Another streaming application for a phone - RadioBee

I had a bit of a look around the mobile phone application website "getjar.com" and came across a streaming application which worked on my SonyEricsson k530, RadioBee.

It has a free demo, which worked, and I've not found an application for "direct from the station streams" free for the SE k530 so I invested the $2 required (by PayPal) to buy the application.

Where I am, on Three, you get the odd glitch on a 64k stream but the lower bitrate MP3 streams I've tried seem fine.

If you are in the market, test the demo ( http://www.getjar.com/products/6073/RadioBee ) and if it works, it seems worth a bit over a pound as an addition to your phone.

If your phone is a Nokia S60, get their "Nokia internet radio" application for free and try that.

On my Nokia phone I had to hunt out an older version of the application as the latest one (which should work according to the Nokia website) doesn't.

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The Three Skypephone S2

It seems that the Three Skypephone S2 is actually an "Amoi 8512".

It's a "value" phone at £40 on Three PAYG and is a cheap way into mobile e-mail, a bit of surfing the mobile internet and activities like that. If, as we do, you have another Three phone the free Three to Three calls are attractive.

Sadly the google maps application doesn't seem to work in the amazing "location" mode where it finds you by what cell you are in and the Yahoo! Go application seems to stick in a download loop (this may be because there is no Internet add on on the account but I doubt it).

After a bit of messing around the "Yahoo Mobile" application from getjar.com (via m.GetJar.com on the mobile -> Quick Download -> enter Quick Download Code 41239) works to get mail.

For all this, for £30 less than alternatives on Three the phone has a great "price - performance" overall offer.

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Tunin.fm

As well as Moodio if you like streaming radio on your phone Tunin.fm is worth a look. There is a selection of stations (Dutch) built in but a wider choice via a web page. It works on my Nokia 6110 Navigator but not the Sony Ericsson k530i. Tunin will work on some Sony Ericsson phones.

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