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Rock Band For The iPhone

EA Mobile have launched a watered down version of Rock Band for the iPhone.iphone

All the instruments are simulated with the touch screen of course, including the Vocals! (yes, you just tap like a guitar) RockBand comes with a Bluetooth fueled multi-player option for simultaneous slamming. The game has been released with a $9.99 price tag which seems pretty steep for, although its a full RockBband game, is still basically an app. The 20 song play list does include some familiar songs with Lynyrd Skynyrd, Smashing Pumpkins and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts among others, with more available as downloads.

RockBand may have beaten its rival Guitar Hero to the iPhone only to bump into the mini-game brick wall that it Tapulous’ tap-tap revenge. But with more “buttons” it does prove more challenging than the established TTR 3 which should increase its shelf life a bit. But fans of Tap-Tap revenge fans will be quick to point out it is available for just $1 and does have a similar in-app track buying feature. The Playlist in full is.

  • 30 Seconds to Mars – “Attack”
  • AFI – “Girl’s Not Grey”
  • All-American Rejects – “Move Along”
  • Beastie Boys – “Sabotage”
  • Blink-182 – “All the Small Things”
  • Blondie – “Hanging on the Telephone”
  • Foo Fighters – “Learn to Fly”
  • Foo Fighters – “Everlong”
  • George Thorogood & the Destroyers – “Bad to the Bone”
  • Jethro Tull – “Hymn 43″
  • Joan Jett – “Bad Reputation”
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd – “Simple Man”
  • Motörhead – “Ace of Spades ‘08″
  • Pixies – “Debaser”
  • Presidents of the United States of America – “Ladybug”
  • Rise Against – “Give It All”
  • Silversun Pickups – “Lazy Eye”
  • Smashing Pumpkins – “Cherub Rock”
  • Steve Miller Band – “Take the Money and Run”
  • The Go-Go’s – “We Got the Beat”

Pandora Launches Their One Service and Desktop App

pandora-logoPandora is a music startup that he been getting a lot of great reviews of late. Pandora will reach profitability in 2010 according to founder Tim Westergren. Revenue is expected to double  this year to $40 million thanks to targeted ads delivered to 27 million registered users which are growing at the rate of 50,000 to 60,000.

With the iPhone app release for Pandora they have been seeing a third of their growth come in this area. “It’s changed the perception people have of what Internet radio is, from computer-radio to radio, because you can take the iPhone and just plug it into your car, or take it to the gym.”

The yesterday Pandora also announced their new Pandora One service, which is just Pandora a few added features and of course no ads. Pandora One is a subscription based service in which is only $36 a year. Additionally with Pandora One they have released a desktop application which includes high quality streaming, a personalized look, a mini player and extended player timeouts

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Ministry of Sound releases iDrum Anthems app for iPhone or iPod Touch

Previously here on RouteNote we have talked a little about musical iphone or ipod touch applications such as the Ocarina, and here is a new one, the iDrum.

The iDrum lets users remix a bunch of classic club tracks with more than 300 samples to play with, tapping the screen to build up layers of bleeps and beats.

There are 3 different apps available in the iTunes store.

Ministry of Sound version – iDrum: Ministry of Sound Anthems

Club edition – iDrum Club Edition

Hip-hop edition – iDrum Hip-Hop Edition

The prices vary depending upon your country, but check it out!!