Nokia has announced an official beta of 'Internet Radio', curiously only officially compatible with the N95 variants, N82 and N91. The full press release follows.
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Nokia Internet Radio goes all official
Works well on my E51, too!
The N91 version works perfectly on my N75, but the other versions do not.
Aye, works on the E90 too, but only on the outer screen..
Good grief Nokia, stop doing this limited compatibility thing.
We've seen it with N-Gage, Music Store, Video Manager and goodness knows what else.
It's really annoying, and it makes a mockery of S60 providing a common platform.
Why is it that third party developers can provide launch releases for literally dozens of S60 3rd models, yet Nokia's releases so often have some caveat that they only work with two or three models?
I don't buy this idea that it sells phones because most people aren't aware of these additional services when they buy their phone. What's more, with things like N-Gage and the Music Store they need every single customer they can get if they want to make them viable profitable services.
the N91 version works on my E61i, with one proviso: the soft keys are back to front. The legend for the left key appears below the right key and vice versa.
EDIT: Correction: the legends for the soft keys are ninety degrees out of place. The left legend is above the right key and the right legend is in the top right hand corner of the screen. This is probably a consequence of the e61i's landscape screen layout. May confuse a stupid person...
^^ Yep, it sure is annoying. Personally I've been waiting for an open Linux alternative to Symbian 9.x for ages, but:
1) Alot of promises have been made, but nothing has reached the consumer market yet.
2) Symbian phones have such great hardware features... And I predict it will take manufacturers of Linux phone quite some time to reach Nokia's standard...
Is there a way to manually add stations that are not in the available list?
Trying to find digitally imported.com
Options --> Add station manually can be used if you know the station's streaming server address.
Yep, it sure is annoying. Personally I've been waiting for an open Linux alternative to Symbian 9.x for ages
I don't think the OS makes any difference in cases like this, because the problem is the attitude of the software developer (in this case Nokia).
What's frustrating is that these services COULD work on all (or almost all) S60 3rd devices, there's nothing technically to stop that. Why doesn't Nokia acknowledge this?
Incidentally, I can highly recommend Nokia's internet tablet series, especially now that it's getting an OS upgrade. They don't work with the phone network directly, but you can use a mobile as a Bluetooth modem for the tablet.
F*** Nokia! Maps, Mail for Exchange and more and more apps are artificially limited to the latest models to force you buy new hardware despite the same S60 v3 platform!
all the comments very valid but "fuck Nokia" is a bit too harsh don't you think...:con?
so can I finally listen to radio streams in the background?
at a decent volume?
cause normally in gallery if i get a call or text or do something else it shuts off, and its sooo quiet too
Yes, volume is nice and loud. On the compatibility issue, I think it's a case of "we've tested it on these devices, others may not work (yet)" - give them some time etc.
This is a great app on my N95. I used to use virtual radio but thats gone now. All I have to do is add the sky.fm channels which strangly are not included in the channel list.
Im sure some software companies will be very annoyed though!!!
Raven wrote:Aye, works on the E90 too, but only on the outer screen..How do you control volume?!
=)juha
It's great! Very easy to add other stations, as long as you've got the server address.
Do you find it odd that the theme doesn't match the system theme? I can't think of any other Nokia aplication that do this.....
Does any one recognise the theme from the app?
-b
works on my e51
hi
works fine on e90 outer screen - does not start with inner screen though ! once started via outer screen it also runs on inner screen - but crippled !
seems the programmers dont know that there exists an e90 😊
ciao
...matches the N-Series 4 theme found on N95 8GB.
As the others said, works fine on the E90 but only on the outer screen.
I've got one wee problem though: how do you change the volume since the E90 doesn't have dedicated hardware volume keys?
On another note, one great feature of this new version is that it recognizes .pls files. If you had the old Nokia Internet Radio application installed and had added more stations by adding .pls files to the /shoutcast folder, all you have to do to import all your stations to the new version is
- fire up Y-Browser (or any other file browser)
- navigate to the /shoutcast folder where all your .pls files are and click to open the files. This will automatically launch the new Internet Radio client and in 2 clicks you'll be able to save all the stations to your Favourites folder.
I really like when things just work like that. Make me feel than my phone is becoming more and more like my Mac and that's a good thing. Keep up the good work Nokia.
As with most of these Nokia tools, they'll be available in Download! and then eventually in device firmware - the amount of functionality built-in (or as good as) in S60 devices these days is mind boggling. You know, I just don't care that the third party software scene is bigger for (e.g.) Windows Mobile. With S60 devices as they are at the moment, I'll happily take a device, its Download! app/Nokia quota of apps and a handful of selected games. And I'm done. I just don't need a library of 10,000 third party utilities, as with WinMob.
The same happened with operating systems, of course. There was DOS and then it started to grow to encompass the functions of third party applications. Then Windows, which did the same thing. Even Windows Mobile itself is gradually getting better and more functional - very, very gradually. Nokia is making Microsoft and HTC look like snails by comparison.
All IMHO!
An interesting point to note for E90 users:
the application won't launch at all on the internal screen but if you launch it on the external screen and then open the phone, it'll run just fine on the internal screen, albeit only in the top left corner of the screen. Once you're there, you can use the Volume keys on the keyboard to adjust the volume.
Quits when searching for stations
Downloaded and now working without any problems on my 6120c, not one of the listed supported products but a full s60 3rd edition platform!
Would add my voice to the negative restrictions Nokia place on their own products by restricting support to a few high end devices, this only leads to customer confusion and fustration. Any S60 platform device should support any S60 application (unless the actual hardware is lacking) so why place artifical barriers to their own market share, the most recent one is the launch of the Music Store, an opportunity to provide the huge S60 install base with an alternative to other music stores, but when launched it only supports 2 or 3 devices?
The N91 version plays perfectly on my E65...😊
Well, its station directory is far from perfect, I'd say. For example, it only lists one Finnish SHOUTcast radio station - while there're several of them. (I'll list them all in my forthcoming Multimedia Bible.)
Just realised this does also include the option to add stations manually, and that this works painlessly. Awesome!!! Is it me or are Nokia playing rather a lot of trump cards at the moment? Don't they realise I have other things to do?
PS: try http://212.72.165.24:9012/ (Roots Rock Reggae)