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In an official announcement from Rhapsody, in their official Rhapsody for Android application has been updated to version 2.0.1.29 allowing users to download and listen to their playlists while offline. Along with with the offline playlist feature, Rhapsody has updated their app and now offers the following: Rhapsody required a $10/mo. subscription and access to over 10 million songs and you have unlimited access as long as you remain a member. If you care to give Rhapsody a try, you can try it free for 14-days and then sign up for the $10/mo. subscription after that. If Rhapsody is something you’re interested in, head over to Rhapsody’s page and try it free for 14 days. How many of you already use Rhapsody? Scan the QR code below or if browsing with your Android device, simply click the image. Check out the official presser below. Android Users Can Now Take Rhapsody to Read More

Welcome to the weekly roundup of the best new Android applications and games that went live in the Market in the previous week or so. Please wait for this page to load in full in order to see the AppBrain widgets. RUN!RUN!RUN! The sheep family is in danger now. They need to run fast and use their wisdom to get across various obstacles, finally go back home. SheepRun features challenging physics-based and puzzle gameplay. Each of the levels requires logic, skill to solve.   Sheep Run Beta This app allows Carbonite customers to access the files in their backup – anywhere, anytime. Backed up files can be easily viewed or shared directly from your Android phone. You can even use the app to listen to your backed up music. With Carbonite Access, your files are at your fingertips no matter where you are.   Carbonite Access From Artem: This is game Read More

by Music streaming service Rhapsody has launched a new version of its Android application, Rhapsody 2.0, making it possible to download tracks and playlists and listen to them offline. Rhapsody is also available for the iPhone and BlackBerry. Offline playback functionality is already available on Rhapsody’s iPhone app. The subscription-based service offers a catalog of more than 10 million songs for a monthly fee of $9.99 or $14.99 if you want support for more than one mobile device. Rhapsody’s biggest competitors, Spotify and Napster, already have offline playback functionality on mobile devices. However, Spotify is currently only available in Europe. Rhapsody for Android is available via the Android Market or over at www.rhapsody.com. Read More

Applications are always a great addition to any Android device, and finding the right application for you. Let's take a look at some of the application updates as well as some of the new releases from the past week after the jump. If you like to back up your computer, you have probably heard of Carbonite, and if you ever wished you could access all that data easily on the go, you now can. If you have ever used Carbonite, or are looking for a service to back up your data and allow it to be accessed on the go be sure to check out the full review here. Those who enjoy to use the Rhapsody music service on their computers will not want to miss out on Rhapsody 2.0 which is now available in the Android market. The application features high resolution album art, play list syncing and offline playback Read More

A lot of folks have signed up for the Rhapsody beta test, and now version 2.0 is available for all in the Android Market. Rhapsody has been trying to work out any kinks within the app itself and thus far has done a pretty good job. A few new features are included with this build: Despite all the new additions and bug fixes added to the latest release, a few known issues do still exist so keep that in mind when deciding to use it. You can read the full change log and known issues via the Rhapsody website. If you want to give it try, the download link can certainly be found after the break. [Rhapsody] Read More

Android phones are rivaling the iPhone 4 now, so music apps are being released in droves. Here are some of the top music apps for your Android device, from personalized radio players to interactive apps. Pandora is a favorite Android app, with personal radio stations that play all your jams. Mark your preferences as you listen, so Pandora gets to know your music taste. Free, the app lets you set multiple stations, learn more about artists, and purchase songs for download. Rhapsody's on-demand music service will cost you about $9 per month, but consider it your endless library, with custom playlists. Listen to any song, anytime, anywhere. Rhapsody is also accessible through other outlets, such as the web, your cable box and more. Last.fm's Android app lets you access your existing account from your phone. Hear recommended songs and stations, set your preferences, and utilize the free app as a music Read More

Music subscription services never quite struck gold with Internet users, but now that the smartphone is becoming the era’s standard listening device, a new gold rush is on. Established music services like Rhapsody, Pandora and Slacker continue to improve mobile service, but they are suddenly facing new mobile music competition. Depending on a person’s phone, budget and listening habits, the new services may be a better call. The services seem to be converging on the same target — namely, apps that let users hear personalized radio stations, build play lists and store songs for offline listening. No service has all of these features for all mobile platforms, but they are making progress. Rhapsody’s Premier service ($10 a month), for instance, is great for iPhone users, good for people with Android phones and useless on a BlackBerry until Rhapsody’s BlackBerry app arrives later this summer. Users can create play lists or listen Read More

by Brian Sawyer is an editor for O’Reilly Media’s Head First division and the co-author of Best Android Apps: The Guide for Discriminating Downloaders. The following is based in part on content from the book. Wherever you are, if you find yourself alone and in need of entertainment, you’ll likely reach for your Android phone. Of course your phone is already a great MP3 player, but it can be so much more. This roundup will help you turn your mobile into a portable entertainment center. You’ll find apps for syncing your media library, playing your own music and video, streaming radio and online video, listening to podcasts and audiobooks, watching TV, reading books and magazines — even controlling your desktop media remotely from your phone. In all, these 10 apps (and a few significant honorable mentions) should provide you with a much richer media entertainment experience than you might have thought Read More

With Weather Underground launching its Android app last week, the music offerings in the Android Market continue to explode. To help you keep the tunes blasting all summer on your Android phone, here are some cool and new Android apps that let you take your music wherever you go. Popular on the iPhone, Wunder Radio is expanding its horizons with its new Android app. For $6.99, you get local, global and Internet radio, with browsing and search options to help you hone in on what you want. Save podcasts for later listening, get artist information and follow the Twitter streams of your favorite radio stations. DoubleTwist has made a huge splash on Android phones, thanks to its full suite of features. The free media player syncs your computer and phone content, letting you take your own music with you. For music, DoubleTwist gives you a great deal of freedom to what music Read More

Spotify may not be available for mobile users in the U.S. just yet, but ongoing negotiations between the music service, record labels and Google have kept it just beyond the horizon for several months now. If the anticipation of Spotify’s Android arrival is too much, there are a number of similar services you can use in the meantime.  Rhapsody has grown a great deal these past few years, making its subscription and free music service available from just about anywhere. The recently launched Android app is free and gives you streaming music on the go.  Its search and navigation make it easy to find the music you want. Add a subscription for full features, similar to what we’ll get with Spotify. The Last.fm Android app will scrobble from your phone’s Music library, which is an expected bonus from the upcoming Spotify app. Creating a streaming radio list based on songs you’re already listening to Read More

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Androinica.com is dedicated to highlighting the most important news and most incredible apps. This article is part 2 of a two-part series. For more information on Android’s best apps, be sure to read Part 1, which has more great Business/Productivity, Entertainment, and Lifestyle apps. Please be aware that older generation phones experience trouble playing 3D games. Dream, Cliq, Magic, etc. owners will be severely limited by their 3D gaming options. Droid, Droid Incredible, and Nexus One will fare much better. Anyone who enjoys racing games must have Asphalt, the best in class mobile app. The gameplay is as smooth as the 3D graphics, the sound is top-notch, and there’s plenty of fun. See our video review for proof.[Read and Watch the Androinica.com review] Guns, aliens, and breakneck action. What else could you ask of 3D arcade game ExZeus? You play as one of four characters who must fly through the city Read More

Google Android mobile operating system continues to eat away at the iPhone’s dominance, approaching 50,000 apps this month.  As the Android Market  for apps continues to grow, we’re seeing more brands launching and enhancing their presence in this mobile platform. From games to media-sharing services, here is our list of Android apps that sprung forward in April.  Shopper's Paradise actually launched in March, but April brought a shower of success for the mobile game. Combining tower defense strategies with the popular tycoon theme, this $2.99 Android game can rope you in and hold you captive. Word Frenzy’s successful launch this month is a notable hit for the mobile gaming industry, which to date has been dominated by iPhone games. While the relatively basic anagrams game has a smooth interface, the 99-cent app's bright color scheme can get overwhelming. Nevertheless, we’re happy to see popular game begin to take off on Android devices. The Read More

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Rhapsody on Monday announced that it has added offline caching to the latest version of its iPhone/iPod touch/iPad app. The new feature lets users listen to music via the subscription service even when an Internet connection is spotty or nonexistent. The company noted in its announcement "This is the first time Apple has approved this feature in the U.S." Spotify offers a similar feature to European smartphone owners, but as many an antsy music fan knows, that service has yet to make it to American shores. Rhapsody recently released an app for the Android OS and is working on one for BlackBerry. The music service, which remained one of the bright lights in Real Networks' sputtering portfolio for a number of years, was spun off as its own company earlier this month. This post originally appeared on AppScout. Read More

One of the original pioneers in streaming music is still making waves. Rhapsody released a new version of its iPhone app that allows people to wirelessly download playlists to their iPhones, iPods or iPads and listening to them whenever — even if they don’t have an Internet connection. The move comes just weeks after the company, which was revolutionary at the beginning of the decade for offering an all-you-can-eat subscription model, began life as an independent company after been spun-off from RealNetworks. The ability to cache playlists is a much sought-after feature that hadn’t yet landed in the U.S. before. Berkeley-based competitor MOG plans to launch this feature on both Android devices and iPhones with a $10 a month subscription service in the second quarter of this year. The much-hyped Swedish startup Spotify offers this already. But sadly, it hasn’t been able to cross the pond from Europe. Rhapsody recently launched Read More

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Why settle for a simple mobile radio when you can choose the music you want? This app for Android phones gives Pandora a run for its money by granting users access to over 9 million songs. Build playlists and listen to any music on the go. This service offers a free 7-day trial. Visit AndroidApps.com for more . Read More

Android device owners are singing a new tune this week with the addition of streaming music provider Rhapsody to the list of services available for download in the Android Market. For $9.99 a month, users can stream an unlimited amount of music to both their handsets and computers. There is no local caching in this initial release, however, so a web connection is required. But Rhapsody says it will come in a future version, thereby bringing it in line with existing services such as Pandora, Slacker and Thumbplay. The Android Market is a convenient place to find new apps that can be installed on handsets, but it lacks integration with the desktop as enjoyed by iPhone owners with iTunes. But now Android phone owners with Mac desktops have DoubleTwist. Much like iTunes, DoubleTwist is designed to handle desktop media libraries (music, video and photos) — it also allows for the synchronization Read More

This is a pretty exciting time for the mobile industry, what with the iPad launch and Microsoft’s plans to create more social, app-driven devices.  Android is making waves, too, with 800 million app downloads expected in the next year.  We can begin to get a good grasp on what these apps will be by looking at popular Android apps now.  Here are some of the week’s top Android apps: Rhapsody, always out to bring music to wherever you are, launched a well-received Android app this week. Hear chart-topping songs, your favorites, and new releases with the free Android app. Music on-demand through Rhapsody is even better with an account, as it syncs with several other devices and services. For full features, a subscription is well worth the price of $10 ($15 for the Premier Plus category). Digg disappointed with its Android app, as it lacked mobile bookmarking submission. But the new Android Read More

Get ready to rock and roll on your , Droid, or other Android device because Rhapsody has officially hit the Android Market. The company has been beta testing on Android since January, and the iPhone version has been offering streaming tunes and offline access for months. You can get all-you-can-eat music for $10 a month but there’s also a seven-day free trial period. It’s available in the Android Market as we speak. I’m a big fat cheapskate, so I still think $10 a month is too much for on-demand music, even if you have a solid catalog like Rhapsody. But, we’re getting close to my miserly price range. If we get to the $5-$7 range, then I’d probably take the plunge. Any readers using a subscription service? Which one’s the best? What’s your price point for jumping in? Marin Perez has torture tested cell phones and smartphones for industry leaders like Read More

Worth Reading? Today, Rhapsody has removed this app out of beta. This app brings with it the ability to stream over 9.5 millions songs to your Android device.  So if you have a paid Rhapsody subscription, this is the app you have been waiting for. If you don’t have a subscription you can sign up for a seven day trial and see how it goes, you might love it and decide to keep it. Market Description: “Hear your old favorites or listen to the newest releases. The Rhapsody App makes it easy to tap into over 9 million songs from wherever you are. With a subscription, you can listen to anything and everything in the catalog–and offline playback coming soon. Download the beta today and try it FREE*.” For some reason it’s still listed as beta in the market. Maybe sometime today it will be updated. Check it out and see Read More

Rhapsody Android fans, start your engines. The beta application of Rhapsody‘s on-demand music service is now available in the U.S. Android Market. Rhapsody, which streams over 9 million songs through radio or on-demand playlists from users, is available now for a free 7-day trial. The new beta application follows Rhapsody’s creation as an independent company, spun off from RealNetworks into a new service jointly-owned by Real and Viacom. The company has also lowered its price to $10 per month in order to be more competitive against rivals like Pandora and Slacker, as well as services like MOG that are more closely-related to what Rhapsody  offers users. The competition could get much worse if Spotify makes good on suggestions that it will launch a U.S. product in 2010 and releases its app to U.S. members. I spoke with a Rhapsody rep back in January who let me test the software and I Read More

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Posted by Comments Today Rhapsody announced their Android App is out of Beta and now available in the Android Market. Read our full Android App Review about Rhapsody Music‘s awesomeness with download link and video! They have also launched their premiere service at a reduced price of $10 versus $14.99 a month. By cutting the price of its portable tier to just $10 per month, Rhapsody is making it affordable for anyone to enjoy music on the go. The service allows you to listen to nearly 10 million songs library from either computer, TV, or mobile phone (Kudos to Android version as it can stream in the background while doing other things). They have also broken free of parent company RealNetworks and Viacom/MTV and also rebranded with new logo. Updating... You must be logged in to post a comment. Read More

When it comes to mobile music subscription options, there’s already quite a few — Pandora, Slacker and Thumbplay all come to mind. And now, Rhapsody joins the club on Google Android handsets with a new beta client available in the Android Marketplace. The software is a free download, but does require a monthly fee for service. Rhapsody recently restructured its plan offerings and prices, so $9.99 a month gets you service to both computers and handsets. There’s also a free 7-day trial for new subscribers. For Android devices, the service offers unlimited access to over 9.5 million song tracks, but only while connected to the web. Unlike services that support offline music caching, this iteration of Rhapsody doesn’t. That’s not unlike streaming Pandora music, but Slacker does support offline playback for Android. However, a “download subscription music to your mobile device” feature is coming soon, says Rhapsody’s site. I can’t comment Read More

Greg Kumparak is the Mobile Editor at Techcrunch. Greg has been writing for the TechCrunch network since May of 2008. Greg was born just outside of San Jose, and now lives in the East Bay of California. → Learn More If you’re an Android handset owner who happens to double as a Rhapsody customer, you might have spent the last few months feeling like you’ve been left out in the cold; more specifically, you might be a bit chuffed that the iPhone has a Rhapsody application while Android phones don’t. We’d heard tales that Rhapsody was all set to launch for Android by the end of 2009, but, as anyone with a calendar could tell you, that just didn’t happen. It may be a bit later than we expected, but Rhapsody took their first big step into the Android-waters just minutes ago by launching the Rhapsody for Android Beta program. They’re Read More

Rhapsody made a few pretty huge announcements today, one of them being that their Android Application is now available on Android Market! You can download it for free and since Rhapsody offers a free 7-day trial, you can get at least one full week of testing out their streaming music service. If you decide to continue on it’ll cost you $10 bucks a month. A snippet from their press release and blog post: On Tuesday, Rhapsody is also releasing a Rhapsody mobile app for the Android platform. It is available for free through the Android Market. Now, people with Android-powered handsets (like the Motorola Droid or HTC’s Nexus One and EVO 4G) can explore and stream Rhapsody’s entire library of over 9.5 million songs from pretty much anywhere. The app, which has been in beta since January, offers the same features as the Rhapsody iPhone app released last fall — with Read More