Comments on: Rhapsody Fails to See iPhone App-induced Bump

By: Newly Independent Rhapsody’s Subscriber Base Still Shrinking – GigaOM

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:32:23 +0000

[...] of availability. But that didn’t translate into sales right away, as its paying customer base dipped from more than 750,000 to 700,000 during the third quarter of 2009. (RealNetworks typically reports [...]

By: How MOG Eventually Found Its Mojo – GigaOM

How MOG Eventually Found Its Mojo – GigaOM — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:01:47 +0000

[...] it has, but Hyman said if the company can get close to RealNetworks-owned Rhapsody’s current tally of 700,000 customers, “we would consider that a win.” To that end, he said the company [...]

By: Napster CEO and President Dismissed by Best Buy – GigaOM

Napster CEO and President Dismissed by Best Buy – GigaOM — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:37:29 +0000

[...] downloads was shrinking as of last summer. Moreover, its mobile strategy has lagged behind others whose mobile apps allow on-demand streams, although Gorog still writes that streams are [...]

By: Apple app’s epic fail on Rhapsody

Apple app’s epic fail on Rhapsody — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:05:13 +0000

[...] p2pnet news view Mobiles | Music:- RealNetworks’ Rhapsody hitched an iPhone app to its waggon in early September and it’s been downloaded more than half a million times since then, according to GigaOm. [...]

By: NB

NB — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:46:27 +0000

Forget about using the new version on the Edge network. It wont even get past log in and it will crash or just hang. Even if you have logged in with a wifi connection it will die when going back to Edge.
It will not run at all on just the edge network – Atleast version 1.0 was usable on the edge network.
3G is not everywhere yet and when driving this use to be my favorite app.
Slacker and Pandora does not have a problem over Edge and work quite well.
I am really disappointed in these guys. This was my second attempt to give Rhapsody a chance. I had a portable mp3 and their service and the application was so bad at loading the player and managing lists that I dropped it for Napster.
Looks like they are continuing their quest to shoot themselves in the foot. No wonder their subscriptions are declining so fast!

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:09:14 +0000

I must say that the audio quality totally sucked on
the iPhone app; totally unacceptable to the audiophile
like me. I emailed Real Networks 5 times about the quality;
each time I got an automated response that was totally unrelated
to my question! (probably outsourced) I just downloaded the updated
version, let’s hope the quality has improved!!

By: J M Adam

J M Adam — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:27:43 +0000

Instead of taking Adam’s advice and making it more engaging, v 1.1.0 of the Rhapsody iPhone app now has reminders to signup added! Makes me want to use it less.

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:44:31 +0000

They need to make the app more engaging.

By: iPhone Buzz top picks: iLuv alarm clock, what the iPhone needs, and Rhapsody app | Mobile Phone Reviews

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:19:55 +0000