Comments on: MOG Finally Goes Mobile With New iPhone, Android Apps

By: Rdio Now Broadcasting to Everyone: Here’s How it Stacks Up

Rdio Now Broadcasting to Everyone: Here’s How it Stacks Up — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 04:02:22 +0000

[...] competes most squarely with cloud-based rival MOG, which launched in December 2009, and added a mobile service for Android and iPhone last month, as well as legacy service Rhapsody and mobile-heavy Thumbplay. [...]

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:23:31 +0000

David, you speak with confidence that the apps you released yesterday are glitch-free. I have a Nexus One, and the app runs so poorly it's essentially unusable. (I'm not the only one experiencing problems--see the support page for other users' descriptions of their problems: http://bit.ly/ccBn4n . I've been eagerly awaiting the release of this app, and let's just say I'm extremely disappointed. Was the Android app not tested on the Nexus One, Google's flagship smartphone?

I think Rdio has a better approach to developing their Android app: letting users test it for free (I'm running it and it works, incidentally) rather than charging users for something that doesn't.

By: misheru

misheru — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 03:47:05 +0000

Is this available only in the US and UK? I can't seem to find MOG on Android Market (Hong Kong).

By: ex customer

ex customer — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:29:16 +0000

MOG is almost great but they lack some basic navigation tools. Finding new music is next to impossible unless you know what you are looking for.

I get the feeling that they hide many songs, artists and albums to limit the fees they pay because no other service makes it so hard to find new releases or related artists. You either have to read through countless useless blogs and hope you find the gem or do a direct search for a specific artist. Either way its poor design and is the reason I no longer pay for the service.

By: Monica

Monica — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:01:15 +0000

Yeah, I like iPhone.

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:59:29 +0000

I can't find the app in the UK iPhone app store. Is it not available in the UK yet?

By: Janey

Janey — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:57:41 +0000

“…for a monthly fee of $9.99.” Ugh. That killed it for me right there. Pandora & Slacker are half that price. Even SiriusXM is cheaper than that if you already have a radio. Hulu Plus is $9.99 and you’re still peppered with ads.
Darn it, MOG, I wanted to like you, but I am just tapped out with these $5-$10 subscriptions all over the place. :/

By: David Hyman

David Hyman — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:02:28 +0000

paul, clearly you have not used our release build as those issues you mentioned were bugs in earlier releases. i'd highly recommend downloading our released versions of the apps as i'm confident you will find the glitches you mentioned non-existestent. (as from perhaps a a second or two between tracks).