Online music provider Mercora has launched a new ’social music player and mobile radio service’ for 3G handsets. Succinctly named M v2, the subscription based system, designed for 3G-enabled smart phones to give users easy access to 100,000 digital radio channels, as well as allowing them to stream music from their PCs or a Mercora server with none of that pesky side-loading or synchronisation business.
The social part? M allows you to browse the music, playlists and listening history of up to five audio buddies, which could be very revealing. That mate who insists he’s always listening to Explosions in the Sky, is probably secretly gorging on Christina Aguilera (not literally). And now you’ll know. Of course, PC services like Yahoo Music Jukebox have offered this sort of thing for a while, but it’s much more convenient to snoop on other people’s music from your phone.
And of course, this wouldn’t be a streamable mobile media story without podcasts. “One-click access to constantly updated and popular podcasts from CNN, MLB, NCAA, NPR and other established news outlets provides M v2 users with continuous access to breaking news and information,” enthuses the press release.
You can download it from here. Just be careful what you listen to.
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