Free New Service Eliminates Syncing with iTunes
EMERYVILLE, Calif., Dec. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Orb Networks
(http://www.orb.com) today announced that you can now play your PC music
collection on your Apple(R) iPhone(R) or iPod(R) touch without having to
sync with iTunes. Responding to a user study that found repeated syncing of
the iPhone to a PC to be 'a pain in the ass,' Orb(R) enables users to play
their PC music on their iPhone or iPod touch from anyplace they have a
wireless Internet connection, right away.
"Wait, so, no more syncing? Just hit play?" asked Allison Logue,
18-year-old iPod owner from Fallbrook, California. "That's like having an
iPod the size of your PC hard drive."
Here's how it works: install the free Orb application on the Windows(R)
PC where you have your music. Then go to the free service at
http://mycast.orb.com from the native Safari browser on your iPhone or iPod
touch to play what you want right from your PC.
"What kind of robot always decides ahead-of-time what songs they're
going to be in the mood for when they're away from their PC?" asked Joe
Costello, CEO of Orb Networks. "Don't sync some. Stream all."
Orb also enables you to send your friends text messages with links to
your PC music.
"With Orb, you can rock the inbox of your friends' iPhones... and any
other phone with a Web connection and streaming media player," said Ian
McCarthy, VP of Product Marketing at Orb. "Don't just text about the music.
Share the experience of the music."
Download Orb today from http://corp.orb.com/mobile_music/. You can also
download the Orb-powered Winamp(R) Remote from http://winamp.com/remote and
log in at http://winamp.orb.com.
To see a video of streaming music to the iPhone using Winamp Remote, go
to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Fi23xSxFcE
About Orb Networks, Inc.
Orb Networks is an award-winning developer of software and services
that unlock the digital media stored on personal computers. Orb gives
consumers secure, free, instant, and everywhere-access to everything from
their photos and video to TV and music on virtually Web-enabled device. The
company's partners and affiliates include: AOL Winamp, AMD, Creative Labs,
Hauppauge, Hutchison, Nokia, Orange and Vodafone. Orb Networks is a
privately held company in Emeryville, Calif.
Orb is a trademark of Orb Networks, Inc. All other trademarks and/or
registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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