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Banshee 1.4 Brings Music to G1
Banshee version 1.4 is now available and compatible with the G1 Android phone. It is an open source music player that will support playlists on your G1 and will even import music you have purchased from the Amazon MP3 store. It functions very similar to iTunes and will automatically sync your music library with your G1 mobile device.
Aaron Bockover, the lead developer of Banshee, claims that the Banshee/G1 combination delivers the same kind of music management experience as the iPhone. According to his blog:
“Because the Android platform is open source, I was able to easily figure out optimal ways of implementing Android/G1 support. For instance, I was unsure what the maximum cover art size should be on the device, so I just read the source. It was nice for once to not have to reverse engineer or guess!”At this time, Banshee 1.4 is available for Linux and Mac OSX only. Download it here and try it for yourself on your G1.
Android to Have iTunes Remote App
One of the best apps for the iPhone is Apple’s iTunes Remote–it’s a combination of usefulness, slick execution, and a ‘it just works’ feeling. So on Android, with its Android Market and loads of developers, would we have something similar? The answer is YES. Jeff Sharkley reversed engineered Apple’s Remote App and developed the app for Android. Yeah, it looks and works wonderfully and yeah, this is on the Must Download List before Android even launches. Click the read link for a video tutorial.
[Jeff Sharkley via Gizmodo]
Official: Amazon MP3 Store Preloaded On T-Mobile G1
Anything you can do, I can do better. That can very well be the motto for Android and the T-Mobile G1 towards the iPhone. You have a single, closed, make-it-yourself phone? We’ll have hundreds of phones and our OS is open. An app store that requires a screening process? We have a market where anyone can sell. iTunes Wi-Fi Store? Well, we’ll just partner up with the Amazon MP3 Store to offer our users DRM-Free Music directly from their T-Mobile G1 [Via Engadget].
Including an over-the-air option to download music is a key bullet point to hit with consumers. Choosing Amazon MP3, which we at AndroidCentral believe is a great music portal on par with the iTunes Store, makes it even better. 6 million DRM-free songs will be available to you once you get your T-Mobile G1. Songs are $0.89 and albums range $5.99-$9.99 and it will require Wi-Fi.
If good news like this is coming in today, we won’t be able to contain ourselves.
