July 19, 2010
Help us get the word out
We've heard from a lot of our customers about how they recommend Pocket Tunes Radio to their friends and family and we appreciate that immensely. In addition to recommending Pocket Tunes, there are a couple of other things you can do that will help us in the App store. We want to keep enhancing Pocket Tunes so the better we do in the App store, the more new features and enhancements we can add.
Here are a couple of things you can do:
#1: Vote up 5-star reviews on iTunes. Give a thumbs up to any 5 star reviews. The more thumbs up the higher they go on the list of reviews
#2: Write your own 5-star reviews on iTunes. Positive reviews in the iTunes App store always help us. So if you are enjoying Pocket Tunes and have a moment, please pop up a review in the store.
Just click here to jump to the Pocket Tunes page in the iTunes store.
Thank you again to everyone who has supported Pocket Tunes and sent us so many positive comments about our software. If you have already written a positive review in the App store for Pocket Tunes, thank you very very much!! If you haven't yet but plan to, what are you waiting for? :-) And THANK YOU in advance.
As always, if you ever run into a problem using Pocket Tunes or have a suggestion, please contact us in support
- Dave, NormSoft Inc.
June 28, 2010
Multitasking, traffic and family peace
I love GPS apps. Specifically I really like MotionX GPS Drive. I paid for a year's voice guidance and it works great. But after this weekend I'm loving it even more with iOS4 and multitasking.
I should note that I send all the iPhone audio to the stereo through Bluetooth so if I listen to a radio station, it is through the iPhone most times rather than the AM or FM band.
Apple just approved our latest update, 5.5.4, of Pocket Tunes which adds multitasking. I've been using this release for a while now but this weekend showed me a new, cool use for it....keeping the peace....oh and getting my family through some crazy traffic.
It all starts with living in a city that is hosting a major world event and thus completely messing up us locals. I needed to get my wife to a train station which I'd never been to, without getting caught in 'rolling closures' and insane traffic jams that were going on around town.
I needed both MotionX to tell me where to go and my local News/Traffic station to tell me where not to go.
Solution? Easy! I put my local station on in Pocket Tunes and then fired up MotionX. Pocket Tunes kept playing in the background as MotionX launched. When the voice guidance spoke, Pocket Tunes muted down very low, when it was finished, Pocket Tunes came back up to regular volume.
So I had both voice directions and traffic updates at the same time, working together without an issue. And, I got my wife to the station on time, family peace maintained.
Check out Pocket Tunes 5.5.4 with full multitasking support and more, here: http://bit.ly/bcxO7n
- Dave, even more mobile than before
NEW Pocket Tunes Update 5.5.4, iOS4 support added, multitasking and more
Hello everyone,
I just wanted to let you know that Apple approved our update for iOS4 multitasking so get over to the App store and update to the latest version, 5.5.4, especially if you are using OS4.
The main feature of this update is the support for multitasking. So now any station you can play in Pocket Tunes, you can play in the background. Even subscription channels.
But there is more to that.
- Podcasts can be played in the background, even while the rest of the episode is downloading
- When Pocket Tunes is playing in the background, double press the home button, swipe left to right and you access the media control bar where you can pause/play Pocket Tunes without having to go to the App.
- When Pocket Tunes is playing and the phone is locked, double press the home button to bring up media controls and you can pause/play Pocket Tunes without unlocking the phone
- the last position played sport is remembered even if the podcast or recording is being played in the background.
So that is a few of the things that this update adds. We'll have more to add and tweak going forward.
Check out the new update at http://bit.ly/bcxO7n .
- Dave, NormSoft Inc.
June 10, 2010
And if you can't listen live, you can always listen (to a) PODCAST!
We have a bunch of World Cup podcasts to choose from and we added even more today! Here's a sample of some of the World Cup podcasts available in our catalog:
World Cup Daily
ESPNsoccernet World Cup Podcast
EPL Talk Soccer
Soccerlens.com >> Soccerlens Podcast
The Sound of Football Podcast
Alan Davies' Armchair World Cup
It'll Go To Penalties - The World Cup Podcast
Sports Bench - Football World Cup
FIFA World Cup Today
SI Soccer Podcast
5 live's World Football Phone-in
FIFA Soccer Blog
The Soccer Show
The Total Football Soccer Show
The Football FanCast
A Game of Two Halves ยป Podcast
SoccerGossip's Blog / Podcast
Sports Bench - Football World Cup 2010
The Football Ramble
TheGame - Times Online
World Cup Buzz 2010 (to access this podcast, go to this Knowledge Base article, http://www.normsoft.com/kb/idx/55/325/article/ , in the Pocket Tunes Web Browser and follow the steps in the article to add this podcast)
So that's a ample of some, yes some, of the World Cup podcasts in our catalog. Most can be found in the Browse Podcasts -> Sports & Recreation -> Professional group. You can enter a search term like "football" or "Soccer" and see podcasts with those keywords attached to them.
Some of the podcasts can also be found in the "Recently Added" section. But those will drop off the list as we add more podcasts.
Please contact support if you know of any Podcasts we are missing
The Beautiful Game...on Radio, Pocket Tunes Radio that is.
So it's finally FIFA World Cup 2010 time!!
Now we know most of you football/footie/soccer fans will be trying to catch the games on television. But there may be times you can't get to a TV or your colleagues might not appreciate the 52" Samsung that suddenly sprung up on your desk. So in the interest of convenience or say, stealth (much easier to stuff an earphone discreetly into your ear than explain why you have a TV on your desk) we created this list of stations that MAY carry some of the World Cup games. And also a few podcasts you might want to add to your subscription list.
We say MAY because though all of these stations have indicated they will be carrying various matches on the radio, some may not have the rights to stream them over the internet. Also, some stations may be country restricted so you may not be able to receive them in your country (unless of course the station resides in your country)
Here is what we know as of June 10, 2010. Please contact support if you know of any stations we are missing.
We'll list the country the station or radio group is from and the name of the station or group of stations.
Argentina -> Radio Nacional
Australia -> SBS (no internet stream located at this time)
Brazil -> Radio Bandeirantes
Denmark -> Nova FM
France -> Radio Monte Carlo (RMC)
Germany -> ARD (Let us know if you know which ARD station is streaming the games)
Ireland -> RTE
Italy -> RAI, RTL 102.5
Mexico -> Televisa (let us know if you know specific stations streaming the games)
Panama -> RPC
Portugal -> RTP
Sweden -> SR
United Kingdom -> BBC Radio 5 Live, talkSport
We have created a new Group in the iPhone called "World Cup". Update your catalog to see the new Group. As we find stations carrying games or even frequent updates, we'll add them to that group.
As the World Cup gets underway, we'll update this Blog with more information. Many of the stations do not really say if they will stream live games in audio over the net so it may take some detective work to find games. Feel free to tweet us at our Twitter feed @PocketTunes if you find a station playing a game.
March 17, 2010
Happy St. Patrick's day!! Some stations to keep things Irish today
We just wanted to give you a few stations to listen to if you want to get in the Irish mood today. All the stations listed below are in the catalogs of all our version of Pocket Tunes unless noted. Update your catalog (see links at the end) to make sure you have them all. All the listed stations are in the World group and some may be in other groups as well. On the iPhone/touch you can use the search feature to locate them as well.
Also, just a reminder that we have a St. Patrick's Day skin available for the iPhone. See our previous blog article for more information on the skin, http://bit.ly/cwEAcZ.
Click on image for larger view.
Some Irish stations to get a little green with:
All Irish Radio (more modern Irish oriented)
LiveIreland (taking requests from all over the world)
Celtic Music Radio (more Celtic oriented but still cool)
Green Mist Radio(more traditional Irish music oriented but modern tracks as well)
To update your catalog, see the following articles in the Knowledge Base:
For iPhone/touch see this Knowledge Base article: http://bit.ly/eA5vu
For Palm/Windows Mobile see this Knowledge Base article: http://bit.ly/7E02C7
-Dave, with Irish eyes smilin'
March 5, 2010
Two new skins added to Pocket Tunes Radio
We just wanted to let you know that we have added two new skins to Pocket Tunes Radio for the iPhone/touch.
Everyone turns a little Irish on March 17th. Here's your chance to turn your iPhone/touch a little Irish. We have a fun new skin that will put a little smile on your face and who knows, maybe give you a little Leprechaun luck as well.
Check out the new St. Patrick's Day skin:
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We've also added a beautiful Fourth of July skin. Yes we know July 4th is a while away but isn't it nice to think about summer while we are still dealing with winter? Besides we liked the look of the skin so much we wanted to get it out as soon as possible:
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To purchase a skin, simply tap on "Pocket Tunes" in the "Now Playing screen. Then tap "Get More". Then select the skin you wish to purchase and follow the prompts to complete the purchase. Once complete you are returned to the Now Playing screen. Select the newly downloaded skin to load it into Pocket Tunes.
March 1, 2010
New station KNVBC launches and added to Pocket Tunes Radio
We just wanted to let you know that KNVBC is a new station that has launched today.
The station describes itself as "your online source for old-fashioned, gospel, Christian music, revival preaching, and much more!"
So if you are using Pocket Tunes Radio or Pocket Tunes Faith, look for KNVBC in the 'Featured' and 'Spiritual' groups of your app.
Note, make sure that your catalog is up to date to see the station. See this Knowledge Base article on how to do that: http://bit.ly/eA5vu
- Dave,
February 6, 2010
Super Bowl listening guide
Sometimes you're just anywhere near a 52 inch surround sound uber media extravaganza. So how can Pocket Tunes Radio help you to keep up with the game?
Well we made it easy to connect to stations that may carry the game. We say "may" because even if a station has the broadcast rights , they may not have the streaming rights for Internet Radio.
So what we have done is added tags for all the Saints and Colts affiliates that stream on the Internet. We have also added a tag "Super Bowl". In addition, Westwood One is the radio network carrying the Super Bowl radio broadcast so we added a tag to the Westwood One stations that we know of. S
Here is how to access those stations. But first we have to emphasize that not all stations will have the streaming rights even when they have the broadcast rights. So you may have to try a few stations before you find one that is streaming the game. That is something beyond our control as it is each individual station that determines whether it will be blacking out the game on the Internet or not.
So first update your catalog: http://bit.ly/eA5vu .
That will ensure you have the additions we made.
Now go to the search tab and enter whichever of the following search terms suits you, you can include the quotes or not, it won't matter unless noted.
Enter "Saints", you will get all the stations that are listed as affiliate stations for the Saints broadcast
Enter "Colts" to get the Colts affiliates.
Enter "Super Bowl" (in quotes) to get all stations that are affiliates of either Super Bowl team
Enter "Westwood One" (in quotes) to get all Westwood One stations.
We recommend starting with the stations in the Sports or Talk groups so scroll down your results to that area and pick a station. If it plays the broadcast, you're set, if it doesn't, go to the next station and repeat until you find a station that plays the game on the net.
Feel free to tweet us (@PocketTunes) if you find a station that works, we will also send a tweet out when we find stations that are streaming the game.
Follow us on Twitter to get the Tweet updates on stations playing the game: http://twitter.com/PocketTunes
Enjoy the game!!
-Dave
February 1, 2010
Grammy Radio 2010: Hear the winners (and the not winners too)
We just wanted to point you to Grammy Radio 2010. They're playing (as is pretty obvious from the station names) all the nominees and winners of the 2010 Grammys.
So if you didn't get enough Grammy last night, check it out in the Featured and/or Pop/Rock sections of all version of Pocket Tunes that support Internet Radio.
**Make sure that your catalog is up to date in order to see the station:
For iPhone/touch see this Knowledge Base article: http://bit.ly/eA5vu
For Palm/Windows Mobile see this Knowledge Base article: http://bit.ly/7E02C7
- Dave
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