Aha Radio features a constantly evolving selection of stations. We will frequently add new podcasts, twitter lists, and Aha stations to the lineup.

If you would like to request that a station be reinstated, or make a suggestion for a new station, please contact us at feedback@ahamobile.com.

Adding:

Podcasts

• Children’s Fun Storytime – A collection of stories that are fun for kids.
• FlyLady & Friends – The FlyLady and Friends Show comes to you live each week to help you get out of CHAOS.
• Mighty Mommy – Check in every week for “quick and dirty” parenting tips. In around five minutes, she’ll share her practical parenting advice to help make your day easier.
• MuppetCast – A podcast dedicated to the work of Jim Henson and the Muppets! Each week The MuppetCast presents Muppet news, information, and entertainment to Muppet fans worldwide.
• Radio Disney Now! – The Celebrity Take with Jake Podcast.
• Storynory – Storynory brings you an audio story every week. Each one is beautifully read by Natasha Gostwick and friends.

Removing:

Aha Stations

• LOST

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As I mentioned yesterday, an iOS4 specific update for Aha Radio was submitted to the App Store for approval, and I’m pleased to report that the updated version is NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD!

Just a quick reminder on what’s new.

• Background audio playback: keep listening to your favorite podcasts even after exiting the app (iOS 4.0 only). This release includes the fix for audio playback with iOS 4.0.
• For users without unlimited data plans, added a data usage tracker and the ability to reduce bandwidth consumption for podcast content within SETTINGS.
• App icon replaced with hi-res version.
• Other bug fixes and minor enhancements.

What all that means is that you can keep listening to your podcast stations, even after you exit the app.  Also, if you have opted for the lowest data plan (200MBs) and are worried about your data usage, you can now keep track of it from within the SETTINGS area.  There is also an optional setting to reduce consumption, but if you aren’t on the tiny plan we don’t recommend changing it.  You’ll find that some of the rewind/resume options won’t work.

And of course, for those of you enjoying the new Retina Display, we’ve updated the app icon with a hi-res version.

Hope you all enjoy!

-Ryan

Aha Mobile

As just about all iPhone owners are aware, Apple released a major iOS update to coincide with the release of the new iPhone4.  We tested against it with the SDK, but a playback issue snuck by us and some users have probably noticed that non-podcast content is getting cut off early.  If you are still on iOS 3, or only listen to podcast stations, you have not been impacted.

I’m excited to report that we’ve submitted an update to the App Store for review, and not only does it resolve the playback issue, but it makes Aha Radio fully compatible with iOS4.  Hello fast app switching and background audio!!!  Once the update hits you’ll be able to continue listening to your podcast stations even after you exit the app.  And don’t worry, we’ve made sure to streamline the background processes so that you don’t have to worry about it sapping your battery.

Stay tuned and be on the lookout for the little update badge on your App Store app.

-Ryan

Aha Mobile

Aha Radio features a constantly evolving selection of stations. We will frequently add new podcasts, twitter lists, and Aha stations to the lineup.

If you would like to request that a station be reinstated, or make a suggestion for a new station, please contact us at feedback@ahamobile.com.

Adding:

Aha Stations

• World Cup – Hear scores, ESPN highlights, and select podcasts, as well as user comments on all things World Cup.

Podcasts

• Never Not Funny: Pardcast – “Never Not Funny” is a party conversation with one of the funniest men on the planet: comedian and TV personality Jimmy Pardo. Every week, he sits down with producer Matt Belknap and a guest from the world of comedy to shoot the breeze, share stories and laugh at life.
• TWiT: Tech News Today – Tom Merritt, former host of CNET’s “Buzz Out Loud,” joins the TWiT network to bring you “Tech News Today.” Tom and co-hosts Becky Worley (TechTV, Good Morning America), Sarah Lane (TechTV, Revision3) and others take you on a fun and friendly ride through the need-to-know tech news highlights of the day.

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Aha Radio features a constantly evolving selection of stations. We will frequently add new podcasts, twitter lists, and Aha stations to the lineup.

If you would like to request that a station be reinstated, or make a suggestion for a new station, please contact us at feedback@ahamobile.com.

Adding:

Podcasts

• A Quiet Mind – Spirituality, Peace, Awareness and Well Being.
• Hear a Blog: Jason Calacanis – Hearablog converts blog posts to audio with an actual person’s voice, so you can hear your favorite blogs while you are commuting, jogging, or on the go. Jason Calacanis is a successful entrepreneur and journalist blogging at calacanis.com and also sending a newsletter every week.
• Imprint: The #1 Twilight Podcast – Imprint is a Twilight podcast brought to you by the creators of TwilightSource.com. Listen in as we discuss the latest Twilight book and film news, literary analysis, and much more!
• The Totally Rad Show – The Totally Rad Show is the summer blockbuster of geek news shows. Every week, hosts Alex Albrecht, Dan Trachtenberg, and Jeff Cannata rip into the world of movies, video games, tv, comics, and more and pull out what’s rad.

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To go along with the new version of Aha Radio (1.4, now available in the App Store – UPDATE NOW if you haven’t!) we’ve added some new stations.

If you would like to request that a station be reinstated, or make a suggestion for a new station, please contact us at feedback@ahamobile.com.

Adding:

Podcasts

• AppSlappy – a weekly podcast dedicated to users of the App Store. All the hot news, rumors, reviews and more for your iPod Touch, iPhone, and iPad with Scott and Eric.
• BBC: Global News – The best stories, interviews, and on the spor reporting from around the world.
• The Nerdist – Chris Hardwick’s podcast of featuring casual conversations with his friends.  (EXPLICIT)
• NPR: A Prairie Home Companion – Garrison Keillor’s signature monologue, The News from Lake Wobegon.
• SModcast – the meandering palaver of Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier. (EXPLICIT)

Aha Stations

• LOST fans – The show is almost over, so now might be a good time to share your theories or vent about your frustration.

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If you haven’t been keeping an eye on your App Store updates, you may not have noticed that our latest version of Aha Radio (v1.4) went live to the App Store this morning.

The first thing you’ll probably notice is the different look.  Over the last year we have been incrementally tweaking different aspects of the design and found that it was time to take a step back and maybe re-evaluate some of the visuals.

You should find that the important aspects of the interface are still similar, but it’s got a slightly different “skin.”  Something a little easier to see at night, and a little more contemporary.

We’ve also made some much needed tweaks to the features.  Along with some general performance upgrades, we added a 30-second rewind feature to the podcast stations.

If you need to back up it’s easy to do without even looking at the phone.  Just tap anywhere on the bottom of your iPhone screen.

Another fun change is an update to the existing auto-resume feature.  You may have already noticed that if you leave a podcast station and come back later, the app remembers where you were in the episode.

Now, if you are listening to a podcast station at the time you exit the app, the next time you launch the app you will go right back to the same station and episode…right where you left off.  This also works for the Facebook station and the Stand-Up Comedy station.

This makes it even easier (and it was pretty easy in the first place) to get back to your Aha Radio content without looking at your phone.  Just launch the app and it does the rest.

So be sure to head over to the App Store and download the updated version of Aha Radio. And if you have any feedback, or requests, you can find us on Twitter (@ahamobile), Facebook (facebook.com/AhaMobile), or GetSatisfaction/AhaMobile.

Ryan

Aha Community Czar

Aha Radio features a constantly evolving selection of stations. We will frequently add new podcasts, twitter lists, and Aha stations to the lineup. Announcements will typically be made the day (or day after) new stations become available.

If you would like to request that a station be reinstated, or make a suggestion for a new station, please contact us at feedback@ahamobile.com.

Adding:

Podcasts

• ESPN: Best of Mike & Mike – A daily offering of the best of Mike and Mike in the Morning.
• ESPN: Sports Beat w/ Mike Tirico – Mike Tirico’s two-minute take on the sports news of the day.
• ESPN: Scott Van Pelt – A daily best of The Scott Van Pelt Show.
• ESPN: The Thundering Herd w/ Colin Cowherd – A daily best of Colin’s rants.

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Aha Radio features a constantly evolving selection of stations. We will frequently add new podcasts, twitter lists, and Aha stations to the lineup. Announcements will typically be made the day (or day after) new stations become available.

If you would like to request that a station be reinstated, or make a suggestion for a new station, please contact us at feedback@ahamobile.com.

Adding:

Aha Stations

• Stand-Up Comedy – Listen to material from some of the best local and nationally touring comics.  New content is added every few days, so you’ll always be able to get a good laugh.
• MLB Chat – An open forum to talk about all things baseball.  Get your rivalry on!

Podcasts

• Bootcamp: Gadgets & Gear – What’s the latest in gadgets & gear? Fred Fishkin talks to the people who are behind them all in his daily Boot Camp Report!
• BusinessWeek: Cover Story – The week’s top business and economic news. Hosted by Assistant Managing Editor Jim Ellis, and featuring BusinessWeek’s writers and editors.
• Car And Driver – Car and Driver Radio brings you all the latest automotive news, product reviews, celebrity guests and more.
• CNET: Buzz Out Loud – Buzz Out Loud features Tom Merritt, Molly Wood and producer Jason Howell, along with CNET’s top tech experts reviewing the day’s tech news.
• CNET: Car Tech Live – Every Friday, car nut and tech aficionado Brian Cooley runs down the latest news in the ever-evolving integration between cars and technology.
• Cranky Geeks – Hosted by PC Magazine editor John C. Dvorak.  Each week a group of panelists discuss the most controversial topics in tech.
• DiggNation – The Diggnation podcast by Kevin and Alex makes for a funny broadcast of the events at the social networking site digg.com.
• Engadget – ou know it, you love it… you subscribe to it. Now you’re able to get all that podcasty goodness in one place.
• MarketWatch: Take on Tech – MarketWatch tech reporters Rex Crum and John Letzing take you inside the business of technology.
• SlashDot Review – News and events in Technology, Business, and Regulation.
• TWIT: Daily Giz Wiz – Mad’s maddest writer and The Giz Wiz, Dick DeBartolo, digs into his massive gadget collection for the gadget of the day, co-hosted by Leo Laporte.
• TWIT: Home Theater Geeks – Scott Wilkinson, online editor of UltimateAVmag.com and HomeTheaterMag.com, interviews the leaders and pioneers behind today’s home theater technology.
• TWIT: Security Now – Steve Gibson, the man who coined the term spyware and created the first anti-spyware program, creator of Spinrite and ShieldsUP, discusses the hot topics in security today with Leo Laporte.
• TWIT: The Tech Guy – The complete aircheck of Leo Laporte’s technology call-in radio show minus commercials, news, and traffic.

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Unless you were living under a rock, there’s a good chance that you heard about the release of the much ballyhooed Apple iPad last Saturday.

The fancy new tablet-ish device from Apple is designed to run on the same OS as the iPhone, and as a result can run the vast majority of iPhone apps already in the iTunes App Store, including Aha Radio.

BUT…there is a catch.  For Aha Radio to work you need to be connected to a data network.  The first wave of iPads only contain WiFi capabilities, which means you shouldn’t expect to take your Aha Radio equipped iPad out and about, and still get access to your favorite podcasts/traffic updates/etc.  But whenever you are able to connect to a WiFi network, it’s GAME ON.

Some other notable bits.  The iPad has a built-in microphone, which works fine for recording shouts.  There is no phone in the device, so if you attempt to call one of your HUNGRY results, nothing will happen.  Lastly, the app has occasionally crashed while completing Facebook Connect steps for the Facebook station.  We’re looking into it, but your Facebook station should still work.

Enjoy!

-Ryan

Aha Mobile