Busker mobile software offers one touch album art for MP3's

April 3, 2005

Electric Pocket announces a new album art finder feature for
those with the latest version of Electronic Pocket's Busker MP3 player for Palm
OS PDAs and Smartphones. This includes the Treo 650 from PalmOne. With a
tap of a single button, you will connect to the Internet to find and download
album art for your MP3's. From then on, the album art will be displayed
anytime its corresponding tracks are played on the device.

"The Art Finder in Electric Pocket's
Busker MP3 player is an excellent example of the technologies we like to
showcase," said Larry Berkin, director of developer marketing, for
PalmSource. "This is an application that demonstrates how seamless use of
wireless connectivity can add a new dimension to an everyday experience
like listening to music.

Busker, which has been much praised for
its bright and breezy user interface and simple approach to music
selection and playback, has been updated with seamless integration to
Amazon.com's extensive product catalogue. Users can update their Album Art
collections simply by clicking on one button in Busker, instantly
activating the process of connecting to Amazon.com's Web Services platform
and wirelessly downloading Album Art images that correspond to the tracks
stored on the user's SD card

Promising those that try out their
new software to never suffer from iPod photo envy, they even offer a 7 day free
trial at the ElectronicPocket website. From what we can read there, you just
download and install it to your Palm OS PDA or Smartphone, then put your
MP3's on a SD stamp sized, flash memory card. The Busker program scans the
card and builds an index. Then to listen
quickly, the program offers QuickMix for a playback of 15 randomly selected
tracks. You can of course scroll for and select individual tunes if you are not
in a hurry. Those of you
interested in trying out this software may visit the ElectronicPocket website to learn more about Busker, if you like
it, the software sells for about 20 bucks.

Source: Music Industry News