Those of you who keep up with this blog know that other than the Photography section of my site, I rarely mention my iPhone. However, those that have spent more than 5 minutes with me know that I don’t go very long without checking my phone for something – text messages, news, phone calls, etc.
Although my love of my iPhone knows no bounds, and there are many iPhone applications that I adore, none compare to MobileScrobbler.
MobileScrobbler combines three things that I’m obsessed with – Apple, Music, and Last.fm. For those that don’t know what Last.fm is, I highly suggestion you check out my rave about it (and here!). MobileScrobbler is an application which, in real time, notifies Last.fm of what I’m listening to on my iPhone. This eliminates all of the barriers from proper music listening tracking that existed before: when I wasn’t at my computer listening (using Last.fm’s software), I had to listen to a song on my iPod, come home, plug in my iPod, sync with my iTunes library, and then approve the track notification. With MobileScrobbler, all I have to do is listen to my music, and my Last.fm profile gets updated automatically and in real time. Amazing.
But MobileScrobbler does a whole lot more! Depending on what I’m listening to, it will give me the background information on the song, artist, and album, including the lyrics and album art. It also include’s Last.fm’s great radio stations, for recommended artists, similar artists, and user radios.
It does all of this, and does it with a beautiful and easy to use interface. If you’re not sold yet, the guy behind MobileScrobbler has posted a visual tour of the new features of the upcoming version (1.4, available next month). Its a complete visual update (see right), and should be incredible for any music lover.
The last thing I’m going to say about it is this: Last.fm and MobileScrobbler have one incredible thing in common – they both, while providing unparalleled services, are completely free to use. If you value great ideas come to life, I highly recommend donating.