QuickPlayer does "audiocasts" for BlackBerry

by Chris Ziegler, posted Dec 22nd 2006 at 2:14AM

Streaming content just got a little more bountiful for (some) BlackBerry users -- but at a cost. QuickPlay Media has launched QuickPlayer for BlackBerry, doing for ~~podcasts~~ "audiocasts" what SonaMobile has done for video by streaming audio content to the normally multimedia-challenged devices. QuickPlayer rolls deep with 100+ channels of content in pretty much every conceivable category from name-brand providers, though users will be paying $7.95 a month to do so. RIM's 7130e, 8700 series, and Pearl are currently supported, so grab the player download (if you've got a decent data plan, that is) and start listening to those Accuweather forecasts in style.

[Via Pinstack]

Filed under: Multimedia, Software, RIM

Tags: audio, audiocast, blackberry, podcast, quickplay, quickplayer, rim, stream, streaming

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Creon @ Dec 22nd 2006 11:31AM

Ugh, $8/month! I'm waiting for someone to create a decent streaming player for $20 (or free ... get on it, RIM) that will play all these company's existing podcasts (and others) for free. I was looking forward to checking out QuickPlayer when I heard about it a few weeks ago, but I'm not subscribing to yet another service just for my Blackberry.

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