27 January 2011

NBL Rolls Out New Version Of
Nokia's Geosocial Internet Radio App

The Soundtrckr team has rolled out an updated beta version (1.1) that resolves some of the issues identified by the Beta Labs community, brings some new features as well as bug bug fixes in response to the incredible amount of useful feedback received from the users.

Soundtrckr for Symbian ^3 and S60 5th Edition (Java Runtime 2.1 and 1.4) brings following improvements: Email and password are visible to user (this addresses the login failure issue), Bug fix for application restart on S^3 and proper display of artist/song in the music player.

Soundtrckr for S60 5th Edition Touch devices with Java Runtime 1.4 and 2.1 beta (it's recommend to use Java Runtime 2.1 beta and the corresponding version of Soundtrckr for a better experience on S60 5th edition devices.) also improves the experience and brings some S60 5th Edition specific bug fixes such as: Nearby station application error, faster response from music player, various performance fixes.

Soundtrckr has the largest fully licensed music catalog for Internet radio in the world. 8M tracks to create and share station with any artist, any genre, any language. Soundtrckr is social listening and discovery, where friends share stations and listen together in real time.

Soundtrckr is also leveraging the location-based-service capability of Nokia smartphones to hyperlocal listening and discovery. Users can tune into nearby stations created by other users, and play what’s hot around the city.

Users can also share stations via email, Twitter and with other Soundtrckr users using the app. We have also added a find and invite friends features that uses Twitter, Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, and AOL.

So if you love radio and you wnat to see how it looks like on a real device here's a video demo of what it looks like on a Nokia N8.

With Soundtrckr you can:

• Listen to more than 8 million fully licensed songs - any artist, any genre, anytime
• Create and share personal radio stations
• Play music with friends in real time
• Search your city for popular music and people with similar taste 
• Share your favorite stations on social networks

Try it out and give feedback

Soundtrckr is available for Nokia N8 and other Symbian S^3 devices. A Symbian S60 version will be available soon. We'd like you to try out this beta version and give us feedback. We want Soundtrckr to be the best internet radio experience on the Nokia platform and we need your help to make that happen.

About Soundtrckr

Soundtrckr is the first Geosocial Internet radio. Soundtrckr has the largest fully licensed music catalog for Internet radio in the world. 8M tracks to create and share station with any artist, any genre, any language. Soundtrckr is social listening and discovery, where friends share stations and listen together in real time.

Soundtrckr is also hyperlocal listening and discovering allowing users to tune into nearby stations created by other users, play what’s hot around the city.