Online music streaming service Saavn has released a new Java (J2ME) app, allowing users to stream music on their features phones, reports TechCrunch. The company already offers a Web App, and native iOS and Android apps and is currently developing apps for Symbian, BlackBerry and Windows Phone platforms. Features: Similar to its iOS and Android apps, the app allows users to stream music from various genres like Bollywood, regional and devotional music, listen to Saavn Radio, access Saavn's weekly top 15 songs and so on. More importantly, the report suggests that the app features an adaptive streaming algorithm, which streams music based on the available bandwidth strength. The company claims that users can stream music continuously even on a 2G connection. Through this release, the company is probably trying to reach out to the feature phone segment, which is quite significant in India. Also note that none of the online music streaming services including Gaana*, or Dhingana currently offer a feature phone app, although Dhingana does have a BlackBerry app. How will telcos react: It would be interesting to see how telcos, who're already skeptical of off-deck internet content affecting their revenues, react to the move, specially when users on 2G data packs don't have much content to utilise their allocated monthly data limits, which range anywhere between 1GB to 2GB. Select phones only? We tried installing the app on Nokia Asha 303, but we got an error - 'unsupported file format'. While the company's statement suggests that the app works across various handsets manufactured by Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, and…
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