Groovefish for Windows Mobile - Find And Stream Music To Your Phone

Article by Alex Macen (2,262 pts ) , published Oct 31, 2009

WinMo phones usually have a slot for a MicroSD Card, but only so much music can go within it! What if you want to listen to some music while out on the road, but you forgot your Ipod! Don't go without music, use Groovefish! Keep reading to learn more.

Groovefish, What is it?

Ever been without your music when you absolutely needed something to listen to? Maybe when standing in a really long line, or between breaks at work when you want to "tune" everyone out, whatever the situation may be we have your solution for those situations.

Groovefish eases your waits, giving access to tons of songs across the internet to listen to while we stand around.

Groovefish utilizes the Grooveshark.com site, a site that allows users to listen to music via a browser.

To get started, head over to the XDA-Developers Site and reigster. Once you've logged in, download this .cab file, and click on that file from your Windows Mobile device to auto install the application..

Groovefish, How do I use it?

Once you've downloaded the .cab file for Groovefish, upload it to your mobile device. The device supports most devices so you should have little to no problem using it.

Article ImageRun the .cab file, and you will be prompted to install it. Choose whichever location fits you (Device or Storage Card if you have a Storage Card.) afterwards, go to your start menu and run the program, it should have the icon of a shark's silhouette.

Once started, you will be brought to the blank screen to right. With a search function at the top, play button at the bottom, and a middle area for search results. The rest is self-explanatory.

Select the search Icon and type in your search, press enter and the search will begin. After finding a song you like you can select it by clicking on that file and it will automatically begin to play.

Final Thoughts

For a simple, quick, easy, and (most importantly) free software, Groovefish takes the cake.

Utilizing a simple, quick, and easy interface, it takes you seconds to find the song you want. You can even searched based on artists, albums, song names, and it will always get you relevent results thanks to a library of music is immense, seriously, it's hard to find songs that don't exist with this app!

On the downside however, the music is always streamed. You cannot download any music locally for offline listening or when you don'tArticle Image want to use your 3G connection or WiFi. As a result, you must always be online to use this program. To add to another downside, the software is very simple. So simple you cannot even create playlists yet.

However, one thing Groovefish does not lack: Potential. In a few months time, this software can truly develop into something great.

 
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