There are a few different ways to do it and using one of several applications makes it an enjoyable experience. Two applications of note, Mundu and Live365, both offer free listening. I have played with them both and here is a synopsis.
Mundu
Completely free, you do need to register on their site for it to work though. The sound quality isn’t that great but it also depends on the quality of the stream. For some reason Mundu doesn’t play in stereo through any of my BT headsets. The channel list can updated daily so there is always fresh content. Download Mundu here.
Live365
The cream of the crop so to speak. The sound quality is great, impressive almost. It has a good selection of free stations as well as a 15 day VIP pass for the huge selection of premium stations. VIP sounds expensive but it isn’t. There are 3 packages to choose from depending on how you want to be billed. The lowest is $4.95 a month but you pay $118.80 once every 24 months, $6.95 a month billed at $41.70 every 6 months, or $7.95 billed at 23.85 every 3 months. Download Live365 and check out the VIP pass before you buy, or go to http://www.live365.com/mobile from your Shadow to install it OTA (Over The Air).
January 3rd, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Or go to http://www.thestreamcenter.com/pda
Makes it real easy to listen to FM stations across the nation
-Brian
January 3rd, 2008 at 3:49 pm
anyone get sirius to work on their shadow? I’ve used siriuce and siriusWM5 and both give me error messages.
January 3rd, 2008 at 5:41 pm
http://www.di.fm is another great choice, bitrates go up to 192k. For T-Mobile EDGE streaming, their 64k option works very well and sounds great. Lower bitrates with ads are free, higher bitrates and ad-free is subscriber based.
January 3rd, 2008 at 8:51 pm
Mundo is my radio of choice. It’s kinda like free satellite radio.
January 4th, 2008 at 6:19 am
Just tried Mundu… junky… the beta version for WM is a year old. Only 4 stations appeared in the list on my device, with the 5th option being to show ‘more stations’, however, choosing it brings up a prompt confirming I want to exit the program. Bitrate seems to be limited to 24k
January 4th, 2008 at 8:09 am
sirius wm5 works fine for me
February 15th, 2008 at 3:32 am
Geodesic today announced that it has signed an agreement with ioWorld Media’s http://www.radioio.com, one of the world’s largest Internet radio services, to offer access to radioio Internet radio stations as presets on its award-winning Mundu Radio http://radio.mundu.com/. Now Mundu Radio users can tune into their favorite radioio stations anywhere, anytime with their Mundu Radio enabled mobile phones.
Mundu Radio allows wireless access to thousands of digital Internet radio stations and the broadest array of music and other content available on the Internet today. With this agreement, Mundu Radio customers worldwide will gain access to radioio Internet radio stations streaming live 24×7 music in popular genres such as such as Pop, Rock, Jazz, Classical, Oldies, Instrumental and many more.
RadioIO.com currently offers over 30 channels of content through its service, and will soon be expanding its service to 60 channels. All radioIO.com channels will be available to Mundu users and are individually programmed by DJs known as “stream hosts.” Channels are available in most common streaming formats, including MP3, Windows Media, and RealAudio. Radioio has more than a million online listeners tuning in every month.
“Consumers today are increasingly using mobile devices to cater to their music, entertainment and content needs,” said Kiran Kulkarni, Managing Director, Geodesic. “We are always looking to deliver new and innovative content to our customers, and expect our Mundu Radio users to really enjoy the high quality mobile music experience and large selection of music as a result of our partnership with radioio.”
“We have been exploring relationships in the wireless space for some time now and are very excited with our new distribution partner Geodesic,” commented Mike Roe, Founder of http://www.radioio.com. “We believe that the future of radio is internet radio, and the future of the internet is wireless. This distribution partnership is in keeping with these beliefs.”
About Geodesic
Geodesic Information Systems Ltd., is an innovator in software products focused on Information, Communication and Entertainment (ICE) for mobile phones and desktop computers. Headquartered in Mumbai, India, Geodesic’s MunduTM suite of products includes solutions for Instant Messaging, Voice-over-IP and Internet Radio. Mundu products are being used by several hundred thousand users on the mobile phone and over 5 million users on the desktop. Geodesic reported consolidated revenues of over $43MM for the year 2006-2007. The company is listed on the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange in India. Geodesic has offices in Mumbai and Bangalore in India, USA, Sweden, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Mundu™ is a trademark of Geodesic. All other brands or trademarks are the property of their respective holders.
About ioWorld Media
ioWorld Media, Inc. (Pink Sheets:IWDM) is dedicated to identifying, testing and marketing innovative media alternatives to consumers. ioWorld Media currently owns http://www.RadioIO.com and SearchPlay, LLC. SearchPlay(TM) technology moves the internet search engine inside the media player, revolutionizing the way listeners search while listening online. ioWorld Media, Inc. is headquartered in Tampa, FL.
Certain statements in this release could constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results performance or achievements of the company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Except as otherwise stated in this news announcement, ioWorld Media, Inc. does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements because of new information or future events.
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February 20th, 2008 at 3:06 am
Geodesic Information Systems, renowned innovator in the mobile communication, collaboration and entertainment application space, and IDEA Cellular, a leading GSM Mobile Services Operator in India, today jointly announced the launch of “IDEA Radio” - India’s first true Mobile Internet Radio service.
IDEA Radio is built on Geodesic’s award-winning Mundu Radio technology. This breakthrough technology, designed and optimized for mobile operations, enables IDEA’s 20 million subscribers to seamlessly tune into a range of exciting entertainment channels, 24 hours a day, without the need to carry a separate device, or to be within the limited range of FM radio stations.
IDEA Radio completely rewrites the mobile entertainment landscape in India, by plugging the gaps in offerings currently available elsewhere on FM radio or other mobile offerings such as IVR based radio. Instead of being limited to a small, repetitive set-list of popular songs, IDEA subscribers will be able to tune into radio stations streaming 24×7, and listen to music in a wider variety of genres.
Right away, these include Bollywood, Dance, Indi-pop and Love songs, and also niche genres including devotional music, music from the 80s and 90s, regional music such as Punjabi and Bhojpuri, and western genres such as such as Pop, Rock, Hip-hop, Jazz and much more. And the technology is designed to scale seamlessly, allowing unlimited channels to be added to the offering.
IDEA subscribers access the service through their GPRS enabled mobile handsets. An activated, internet enabled GPRS connection is bundled with the IDEA Radio subscription. A one day free trial is available to allow subscribers to experience this first-of-its-kind offering. To avail of the offer, IDEA subscribers can simply SMS the keyword “IRADIO” to 55456 or point their GPRS phone browser to http://idearadio.mundu.com to download the Idea Radio client directly to their phone. Several flexible subscription options are available, including Rs.149 per month or Rs.10 per day.
Commenting on the partnership, Geodesic’s MD, Kiran Kulkarni, said “Mobile devices are the preferred mode of entertainment today, and the IDEA Radio implementation is representative of Geodesic’s stated strategy to provide innovative, revenue-enhancing mobile solutions to service providers. We are proud to have our Mundu Radio technology provide a competitive edge to IDEA.”
IDEA Cellular’s Chief Marketing Officer Pradeep Shrivastava said: “We wanted to give our customers the best of breed mobile music service. Geodesic is our ideal partner because of its established presence in the mobile music space, with their unique offering Mundu Radio, customized for IDEA, allowing us to leverage their experience and providing us the competitive advantage to innovatively enhance our VAS portfolio offerings.”
“Our subscribers are increasingly looking for entertainment on the move, Idea Radio will allow users experience unlimited mobile entertainment without the need to carry separate devices. We are also confident that our new initiative will contribute towards promoting the music ecosystem at large.” He further added.