Simplify Media Releases Simplify Music 2.0 App for iPhone
By Alexander Grundner |
April 29th, 2009
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We covered Simplify Media’s original iPhone / iPod touch App back in August of ’08 and came away impressed by its ability to stream music from your home Windows / Mac / Linux computer remotely — including music libraries from up to 30 of your friends. Now the developers of Simplify Music [app link] have added additional features like UPnP support, FLAC, and favorite tagging across your network that make the $5.99 app worth every penny (currently on sale for $2.99 until 5/14).
Simplify Music 2.0′s new features for iPhone and iPod touch includes:
Search – Users can now search for artist, album and title across all connected computers as though it’s one giant library
Favorites – Tag favorite music on the fly from personal libraries, or those of friends
Playlists – Create an on-the-fly playlist for later enjoyment right on your phone or touch
Seek – Use the “scrub bar” to easily move forward or back in a streamed podcast or audio book
The 2.0 desktop release adds support for:
WMP – In addition to iTunes and Winamp, users can now stream their Windows Media Player libraries, and, on Vista, use WMP 11 to play remote music
UPnP – Connect to UPnP client devices on your local network, like Xbox 360, Roku, and Sonos
FLAC – Play music files in the FLAC format across platforms and players. MP3, AAC, WMA and Apple Lossless files are also supported
Select playlists – Limit sharing to specific playlists with this new control
Simplify Music 2.0 is easy to install and requires zero configuration of firewalls or routers. It works over WiFi, EDGE and 3G networks, integrates with iTunes, Windows Media Player, Winamp and Rhythmbox, and runs on the iPhone and iPod touch as well as Mac, Windows and Linux computers.
Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple iPod touch, Simplify Media, Simplify Music 2.0, UPnP
Filed in: Portable Media Players, Software, Streaming Media Devices