Jam11 is a new app (currently in beta) that allows you to stream your iTunes library to your BlackBerry smartphone. It also streams over 40,000 SHOUTcast internet radio stations, from around the globe. During my testing, I have personally experienced lightning fast streaming over 3G and Wifi. It is also nice that the app will also stream over sub-3G connections, a feature that a lot of apps don't support.
Jam11 is a great app for those who have massive music collections and do not have the space on their device to hold it all. You can download it at BlackBerry App World free of charge in the beta section. It supports only non-touchscreen devices at the moment, but hopefully will add touchscreen devices soon.
More information and download of Jam11 beta
Download the Jam11 desktop software
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Stream your iTunes library to your BlackBerry device with Jam11 - Now in beta
Anyone try this yet?
Also, what would the CPU hit be on the PC?
Wouldn't it be easier to just sync your music from iTunes to your memory card? I'm not a BB whiz but this seems redundant.
Yes, it would be easier, but most of us have more than just a few gigs of music...
If you've got only but a couple of songs on itunes and they comfortably fit on your BB memory card,sure that's is easier. Also have to take into account that there are other things on your BB that will need some where to be saved. And memory will need to be administered accordingly in order for things to work smoothly. Other wise if you can stream music from itunes (your pc at home) and your miles away from home,well you then have instant access to all your songs.
Another things some peoples itunes have so many songs that they wouldn't even fit on 64gb's of memory. So that by no means makes syncing vs streaming an alternative.
Since it is a beta, are they going to charge in the future for it? I just hate trying something out in beta and really liking it only to have a "the beta program is now over, please pay $xx"
Does it matter if the music is content protected (drm) on iTunes? Or will it stream all songs regardless?
AWESOME!!!!!!!! Works Great for what it is! Hopefully they don't start charging :-(
Any noticable slowing of your PC?
Not that I can tell!
I AM TAKING BACK MY AWESOME COMMENT AS I LOADED MORE SONGS INTO MY ITUNES THEN TRIED TO SYNC AGAIN AND NOT ONLY DOES IT NOT WORK IT ISN'T SHOWING ANY OF MY ITUNES MUSIC ANYMORE :(
It isn't letting me register!!!? arrrrgghhhhhh
Ditto here! Server error of some sort on their side.
Haven't tried it yet... but reminds me a lot of the old Simplify Media platform that I used on iTunes for my ipood... Absolutely loved it.
No support for torch... Fail
I don't know why you'd want to stream your iTunes library to a Torch. WiFi sync makes it pretty simple to load as much music as you want directly to your microSD - limited only by the size of your card. I'd rather carry music around with me than rely on a streaming connection.
it says it cannot run under the current connections and to go to advanced tcp settings, or enable wifi. problem is im always on wifi????? what should i do?
No love for the 9550, either. Bummer.
Sent them an e-mail to see if there were any plans on making it available for the 9550. Received a reply of, "Thanks. Sorry at this stage we are focusing on touch devices based on OS6. However if we get lot of demand for Storm2, we may consider doing it." Interesting enough that the Torch 9800 isn't listed as a supported device, either. Oh well. Would have been a slick app to use. :O(
pc is still fast, takes a few seconds to buffer, but its so reasonable and really worth it. plays all the songs i have on itunes
can we save the songs being streamed off of our Itunes accounts or can we only stream music? Would be great if we could save and delete songs off of itunes at our wish.
When installing on my computer (Windows 7), I was prompted to allow the program certain access to my network. I clicked "allow" too quickly, and noticed that only one option was checked. The option checked was the second of the two, and the first (unchecked one) seemed to say something about a private network. I tired uninstalling and reinstalling, but I was never again prompted for these settings. Is there anyway to alter these settings now? Will it matter? Seems to be working as is just fine though, fyi.
It couldn't connect to my Mac's library, even though I installed the required program there too. Uninstalled everything and I'll try again later if they update the program.
Speaking of Mac's - If you're broke like me and cannot afford the latest hardware from Cupertino, you may be in for some disappointment. Minimum requirements for installation on a Mac are Mac OS X 10.5.x AND and Intel processor (not all of them at that, as I found out in their forums). Unfortunately, I keep my iTunes library on my iBook G4, which fails to meet either of those requirements. Needless to say, I could not install the PC end of the software, so I could not test the iTunes streaming. Sucks for me :(
Anyhow - exploring the SHOUTcast radio stations was pretty cool, plus it can access whatever media you already have stored on your BB. Streaming the radio stations over 3G at the lowest quality settings still gave me the occasional brief pause for buffering, but nothing to make a big fuss over. If you have a bluetooth device that supports A2DP to carry the music, that works as well. I used my Jawbone Icon to do the job.
Overall, iTunes streaming aside, I don't regret downloading it. Hopefully one day they will either support the old stuff or I will be able to upgrade to something more current. Good luck to all who try it!
People keep suggesting this app is pointless because you can dump media library to microSD.
I hope they perfect this app. I don't see a 175GB microSD or a device supporting it within 12-24mos from now for any reasonable price.