said 3:40PM on 8-14-2008
When I search the app store for this, it shows up...once I click on it, it shows that its not there..hmmm
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Nikki said 3:49PM on 8-14-2008
it didn't come up for me initially either...I just got it. Here's the direct link:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=284941327&mt=8
Michael said 4:26PM on 8-14-2008
Same thing happened to me, try searching through the Music catigory, I found it that way and downloaded fine. Even got it for free, I guess I was one of the first 100,000 people to download it.
yon said 4:07PM on 8-14-2008
How does your mac stream it? How does it send the file from my home computer into the 3g airwaves?
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Dale said 8:59PM on 8-14-2008
There's a brand new invention called the internet. :D
Victor Agreda Jr said 4:13PM on 8-14-2008
Oh man, this thing is sweet! Worth $3.99, although I think I was able to get it free...
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Jonathan Chan said 3:48PM on 8-14-2008
This app works great over the 3G, buffers in seconds, loved it as a jailbreak app, love it now as an appstore one.
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Jonathan Chan said 3:51PM on 8-14-2008
you can find it through categories, go to music and go that way
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todd said 6:23PM on 8-14-2008
i like how the first movie he has on his phone is a porn movie..lol..check it when its 20 seconds in. You'll see the porn movie. Found it funny thought i'd let people know lol
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mcg said 3:57PM on 8-14-2008
Hey, does the server software recompress music it sends over the Internet? I have a bunch of Apple Lossless files, and it seems to me like there's no way in the world they'd stream over EDGE or even 3G unless it did so.
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thisisforspammers said 4:17PM on 8-14-2008
It sounds like it does. My phone switched to Edge and some of the songs started warbling a bit.
Ian said 4:18PM on 8-14-2008
The app on the phone isn't finding the home computer. Wonder if it's a port issue?
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Raphael Salgado said 4:25PM on 8-14-2008
No changes needed to your router - just make sure the desktop version is able to connect to their servers. Do you have an outbound firewall?
roy said 4:32PM on 8-14-2008
How does this 'free' concept work actually? I got it now for free, but do I have to pay for updates?
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Jonathan Chan said 4:16PM on 8-14-2008
In my experience even if an app goes paid later if you got it for free initially you get the future updates for free as well. Example: breakclassic
moo083 said 4:19PM on 8-14-2008
One complaint about the app. None of my purchased music seems to show up, even DRM free stuff. And on the computer version, it doesn't either, except it seems to show up in the Purchased playlist.
But in the iPhone version of the app, it doesn't seem to let you access playlists. Which to me is a serious drawback. Hopefully this is one of the first added features.
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HouseofG said 4:41PM on 8-14-2008
RTFM! Or in this case - Intro.
moo083 said 4:21PM on 8-14-2008
Okay, thats strange. I just checked again and now the playlists show up. It didn't before. Hmmmm.....hope its not always this buggy.
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Raphael Salgado said 4:23PM on 8-14-2008
Looks like you have to let it build the database before you can use it. Took me about 5 minutes for 2000+ songs. I'm streaming, baby!
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mike said 4:48PM on 8-14-2008
Wow. This app really is amazing. I can't believe it's free
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