Billed as he "World's Largest Index of Playable Internet Music", seeqpod has just unveiled an extremely user friendly interface for iPodTouch/iPhone users. The application will make Apple happy that it is using its "Web 2.0 SDK" but upset that it is using it for (what could be easily considered) piracy. Another negative for Cupertino is that it will also be competition for the iTunes Music Store in that when used from a desktop, users can download mp3s directly to your computer. The iTunes mobile store could also lose some impulse buyers..
The application goes out and searches the Internet for mp3s and then indexes them using the metadata in the files. A quick check of our favorite artists netted a wealth of good content. Video searches are also in the wings for seeqpod.
Some screenshots and additional info after the jump.
Obviously, there are some significant legal issues at play here. Seeqpod doesn't host any of these files so they are probably in the clear for now. However, content companies that wish to find locations of their content pirated on the net can also use seeqpod's interface to find people illegally sharing their wares. Only time will tell how long this service will last. Sometimes popularity can be a double-edged sword.
More on Seeqpod:
About Us
Now, more than ever, it is important to be able to find, discover, and manage the wealth of information available on the Internet.
SeeqPod is a totally different breed of search and discovery technology provider, because we believe that one day, everything will be 'playable'. Hence we have embraced the term 'Playable Search'.
The team at SeeqPod is passionate about technology as well as music. So first we decided to apply some pretty sophisticated technology to music and video search so that anyone, anywhere can mine the deepest crevices and corners of the Web for media that is publicly available, yet not always easy to find.
Currently in Beta, SeeqPod's first consumer site empowers users by allowing them to search and discover music and video all over the Web. Our intelligent software robots work with targeted crawling systems to auto-submit content to the site. This, combined with user submissions, results in a large and rich search and discovery index. This process can be viewed in real-time via the PodCrawler.
Born out of UC's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), 'Playable Search' is made possible through biometric search & discovery technology, a method that mimics the way the human mind might use context to make and recall associations, an approach which relies on context by finding the hidden relationships in digital content and data.
SeeqPod has provided public access to its technologies through SeeqPod Media Search, Recommendation and Discovery Services (SMSRDS), a REST-based API. SMSRDS enables third-party developers to easily integrate SeeqPod technologies into social networks, ad networks, and other consumer applications, and improve their user's experience in new and novel ways.
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Holy shit!!! This actually
Holy shit!!! This actually works... and really well at that. I'm amazed. Now I can empty out my iPhone's stash of music and load it to the brim with videos.
Oh wait! My bad. I forgot this only works over wifi (or edge if you're desperate to wait 3 hours to play a 3 minute song). I use the iPhone for music in the car, so this isn't gonna work for me.
If only 3G were available... (that's a hint for you, Apple!)
This is actually really
This is actually really good. As is most things Web 2.0, it is almost entirely worthless on EDGE but on Wifi it is great!
So when can I have a 3G iPhone again Apple?
You guys are morons. Just
You guys are morons. Just when I think this site is amazing, they post something that is almost as old as the iPhone. I've been using seeqpod on the iPhone forever.
Still no way to setup a playlist. Finish listening. Click the Back Arrow, Click the next song you want to hear - this isn't exactly a reason to remove your music from your iPhone.
Here's another break through app for the iPhone: It's called Movie.app It lets you search for movie times on the internet it came out about the same time as SEEQPOD for iPhone. It's really cool too. :rolleyes:
Let's get some news...
Wow....you have been using
Wow....you have been using seeqpod on your iphone "forever"? Considering iPhone has only been out for approx 3 months, you sound a bit dramatic. Or is it moronic?
maybe I'm just cynical, but
maybe I'm just cynical, but such a site would seem like a pretty sweet RIAA honeypot... just imagine, getting "pirates" to not only submit their contact info and downloading history (you need to sign up to save songs), but also to submit links to other sites sharing mp3 files openly.
Anyone good at sluthing? The address of the registrant for that site is easy to find, but what else is at that address?
Paranoid maybe... being sued yet, no. :)
this definatly doesnt work
this definatly doesnt work on my iPod touch... i click on search or discover, and the url changes and it turns blue for a second, but thats it! the only one that works is "popular artists"
any ideas?
omg.iphone with 3g will
omg.iphone with 3g will durate at max 2 hours..do u still want 3g? ...
bah. other phones have 3g
bah.
other phones have 3g and their fine.
im sure apple could move some stuff around and make room for a bigger battery, or optimize it, so that all non web based components hibernate while 3g is active.
Because of this app i will
Because of this app i will happily wait til a 3g iphone.
Actually, i find that i can
Actually, i find that i can load a 6 minute song on this (and i have been using this since i got my iphone iDay) in about a minute or two over EDGE. You people complain too much. EDGE really isnt that bad, sure 3G is faster, but the iphone doesnt have it so quit whining and enjoy the phone you payed for, knowing it only had EDGE.
Dammit! It upsets me that
Dammit! It upsets me that you guys posted this article. I've been using this service on my iPhone for several weeks now. I just havn't told anyone about it in hopes that it would stay under RIAA's radar. Oh well.
GREAT site however. I want customizable playlists from the iPhone though. And in all honesty, using this site over EDGE really ain't that bad. Typically, there's only a 15-20 second delay at most.
yeah we had second thoughts
yeah we had second thoughts about covering it as well. Oh well, it had to come out sometime and we figured our readers deserved dibs on this awesome service!
The iphone does not have 3g
The iphone does not have 3g capabilities do to the cost of battery life.
[quote=macmanager]The iphone
[quote=macmanager]The iphone does not have 3g capabilities do to the cost of battery life.[/quote]
and the fact that it is only in the US and most of the US has no 3G coverage, only a few major cities have it so you would be using EDGE most of the time anyway.
Anyone know if there is a
Anyone know if there is a way to save the music that I find here directly to my iPhone's memory for safe keeping? ;-) Now THAT would be cool. Maybe using a custom bookmarklet or something similar?
That's nothing new,
That's nothing new, grabb.it/iphone does have the same functionality and has been there for a while now...
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i have an ARCHOS 605 and it
i have an ARCHOS 605 and it lets me directly download the stuff from seeqpod so that kicks the touch and the iPhone's ass
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