Last.fm Music Social Site streamed to your iphone with MobileScrobbler

Jan 2, 2008

Last.fm Music Social Site streamed to your iphone with MobileScrobbler

MobileScrobbler connects your Apple iPhone or iPod Touch with the Last.fm social music website. As you listen to music on your device, MobileScrobbler sends the title, artist, and album to the Last.fm website. Last.fm uses this information to suggest new music, new friends, concerts, and events based on the music you listen to.

Features
Scrobble tracks as you listen on your iPhone / iPod touch
Queues songs for submission when offline and automatically submits them the next time you connect
Listen to Last.fm radio over EDGE or wifi (wifi strongly recommended)
Tag songs as ‘love’ or ‘ban’
View album artwork and artist data for songs as you listen
View lyrics for the currently playing song
View upcoming concert events and add them to your calendar
All data is cached for offline viewing

Requirements
A last.fm account
A wifi connection is strongly recommended for listening to last.fm radio.

Installation
MobileScrobbler can be installed through Installer.app. It is available in the Community Sources repository under the Multimedia category.

Usage
Settings
The settings view contains several options you can configure.

Username - Your Last.fm account username
Password - Your Last.fm account password
Scrobble Songs - Whether you would like MobileScrobbler to send information about the music you’re playing to the Last.fm website
Scrobble over EDGE - Whether MobileScrobbler should use your iPhone’s EDGE connection if not connected to wifi
Debugging log file - Whether MobileScrobbler should keep a log of all network activity. This is useful for submitting a bug report and troubleshooting issues.
Discovery Mode - This is a subscriber-only feature that tells Last.fm to only play music you’ve never heard before. See the Last.fm FAQ for more information.
The version information and scrobbler status are also displayed at the bottom of this view. Tapping the Done button will save your settings and return to to the Profile view.

Profile
The profile view displays the basic information from your Last.fm profile, and also contains several radio preset buttons.

Play My Recommendations - Music recommended by Last.fm based on your music listening history.
Play My Playlist - Listen to music in the playlist you have configured on the Last.fm website.
Play My Neighborhood - Music other users have listened to that have similar tastes to yours.
Play Personal Radio - Music that you have listened to previously. (Last.fm subscribers only)
Play Loved Tracks - Music you have marked as “Loved”. (Last.fm subscribers only)
Search
The search view lets you find a Last.fm radio station to listen to.

Artist - Play music similar to this artist
Tag - Play music similar to this tag
Enter a search term and tap Search to look for a radio station.

Now Playing
The now playing view displays information about the currently playing track. Tapping an empty part of the screen (except on the Events view) will bring up some additional controls:

Ban - Tell Last.fm never to suggest this song
Love - Tell Last.fm that you really enjoy this song and would like to hear it more frequently
Skip - Skip to the next song
You can also control the volume using the slider at the bottom. The now playing view is divided into several subviews:

Song Info - The Last.fm metadata for the currently playing song
Artist Bio - An excerpt from the Last.fm wiki entry for the currently playing artist
Lyrics - Lyrics from LyricWiki for the currently playing song
Events - Upcoming concert events for the currently playing artist. Tapping an event will add it to your calendar.
Tapping the Done button will return you to the previous screen.

Localization
MobileScrobbler is available in both English and German.

Get more information at dev.c99.org/MobileScrobbler.

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