Hot off the presses, it's WFMU's very own iPhone app! Not so
long ago, WFMU became the first radio station to offer streams for the
iPhone, way before the app craze took off. We've finally joined the
teeming masses...
Click here to get the free WFMU Radio app via iTunes (or go to the iPhone app store, and search for "WFMU"). The app is complete with song title, artist and show info as well as two, count 'em, two streaming options - 32k and 128k MP3. It's the easiest way yet to listen to WFMU from anywhere on a phone!
You can of course still use the Public Radio Player app, which is also free. Many thanks to Webhamster Henry, tech Czar Doron and DJ Frangry for help with the new free WFMU iPhone app.
The only caveat is that you need software version 2.2.1 or higher.
Posted by: Dan B | August 07, 2009 at 11:03 AM
Dan B, try our old-school iPhone streams, that might work for ya!
Posted by: Liz B. | August 07, 2009 at 11:08 AM
It's fine for version 1.0. The interface is quick 'n' easy, the 32K stream works well with 3G and the high-speed connected instantly with a wireless connection. Transitioning between 128K and 32K when I went out of wireless range was a bit of a problem, since the app would shut down when it couldn't establish a high-speed connection, and I had to make a few attempts to restart it in order to drop the rate to 32K. Some ability to surf your other content while listening would be nice. The advantage of WunderRadio is still its built-in browser, so you can surf and listen at the same time. That would be a lot to expect from a radio station's app, but you could perhaps find a way to display more content (blogs/playlist history/etc.). An FMA app would of course be way cool.
Posted by: doug from DC | August 07, 2009 at 02:17 PM
cool, how about an android app next?
Posted by: statto | August 07, 2009 at 03:59 PM
For Android, go to the Market app and search "StreamFurious." Plays mp3 streams well, but has a huge buffer time. Once buffered though, good to go.
Posted by: Dave Scarbrough | August 07, 2009 at 06:18 PM
For browsing the WFMU website while listening .... go to the about page and click on the wfmu.org link in the test there.
A more comprehensive WFMU app will (we hope) be able to present the info available in the website formatted in a more iPhone friendly manner in the future.
-- Webhamster Henry
Posted by: jhhl | August 07, 2009 at 10:18 PM
[that is, "... click on the wfmu.org link in the text there." No tests needed!]
Posted by: jhhl | August 07, 2009 at 10:23 PM
holy cow! though i don't have the ability to use this quite yet, i'm sure i'll be abusing the heck out of it in the future. thank you so much for all your hard work in making wfmu accessible to more listeners.
Posted by: marie | August 08, 2009 at 12:16 AM
This might just convince me to buy an iPhone.
Posted by: M Munro | August 08, 2009 at 12:57 PM
It's nice to finally see an official iPhone WFMU app available, and I did download it to my iPhone...however, it offers less funtionality than the unofficial app you guys created and have made available from your website for some time now. How? Namely, the official app offers only live streams, while the unofficial app provides access to both live streams and to archived streams. Will a later iteration of the official app provide this?(For now, I'm keeping both on my phone.)
Posted by: Robert1014 | August 09, 2009 at 09:50 AM
Webhamster Henry, thanks for the tip.
Posted by: doug from DC | August 10, 2009 at 03:58 PM