The people at FlyTunes.fm sent me an email asking me to review their application for the iPhone/iPod touch. This was a pretty exciting email for me to get because it means that people are visiting Public Radar, and reading our articles. I quickly went to FlyTunes and did a review on the product — just in time for our weekly Apple Tuesday special.

Setting up FlyTunes is super easy. They sent me a registration link, I clicked it and typed in my email address, password, sex, and ZIP code. That is all there is to it. They sent me a conformational email with information on how to log into FlyTunes.

What exactly is FlyTunes you ask? Well it is a free version of satellite radio that works on your iPod touch and iPhone. This is great for people who use satellite radio, but do not want to pay the monthly fee.

I couldn’t get the actual audio to play on the iPod touch — maybe that was because of the poor Internet connection. However, it seems that the FlyTunes application is best for people who own the iPhone — as they will always have an Internet connection. The iPod touch is only connected to the Internet when near a wireless router.

The idea of FlyTunes.fm sounds very promising — but it is more of an iPhone application than an iPod touch application. One thing that they are working on to improve iPod touch functionality is that they will eventually allow you to record radio-casts and play them back at a later time.

Justin
PublicRadar.com