Tmobile G1 for streaming radio?

[Throckmorton]

I've discovered that a Tmobile G1 with the basic phone service and basic G1 package (unlimited data, 400 texts, etc) costs $55 a month total. Right now I pay $60 for EVDO from Millenicom for streaming radio at work. So if it's possible to stream internet radio stations with a G1, it's probably worth it to ditch the laptop and spend the $180 for a G1. But is it possible? Googling turned up nothing.

 

[pm]

You can definitely do this on a (hacked) iPhone on T-Mobile using LastFM and Pandora. So the network definitely supports it.

What about this for the G1? http://www.android.com/market/#app=imeem

 

[Throckmorton]

Pandora is a service where you search for artists and then stream them right? Looks like Imeem is the same thing. I listen to NPR stations so I'd need a program that can just connect to the URLs.

Every thread on streaming radio that Google finds has been deleted from the T-Mobile forum

 

[Deeko]

Give me an example and I'll try it.

 

[blackangst1]

http://www.fastcompany.com/blo...nd-personalized-radio-

www.imeem.com is the reference tmobile site deleted. Its in googles cache

 

[Throckmorton]

Example: http://wamu.org/listen/

Not sure which link you'd use. I guess the m3u? http://wamu.org/streams/live/1/live.m3u

 

[daveymark]

imeem works great on my G1. best part is you can enter other apps and still have the music playing...

 

[Throckmorton]

So can you use it for real streaming radio?

 

[daveymark]

I use the G1 with last.fm and imeem. but I don't know the difference between "real" streaming and "fake" streaming. I just know I can listen to virtually any online music that I want at any time with virtually no wait time using those two programs on the G1. According to Tom Conrad of Pandora, pandora will "probably" be available for G1 also.

 

[vshah]

by "real streaming" i think he means a radio station's basic m3u stream, or something like shoutcast

 

[ArmchairAthlete]

Another thumbs up for imeem, only used it a bit but it works fine.

I'm sure Pandora and others will be coming.

Edit: Just tried the last.fm one briefly and it worked fine too =)

I just got this G1, can't wait to see what more apps come in the future (even the pay ones after the 90 days of only allowing free apps are over).

 

[vshah]

i got a g1 a few days ago, and shoutcast streams work great, even over edge.