Isn’t Life Strange?

I needed to provide a quick addendum to last night’s long post in which I reviewed several radio apps available for the Apple iPhone.

It must be noted that if you wish to use your iPhone as a radio, battery life will be a concern due to the demand that network communications places on the battery. I’ve noticed that if I listen for as little as an hour or two, the battery drain is significant - especially over 3G networks. I don’t know if these radio apps will work with an iPhone speaker system (I hope they do), but that would certainly be a good solution to the problem. Whether you choose headphones, the internal speaker, or external speakers, you’ll need to plug the iPhone into a power source for extended use.

Admittedly, the reviews I posted last night were not detailed explanations of the functions or content available with each application. I missed a few things here and there but I stand by my assertion that if you are looking for content, FlyCast and Wunder Radio are the very best of the bunch. Do a Google search for these apps and you’ll find some good reviews with detailed screen shots.

After further exploration of the Wunder Radio app, I must report that there is an extensive selection of Internet radio available, including services from 1.FM, 977 Music, RadioIO, AOL Radio, and at least ten others. The only notable exception is that it does not offer access to AccuRadio, but with the other available options, I can’t see that this is much of a loss. The AOL Radio option allows you to listen to a handful of artist-specific stations. So if you happen to be a fan of artists like Bruce Springsteen, Metallica, Dave Matthews, James Taylor, Smashing Pumpkins, and others, this is a good place to get your fix.

Although Wunder Radio is the least pretty of all the apps I mentioned, the amount of content offered is overwhelming - and it appears that I’ve only scratched the surface.

I am really enjoying this.