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Really Nice Update to MOG
Nov 16th
I’ve been using the MOG iPhone app for several months now. While I’m more or less happy with the service, the app itself has always left a lot of things to be desired. In it’s most recent update, however, MOG has finally addressed what I considered to be some of the biggest deficiencies…with these updates, it’s finally a real app 🙂 Here are some of the upgrades:
- New “Now Playing” Screen
- Seeking within a song (duh, can’t believe it took this long)
- New queue features:
- Queue Next
- Add to End of Queue
- Clear Queue and Play
- Stop audio by unplugging headphones (to me, this is the biggest upgrade, and is something I’ve been looking forward to for about 4 months)
Anyway, that’s about it. Again, MOG is a great service, and it’s nice to see continued improvements to the app.
Share this:MOG for iPhone: Better, but Still Lacking
Aug 12th
MOG, one of the newer contenders to wade into the fray of online music streaming and downloading, followed up on the release of their iPhone app last month with an upgrade yesterday. Among other things, this upgrade corrected what I feel was a huge blunder in releasing without multi-tasking support for iOS4.
I downloaded the upgrade yesterday, and immediately began enjoying the benefits. But then I found the limitations.
The biggest lack still in the app, IMO, is that it is not fully integrated into player controls. If you’re running MOG with headphones in the office, you’ll need to be sure to pause the music before disconnecting your headphones. Unlike Pandora and the native iPod players that automatically pause the stream when headphones are disconnected, the MOG app apparently has no idea whether or not your headphones are being used. Unplug, and you’re bound to make nearby cube-dwellers angry, amused, or worse: they’ll launch into their own musical counter-offensive.
Don’t get me wrong: I’m glad for the upgrade to basic multi-tasking support. This upgrade prevented me from ditching MOG altogether and checking out greener pastures like Rdio. Hopefully upgrades for the other player deficiencies are in the works and will be released soon…otherwise, I’ll More >