Comments on: AOL Radio for iPhone – Review

By: Robert Toudouze

Robert Toudouze — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:32:13 +0000

I am having issues where the station constantly buffers or drop connectivity. I am using a 1st Gen iphone right now. Is this still an issue with 3g? I am reluctant to upgrade because of the battery limitations of 3g. I would prefer to listen to AOL radio while working all day, but it seems the 3G battery can’t handle that. Any information would be appreciated.

By: Lee Givens

Lee Givens — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:55:45 +0000

Hello Everyone,
I’m the product lead for AOL’s Mac Team and we’re very happy with the new iPhone OS 2.0 and wanted to share a couple of items:

1. iPhone 1.0 customers: when data is on (Safari, YouTube, AOL Radio, etc), the EDGE network will not allow phone calls to come in. They will go straight to voicemail. This has always been a limitation of the first generation iPhones.

2. As of last night, all stations are now available over 3G and EDGE (higher bitrate for WiFi). This is the most requested feature update. You don’t even need to upgrade the app.

3. Stop by the Mac@AOL Blog (http://macblog.aol.com) to find out more info on AOL Radio 2.0 beta, powered by CBS Radio coming out next week.

thanks…
Lee Givens
AOL Mac Product Lead

By: Fred Davenport

Fred Davenport — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:05:20 +0000

HUGE step, have been waiting for the iPhone to finally allow us to listen to streamed radio and also have been very, very disappointed that the Perfect Digital Device could not provide live radio streams.

Only question on AOL radio, I listen to Major League Baseball games by subscribing/paying for this service, can AOL radio allow me to listen to my MLB radio package?

I also listen to numerous college sports games streamed on the internet, can AOL and/or another APP do this for us.

Thx Much, this is a great step forward for the iPhone streaming and hope that Apple will also upgrade the iPhone so we can listen to anything we want to.

By: nixpod

nixpod — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:27:11 +0000

My only complaint is the volume level is very low and starts to crack when you turn it up to full volume which isn’t loud at all. I’m using an ipod touch.

By: Partners in Grime

Partners in Grime — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:57:03 +0000

Sounds great. Thanks for the tip. Have you tried 105 Classics?

By: Goldndoodle

Goldndoodle — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:56:38 +0000

Here’s hoping Sirius creates a similar APP that will allow me to listen to my Sirius Internet Radio on my iPhone. I used to do that very thing using a complicated ORB setup, but I’d prefer a Sirius designed and supported APP.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:46:41 +0000

@Grant

The CBS offerings aren’t worthless. You may not like them, but that doesn’t make them worthless. They are some of the largest and most popular radio stations in the country.

By: Grant

Grant — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:40:50 +0000

Tuner is far better, for $5 you get to listen to any internet stream rather than CBS’ worthless lot of them and it comes with a massive database to browse through or the ability to simply plug in the address of your favorites.

By: Rick O'Neil

Rick O'Neil — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:10:35 +0000

I wonder why they don’t have a similar ap for the iTunes radio…