| If you haven't heard it yet, AccuRadio is the internet's | | | | iPod Touch. |
| leading independent radio broadcaster, the | | | | Whatever your musical tastes, AccuRadio has it, |
| quintessential personalizable, multichannel streaming | | | | offering Rock, Pop, Classical, Country, Jazz, Broadway, |
| radio listening service. Enter FlyTunes, a company that | | | | and more: over 320 different genre-specific stations in |
| has just created a mobile version of "Hurricane", its | | | | all. Other categories to titillate mobile music fans include |
| patent-pending streaming technology, and you have a | | | | Oldies, Blues, Soul, Hip-Hop, Latin, Swing, Cabaret, Celtic, |
| partnership that was made for iPhone. | | | | Reggae, Native American, and Chinese Pop. Now |
| At the April 14th RAIN (Radio and Internet Newsletter) | | | | that's variety! Plus, as if that wasn't enough, AccuRadio |
| Summit in Las Vegas, FlyTunes announced the launch | | | | even lets users build their own radio channels, if they |
| of a complete mobile AccuRadio portal which | | | | like. |
| combines a user-friendly interface, targeted advertising | | | | On the critical side, the mobile interface is still more like |
| delivery, and enhanced streaming quality (QoS). Best | | | | standard, traditional or "terrestrial" FM radio than |
| of all, this new mobile radio service is iPhone | | | | satellite or internet radio in that it doesn't yet display the |
| compatible. This gives satellite radio giants Sirius and | | | | name of the song playing, and doesn't let users skip |
| XM a run for their money, as they still scramble to get | | | | past songs they don't like. Stations load up as a |
| support on the various smartphone OS platforms. | | | | QuickTime movie. |
| Webcasting, or internet radio, currently serves over 50 | | | | If webcasting was once the new frontier, mobile |
| million American listeners each month. And already | | | | webcasting has now taken its place, and rightfully so. |
| AccuRadio - as the self-avowed "Next Generation of | | | | Our culture is one that is increasingly on the go, and not |
| Radio", and one of five nominees for the 2008 Webby | | | | everybody is crazy about the idea of listening to the |
| Awards ("the Oscars of the Internet") in the category | | | | same music from their iTunes library or other MP3 |
| of Best Radio - serves a good half-a-million of them, at | | | | collection over and over again. The innovation of the |
| least. That number is poised to swell now that | | | | FlyTunes' AccuRadio mobile platform allows people |
| smartphone users can access the service through | | | | on-the-go the same ever-changing variety of audio |
| their handheld devices - including the iPhone. Not only | | | | entertainment that commuters have had for decades |
| that, but the service is also available for users of the | | | | through their car stereos. |