Rdio is a new streaming music service, available on the web, desktop, or your BlackBerry. You can add as many songs/albums to your online collection, accessible from any of these platforms. Rdio also supports playlists, and people (similar to Apple's Ping). Possibly the coolest feature is the ability to resume a song/album/playlist from where you left off last, when transitioning from desktop to mobile, or vice versa. Their collection of music seems very complete, and every song I searched for was found, and available for play. Rdio streams over WiFi, 3G and EDGE, comes with a 3 day free trial, and is completely ad free.
Overall, I think $4.99 per month is a fair price for those who listen to a lot of music, and may not have the space on their device to store enormous amounts of music. It brings unlimited music to you, wherever you are, even if you don't have a cellular signal (available music caching). However, this probably won't entice the casual listener, or those who listen to free streaming radio services like Slacker, and Pandora. But, it is another choice. It is now compatible with the Bold, Tour, Curve 8500, and Storm devices.
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metrodevil Nov 16, 2010 at 10:00 am
I tried Rdio when it first came out and was very impressed. It was a little quirky, but it was brand new.
I agree that a $4.99 per month price is fair but that only gets you the web version. If you want to use your mobile device, they charge $9.99.
I primarily use my mobile device for music and never listen through the web. I reached out a couple months back asking if they will have a "mobile only" option that is cheaper than $9.99 per month. They said they currently don't have one but will consider it in the future.
If that happens, they'll definitely have a new customer. until then, I'm trying to use Grooveshark with it's very nice price.
cribble2k Nov 16, 2010 at 10:54 am
TVersity allows me to access any of my media for free on any device. If I wanted something different, I could use the "TuneIn Radio" app for BlackBerry, which is also free.
daldred Nov 16, 2010 at 12:20 pm
'Your music - everywhere' says the website of Rdio.
A few lines below we find: 'Rdio is currently available in the US and Canada'.
Everywhere, much to the surprise of our less clever transatlantic friends, doesn't actually stop at the borders of North America. Presumably the makers of Rdio are, therefore, among the less clever ones, and not among the ones anyone outside North America would therefore want to deal with, even if they could.
stubbornswiss Nov 16, 2010 at 2:02 pm
With all the FREE music/radio applications out there - and some are really very good - I am surprised that anyone can still charge (so much) for a similar application.
I am even more surprised that anyone would be willing to pay for such an application.
Hey.....just my personal opinion!!
hemertwv Nov 17, 2010 at 12:02 pm
I have found several failed emails from RDIO that the application on my BB is sending a lot of configuration information back to a RDIO Server.
It included all my local email addresses, browser configurations, application configurations, a bunch of stuff.
THis app is gone from my environment as of now.