BlackBerry (Storm / Tour) Apps Update 2Day: FlyCast 2.0 Station Cache
FlyCast streams popular radio stations and it will work anywhere. If you are out of town and want to listen to a major radio station, you should be able to find some of your favorites from Boston, New York or Los Angeles.
Flycast has updated their service now offers "wireless station caching," the ability listen to favorite radio stations without a wireless connection. With FlyCast 2.0, users store their favorite stations when connected to a cellular or Wi-Fi network, then disconnect from the network and listen to the stations any time.
Version 2.0 of their BlackBerry app presents music stations in a track-based cover flow, enabling in-application music purchases and providing time shifting skip-ahead and skip-back functionality. FlyCast 2.0 reduces battery drain and cellular data usage charges.
FlyCast 2.0's caching allows users to enjoy the following features:
- 3 Plays/30 Days --Cached content is maintained in the context of the station and can be kept for a maximum of 30 days or three plays, whichever comes first.
- In-Application Purchasing - Users can purchase tracks with the click of a button from within the application, even after the song has been broadcast.
- Twitter integration -- Users can Tweet or "recommend" songs they like from FlyCast. Links are then posted to their Twitter account and followers can click on the link from any Twitter reader and be immediately taken to that station and hear the entire song.
Unlike other services, FlyCast 2.0 offers over-the-air (OTA) caching of stations and does not require a USB connection. Additionally, stations can be "burst-cached" much faster than real-time, requiring only minutes of connectivity to cache hours of web and terrestrial broadcasts. Listening to cached stations can dramatically reduce battery drain and cellular data usage charges.
"With FlyCast 2.0, we've introduced a new type of broadcast experience that benefits listeners, broadcasters, and content providers alike," said David Kennedy, FlyCast CEO. "We've focused on addressing common problems encountered by those who enjoy the mobile media experience, and in doing so we've also dramatically enhanced the quality of that experience. Now, listeners can see what they are hearing, audition it prior to purchase, recommend it and buy it."
Pricing and Availability
FlyCast 2.0 is available as a free download by browsing to http://www.flycast.fm from a supported BlackBerry device and has been submitted to the BlackBerry AppWorld store and will be available there shortly. The free version allows unlimited streaming.
Users can also choose from two, one-time only premium upgrade fees that offer station caching -- $9.95 for five hours and $19.95 for 20 hour versions, good for the life of the device. This one-time pricing model is unique in the industry. Individual tracks from the cached stations can be purchased at any time from within the FlyCast.
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