Virgin (3G) Radio PLayer

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Sydus and Virgin Radio have launched a 3G Radio Player. It allows you to stream, over the air, three Radio Stations from the Virgin network: Virgin Radio, Virgin Radio Classic Rock and Virgin Radio Groove. The software is a free download and is available for both Series 60 and UIQ. Although touted as a 3G Radio PLayer, it should be possible to get a working connection over GPRS.




It has been possible to stream Radio stations to handsets for some time via the Real Player software. However on many networks (including several in the UK) this is blocked for most users. This software should work on any network anywhere.

Bear in mind that this does involve intensive data usage (roughly 7 mb an hour). Therefore this program is going to be of most use if you are on an unlimited dataplan (such as those available in the US). Virgin say they are actively working with UK networks to encourage cheaper or unlimited data plans.