Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Rhapsody app now available on Xbox 360]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/12/05/rhapsody-app-now-available-on-xbox-360/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/12/05/rhapsody-app-now-available-on-xbox-360/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/12/05/rhapsody-app-now-available-on-xbox-360/#comments Rhapsody app now available on Xbox 360People with expensive home theater set-ups and/or insane people who listen to music through television speakers now have yet another option when using their Xbox as a weird internet radio device. Specifically, subscription-based streaming music service Rhapsody has launched a new app, which is available now for anyone with Xbox Live Gold and a (paid) Rhapsody account.

The app includes access to Rhapsody's full music library, allowing users to access playlists they've constructed on other devices. It also supports gesture and voice commands via Kinect, which sounds good on paper, but we're going to withhold final judgement until we've tested whether our Girls' Generation choreography practice is falsely interpreted as interface navigation.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>appkinectmicrosoftrhapsodystreaming-musicsubscriptionxboxxbox-live-goldWed, 05 Dec 2012 04:00:00 EST<![CDATA[PSA: Sony's Music Unlimited service now on Vita]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/10/psa-sonys-music-unlimited-service-now-on-vita/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/10/psa-sonys-music-unlimited-service-now-on-vita/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/10/psa-sonys-music-unlimited-service-now-on-vita/#comments Sony's subscription music streaming service, Music Unlimited, is now available on the Vita. The app touts a touch-navigated menu system and the ability to listen to music offline, which is a first for the service, but is otherwise unchanged from its various other iterations across Sony devices. There's still two levels of service at $3.99 and $9.99 monthly, with cross-platform "Music Sync" technology that keeps your various Sony devices pumpin' the same jams.

We'd love to have been a fly on the wall during the Music Unlimited naming meeting at Sony HQ: "We need a name that communicates the fact that our service provides people with music. But, like, a lot of music. There's so much music in our service, you guys."

"What about The Infinite Blackness of the Void of Horrible Space, With Music[TM]?"

"Johnson, you're fired. Turn in your unlimited coffee voucher on your way -- Johnson you're a genius."

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JoystiqPSA: Sony's Music Unlimited service now on Vita originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 10 Mar 2012 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>appMusic-Unlimitedplaystationplaystation-vitaPSAqriocitysonystreaming-musicsubscriptionvitaSat, 10 Mar 2012 08:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Qriocity music streaming app on PSP today]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/04/14/qriocity-music-streaming-app-on-psp-today/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/04/14/qriocity-music-streaming-app-on-psp-today/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/04/14/qriocity-music-streaming-app-on-psp-today/#comments It's now possible to access Music Unlimited Powered by Qriocity anywhere you can get a Wi-Fi signal. The PSP can now use the streaming music service, which offers "more than seven million songs" to paying users, with two tiers of playlist customization.

Sony announced this morning that the PSP app is now available in "UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Australia and New Zealand." Today is also the planned release date for the US. If you'd like to try Qriocity, Sony is offering 30-day trials to PSN members here.

JoystiqQriocity music streaming app on PSP today originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>europemusic-unlimitedplaystationpspqriocitysonystreamingstreaming-musicThu, 14 Apr 2011 18:30:00 EST<![CDATA[PS3 'Qriocity' music service available in US today]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/17/ps3-qriocity-music-service-available-in-us-today/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/17/ps3-qriocity-music-service-available-in-us-today/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/17/ps3-qriocity-music-service-available-in-us-today/#commentsIf you're, um, qrious about what it would be like to stream music through your PS3, you're in luq luck. Music Unlimited Powered by Qriocity, the cloud-based music service released in parts of Europe late last year, is available in the US today. Music Unlimited allows you to stream "more than six million music tracks from major recording labels, leading independent labels and major publishers around the world."

There are two options: a "Basic" service and a "Premium" service. Both offer commercial-free music and multiple genre-based channels, but "Premium" offers more channels and the ability to listen to specific songs on demand.

The service will be available for PS3, Bravia TVs, Blu-Ray players, and VAIO PCs "later this afternoon," with versions for other devices including PSP coming soon. If you somehow don't have enough ways to listen to streaming music, or aren't satisfied with the short name of your existing service, check out the preview video after the break and see if Qriosity is for you.

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JoystiqPS3 'Qriocity' music service available in US today originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 17 Feb 2011 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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