While we await an official iPhone app for the awesomeness that is Blip.fm (they’re working on it), iPhone development house Gorloch Interactive has created a music discovery application called Boombox that utilizes the Blip.fm API that lets you stream its vast catalog of music tracks from your iPhone or iPod Touch.
The company says it’s working closely with Cupertino to see if they’ll approve the release of a network-accessible version, which would enable users to purchase music on iTunes while connected to a network.
Boombox sports a design reminiscent of the classic 80s boomboxes (check out those equalizers) and lets you search and play millions of songs coming from the Blip.fm catalog, and also enables you to create a playlist from your device. There’s a direct link to the iTune store for purchasing tracks, but the only catch is that the app only functions over WiFi (Apple would not allow it to work over 2G/3G).
The app is completely free and can be downloaded from this iTunes download link. This is Gorloch’s second iPhone application after Campaign, which we reviewed here.
Looks like a cool app! But how does it have a rating of 2.5 stars when the lowest rating is 3 stars?
If I had an iPhone I would buy this right away
You don’t even have to buy it, it’s free =P
I thought that Blip.fm just used the SeeqPod API? If so, they’ve had an iPhone Webapp for months now – http://seeqpod....bile/iphone.php
I think it’s pretty cool. Although I have tried to use other applications like Pandora and Last.FM for the iPhone, I think this is just catching Blip.FM up with all the rest of the guys. I personally enjoy the Last.FM interface and value a bit more than the others.
Dang, not compatible with my iPhone. I am using firmware version 2.1.
Fix this!
Hmm.. I’ve never heard of this ” Blip” you speak off..
im going to give it a SHOT!
This looks sweet! How are they planning to make money though? If they don’t have itunes capacity on the 2G/3G network it’ll be tougher to drive sales. Are they planning to run advertising or something?
More thoughts on this at http://www.musimuse.com
interesting application.. but since there is no good “unlimited” plan here in Canada.. it’s a little dangerous to start streaming music to an iPhone!
It’s currently over WiFi only anyway
Great! I’m a big fan of Blip.fm and the awesome team at Fuzz.com. As a musician, it’s my favorite music social media site.
I’m in Australia and it works for me! I don’t understand how a product like this can be ‘legal’ to use internationally (ie not in the US) while products like Pandora are not … anyone know the answer?
Awesome application.
Isn’t BoomBox trademarked by Modavox?
I don’t like it cause it doesn’t allow you to listen to Blip DJs lists.