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AOL Turns iPhone into Radio

Saturday June 14, 2008 1:06 am PDT by Arnold Kim

NYTimes provides details on the upcoming AOL Radio application for the iPhone that won an Apple Design Award at this year's WWDC.

According to the article, the new AOL Radio application will connect to AOL's servers over the EDGE, 3G or Wi-Fi and based on your GPS location will tune you to the nearest local CBS radio station. Users will have access to about 200 AOL and 150 CBS stations in 25 different genres. The application and service are free but will be ad-supported, much like traditional radio.

Apple provides a bit more information on the Apple Design Award winner page:

Reliable audio streaming and improved battery life are achieved by using AudioFileServices and AudioQueueServices, while SCNetwork manages the best narrowband or broadband streaming based on whether users are connected via EDGE or Wi-Fi.

According to AOL VP Kevin Conroy, the application's sound quality is "as good as listening to a CD".
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flatulence
Posted: 48 months ago
yeah, but accompanied by 'GSM Buzz" :rolleyes:
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yoda13
Posted: 48 months ago
assuming this works well on the first generation iPhone with Edge and doesn't just "skip" along, then I am very intrigued by this...:)
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levitynyc
Posted: 48 months ago
Edge would skip
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yoda13
Posted: 48 months ago

Edge would skip


Does it say that in the article, I did not read the whole thing verbatim, but in my skimming and the clips in the thread it seems to indicate Edge would work, what am I missing?
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Tosser
Posted: 48 months ago
One has to wonder if the GPS-information on your wereabouts are kept, and how much is logged in the first place …

Frankly, I don't like the idea at all.
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NewSc2
Posted: 48 months ago

One has to wonder if the GPS-information on your wereabouts are kept, and how much is logged in the first place …

Frankly, I don't like the idea at all.


??? :confused:

I don't understand your point of view. What's to stop Apple or AT&T (or any website you browse) from keeping track of your GPS information wherever you go? Why do you only care if you're listening to radio?

Frankly, I'd rather have the option of listening to radio than not. Even with the remote tinfoil-hat possibility of them keeping track of my whereabouts.

EDIT: keeping track of my whereabouts for *evil* purposes. muhuhahahaah.
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tony22
Posted: 48 months ago

One has to wonder if the GPS-information on your wereabouts are kept, and how much is logged in the first place …

Frankly, I don't like the idea at all.


and will most likely be used to inform the adverts channelled
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robecq
Posted: 48 months ago
i bought an ipod so i didn't have to listen to crap from the radio:D
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ArtOfWarfare
Posted: 48 months ago
No XM radio then? (Is it even AM/FM or is it something completely different?)
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Mac-Addict
Posted: 48 months ago
If the GPS is constantly updating then thats going to kill battery pretty fast, plus if your GPS location is being sent out to an AOL server all the time I would be a bit worried. And no AT&T and Apple cannot see your GPS location unless they have an application on the iPhone which is sending them that data.
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