asplayer – beta Last.fm client for s60 phones

Social music site Last.FM uses a process called ‘Audioscrobbling’ to automatically grab data about music you are listening to and upload it to a central database.

Data from ’scrobbled’ tracks is used to build up a profile of your musical taste. Last.FM uses this profile to assemble a personalised streaming music station of similar artists and musical styles.

Asplayer is a Python app that brings this functionality to S60 3rd Edition phones for the first time.  It only supports the scrobbling side of the equation at the moment – artist and title data from tracks played on your phone’s media player are uploaded to Last.FM using your internet connection – you will still need to go to the Last.FM website in order to listen to your customised playlist.

Asplayer is available here and requires a copy of Python for S60 and an account with Last.Fm, all available for free.

Pocket Picks takes no responsibility for readers whose musical taste generates streams of 80s hair metal or progressive jazz.  You have only yourselves to blame.

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