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CTIA 2009: iHeartRadio for BlackBerry Walk Through

by Kevin Michaluk on 1 Apr 2009 08:27 PM
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CTIA Wireless 2009 is now in full swing, and I spent the better part of the day at the Las Vegas convention center taking it all in. The event is definitely quieter than I remember it being last year, but the BlackBerry booth is as BUSY as ever. Seriously, from the moment the exhibitor hall opened the BlackBerry booth was packed. Just as we did with our CES coverage in January, I'll be bringing you some video recaps from the BlackBerry developers and partners displaying their apps and services over the days ahead. Some of these vids may be news to you while other videos will be of apps you may already be familiar with... but it's still nice to see it presented live.

FIRST UP: iHeartRadio! One of the newer entrants to the BlackBerry streaming audio game, this is an app you definitely should check out. We've covered it on the blogs here (initial post) and here (Storm post) and you can learn more and download by visiting iHeartRadio.com. Enjoy the video!

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42 Comments

Posted by stormywaters Wednesday, Apr 01, 2009 1047 days ago

I like to exercise and listen on the storm.

 
 
Posted by ruious Wednesday, Apr 01, 2009 1047 days ago

Kevin... you are slick.. "Lynette, I think I Heart You"

 
 
Posted by mhind52 Wednesday, Apr 01, 2009 1047 days ago

I agree....that was smooth!

 
 
Posted by manunited518 Wednesday, Apr 01, 2009 1047 days ago

Whenever I'm listening to iheartradio on my VZW 8130 Pearl, it stops the stream whenever the network goes active (txt message is received, I use opera mini/BB browser etc). It forces me to go press play and it then rebuffers.

Anyone know why?

 
 
Posted by matt_litwin Wednesday, Apr 01, 2009 1047 days ago

Set your phone to silent or vibrate. The blackberry can only play from one audio source at a time, so when your alert tone goes off it shuts off the i heart radio app. i tried it and it worked for me.

 
 
Posted by rfdesort Wednesday, Apr 01, 2009 1047 days ago

haha, i think someones been cheesin' on the iheartradio girl

 
 
Posted by nicoburp Wednesday, Apr 01, 2009 1047 days ago

Kevin you rock, you're the BlackBerry of the web reporters! The way you talk to this young lady, awesome!

 
 
Posted by Luis Masieri Wednesday, Apr 01, 2009 1047 days ago

It is incompatible with the Cruve 8330M, repeat M at the end. Just because it has an M it doesn't recognize it as a compatible phone. They need to fix that! I have ALL the requirements!

 
 
Posted by Dokk Thursday, Apr 02, 2009 1047 days ago

Yup ... I had the same problem. Sprint has added the "m" with the 4.5 firmware that they've installed. Waiting patiently....

 
 
Posted by Luis Masieri Thursday, Apr 02, 2009 1046 days ago

Have you found a fix for this? :/

 
 
Posted by baykine Wednesday, Apr 01, 2009 1047 days ago

I have been waiting for this app for a while ever since I saw my friend using it on his iphone. I am very happy with the app. What we need now is an app powered by CBS radio. iHeartRadio of course only streams Clear Channel radio. I believe the apps for CBS radio is play.it and streamtheworld. I believe these two apps can only be streamed on the iphone. These would be a great addition to the Blackberry radio stream family.

 
 
Posted by azboricua Wednesday, Apr 01, 2009 1047 days ago

You could totally tell the camera guy dosed off looking at the girls ass, even the camera focused in on it! lol !!!!

 
 
Posted by thehOtbOy Wednesday, Apr 01, 2009 1047 days ago

shoot !! i think i heart lynette too ! lol

 
 
Posted by Mr.L09 Wednesday, Apr 01, 2009 1047 days ago

Kevin..im backing you up on "thephoneblog-iphone live"...lol long live blackberry's!!!

 
 
Posted by Mr.L09 Wednesday, Apr 01, 2009 1047 days ago

WOW SHES HOT LOL

 
 
Posted by Detective M Downs Wednesday, Apr 01, 2009 1047 days ago

The camera man is a guy after my heart! I truly liked how he turned his focus (literally) to get the ass shot of the girl in front of him!! Great work!!

 
 
Posted by msaster Wednesday, Apr 01, 2009 1047 days ago

Does anyone know what theme is this?

 
 
Posted by ntborg Wednesday, Apr 01, 2009 1047 days ago

I have tried a few of the streaming apps out there and I really like this one it has great quality and works great on my storm!

Add an EQ

Add NOAA radio feeds for us weather freaks. Comes in handy where I live.

 
 
Posted by imotionsrt4 Wednesday, Apr 01, 2009 1047 days ago

wow, that chick really doesn't know what she is talking about. "we have a lot of different radio personalities"

YEAH 3....WHOAAAA THERE, PERSONALITY OVERLOAD!!

"you can go here and tag the song" *she kept scrolling to try to tag and it had me rolling*

Sorry not all stations allow you tag, nor do they show you what is playing. My favorite station is that way...doesn't show me anything, so can't tag anything.

She also kept trying to go to the lyrics, which didn't work either.

I wish my radio would connect as fast as hers. even with full bars, it still takes 30 seconds of buffing.

I love I heart radio but they should have at least trained the help better.

 
 
Posted by LuisT Wednesday, Apr 01, 2009 1047 days ago

Haha, nice kevin.

I just downloaded the app. Its pretty legit.

 
 
Posted by blackberryloverinNV Wednesday, Apr 01, 2009 1047 days ago

I love this app, download it now! Great music and it loads fast too. I haven't had any problems with it and I've been using it for awhile. definitely in my top five must have apps!

 
 
Posted by azboricua Thursday, Apr 02, 2009 1047 days ago

With I heart radio on my storm I listen to john and rich anytime I want. It sweet!

 
 
Posted by interloper Thursday, Apr 02, 2009 1047 days ago

"You can listen to your lyrics"....Uhhhh - Innovative I guess.

 
 
Posted by Marianne Wade Thursday, Apr 02, 2009 1047 days ago

hello..

Marianne Wade

 
 
Posted by fabuloso Thursday, Apr 02, 2009 1047 days ago

I love this app. Pandora who? What's Slacker again?

 
 
Posted by IM lost Thursday, Apr 02, 2009 1047 days ago

I downloaded the app for my storm but when I try to open it up it ends up going back to my homepage. Anyone know why this is???

 
 
Posted by Xopher Thursday, Apr 02, 2009 1047 days ago

Unfortunately, iHeartRadio does not support the 8830, even with 4.5 OS installed.

 
 
Posted by BB_Vegas_Charmer Thursday, Apr 02, 2009 1047 days ago

I LOVE THIS APP!!!

I got referred to this page because I follow them on Twitter...great stuff...awesome customer service on there too.

 
 
Posted by heyload2 Thursday, Apr 02, 2009 1047 days ago

My Storm won't connect to the stream. Anyone know a fix?

 
 
Posted by the brother Thursday, Apr 02, 2009 1047 days ago

i dunno what application that is. get more video of that chick Kev!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 
 
Posted by WazzuKirk Thursday, Apr 02, 2009 1047 days ago

This app works on every Curve except my 8320. What a bunch of crap.

 
 
Posted by ToneTony Thursday, Apr 02, 2009 1046 days ago

really sweet app!!! ok, maybe she didn't know how to handle it, but it is nice nonetheless. plus it's free!!! done and done!

 
 
Posted by islandgal808 Thursday, Apr 02, 2009 1046 days ago

Is says it doesn't support my browser..

 
 
Posted by exclip Thursday, Apr 02, 2009 1046 days ago

Normally I would say something about the app. But Kevin lol you have me rollin with that exit line SWEET!!!

 
 
Posted by usmcangelady Friday, Apr 03, 2009 1046 days ago

Has anyone else had problems getting this app to work on the curve 8900?? I want to try it because everyone is raving about it but it won't work. I tried putting my phone on vibrate like I saw on here but still not working.

 
 
Posted by JCHoit Saturday, Apr 04, 2009 1045 days ago

For me, if there is no bluetooth function, it's useless. Slacker added that feature and I love it. iHeartRadio needs this to be useful.

 
 
Posted by DJ ALAAS Saturday, Apr 04, 2009 1044 days ago

went to the link and it seemed to download just fine until the end "download failed"
Sorry
Jamie

 
 
Posted by bbthemelab Sunday, Apr 05, 2009 1044 days ago

I like her theme.

 
 
Posted by crockett5258 Sunday, Apr 05, 2009 1044 days ago

I installed it and start it up, I get the first screen and it says fetching stations and.......30 minutes later...still nothing. I have the 8330 from Sprint running 4.5.0.131. I understand this is a beta, I hope they fix it quick. I want this bad!!!

 
 
Posted by jmflint Tuesday, Jun 09, 2009 979 days ago

First of all I just want to say that I am new to this website and I can already tell that I LOVE IT! So my question / comment is when I try to listen to a station on I heart radio I am given this message "unable to connect to stream" Does anyone know how to fix that? Thanks

 
 
Posted by abgelman1286 Thursday, Jun 25, 2009 963 days ago

I HEART the iHeartRadio application for my Blackberry and of course I'm a fan of it on Facebook. A couple of days ago on the Facebook fan page I found an iHeartRadio widget that let's you stream your favorite radio station or side channel right from your profile. I immediately grabbed it and put it on my page. It's soooo cool! You can get it here....http://apps.facebook.com/iheartradiostream/ Spread the word! Happy Listening!

 
 
Posted by mike lehman Tuesday, Sep 22, 2009 874 days ago

I listen to the Penguins hockey on the iheart radio and love it but last night game was on 105.9 HD. Can you get HD radio from this app or do i have to look somewhere else on the app or is there an upgrade im missing out on.

Thank you
Pens Fan