Making it easier to Tune In

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Guest writer Ricky Cadden reviews TunIn.Fm, a free application/service pairing that provides much easier streaming of Shoutcast Internet radio. Just make sure you're on a meaty data plan before settling back to listen!

"Frustrated at the fact that on S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1 devices you cannot use Shoutcast.com from the device to stream a station to the S60 Internet Radio app (you have to save the playlist file manually through your PC, first, which, in my opinion, defeats the purpose), I set out to find another alternative to streaming music on my N95.

I've tried Spodtronic and, while good and full of content, the inability to "background" the application renders it useless for me. Then I stumbled upon Tunin.FM, which turned out to be a little gem of an application. In some ways there's not a lot to it, but if you, like me, enjoy streaming internet radio then this application is well worth a look. "

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