Comments on: Why iPhone v3.0 is good for radio http://james.cridland.net/blog/why-iphone-v3-0-is-good-for-radio/ From a radio futurologist - where broadcast radio and new platforms collide. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:26:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Fluffy Links – Monday 22nd of June 2009 « Damien Mulley http://james.cridland.net/blog/why-iphone-v3-0-is-good-for-radio/comment-page-1/#comment-35897 Fluffy Links – Monday 22nd of June 2009 « Damien Mulley Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:35:17 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/?p=1439#comment-35897 [...] points out the latest iPhone software is better for radio listening now. Play it in Safari and it keeps playing when you go back to the main [...] [...] points out the latest iPhone software is better for radio listening now. Play it in Safari and it keeps playing when you go back to the main [...]

]]> By: alex lee http://james.cridland.net/blog/why-iphone-v3-0-is-good-for-radio/comment-page-1/#comment-35879 alex lee Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:59:06 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/?p=1439#comment-35879 I wanted to do a simple flash app at Gcap which would allow users to record, edit and submit their own dedications/questions. Seems like a simple way of allowing listeners to hear their voice on the radio without the overheads of staff editing the calls. Maybe someone will do an iPhone one (as it'll be more PR worthy than a web page!) I wanted to do a simple flash app at Gcap which would allow users to record, edit and submit their own dedications/questions. Seems like a simple way of allowing listeners to hear their voice on the radio without the overheads of staff editing the calls. Maybe someone will do an iPhone one (as it’ll be more PR worthy than a web page!)

]]> By: Andrew http://james.cridland.net/blog/why-iphone-v3-0-is-good-for-radio/comment-page-1/#comment-35875 Andrew Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:34:53 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/?p=1439#comment-35875 I have blogged about the useage of Audioboo and the iPhone previously as applications for radio... and i agree totally. It's perfect - decent sound quality, definatly broadcastable, and better than some ISDN units! BBC_SOS is showing that it's good enough, with audioboo being used... But the iphone really does make it possible for reporters to file from anywhere. And also, the internet tethering with iPhone 3Gs makes it possible to file edited clips possible - not everyone had a mobile broadband dongle before now, and not always possible to get one if you worked in local radio. Now, if a reporter is first on the scene, it's possible to broadcast straightaway. Sky News showed that last year they were available to broadcast TV at the drop of a hat, with a Camera Operator outside Weston Super Mare pier fire within minutes (he lived in the town), broadcasting live pictures with his own satellite and commentary over the phone. The iPhone, as it has a much bigger market, can prove radio is the medium for the future. Now, if only the Phone call quality was that good - get rid of ISDN and crap telephone relying for ever, and make it cheaper. probably do-able when the radio spectrum is switched off. I have blogged about the useage of Audioboo and the iPhone previously as applications for radio… and i agree totally. It’s perfect – decent sound quality, definatly broadcastable, and better than some ISDN units! BBC_SOS is showing that it’s good enough, with audioboo being used… But the iphone really does make it possible for reporters to file from anywhere. And also, the internet tethering with iPhone 3Gs makes it possible to file edited clips possible – not everyone had a mobile broadband dongle before now, and not always possible to get one if you worked in local radio. Now, if a reporter is first on the scene, it’s possible to broadcast straightaway.

Sky News showed that last year they were available to broadcast TV at the drop of a hat, with a Camera Operator outside Weston Super Mare pier fire within minutes (he lived in the town), broadcasting live pictures with his own satellite and commentary over the phone. The iPhone, as it has a much bigger market, can prove radio is the medium for the future. Now, if only the Phone call quality was that good – get rid of ISDN and crap telephone relying for ever, and make it cheaper. probably do-able when the radio spectrum is switched off.

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