There are many applications that offer streaming music and online radio stations, so what makes Pocket Tunes any differnt? Well there are a lot of things. Pocket Tunes allows you to listen to just about any online radio source and save then all in one place for easy access via the sleek easy to use interface. With this app you can listen to any of the included channels or listen to any other online stream if you know the URL. But most people will be content with the large amount of available streams to listen to. With a huge amount of categories each filled with a large number of stations, I’ve only sampled a small amount of available channels but found a lot that I’ve been interested in. With a whole bunch if streams I’ve never even got to test yet, I could see how the app could keep your interest piqued for a long time.

All of this is well and good but, but one of the best features in this program, one that I for one have been waitinig for since the iPhone launched, is the access to Sirius and XM online streams. With pocket tunes and a valid Sirius or XM online streming account, can listen to your XM or Sirius channels on your iPhone. This means all channels that you have access to stream on your computer you can now access on your iPhone. None of the channels are blocked like with the official Sirius XM app! That means all the music, as well as talk, comedy, and yes even the Howard Stern channels, all the channels that Sirius offers online you can listen to using Pocket Tunes. And you cab use any streming account that you have, you don’t need the premium account to listen like with the official Sirius XM app! For a Sirius subscriber and fan of the original content that can only be found with there service, the Pocket Tunes app is one of the best releases on the app store so far!!

For those who don’t know, Jackie the Jokeman Martling was the head writer and sidekick of the Howard Stern Radio Show during the 90’s. Well now Jackie is back- in app form! That’s right with the new Jackie the Jokeman iPhone app, you can bring the hilarity of the Jokeman with you anywhere. The app features tons of hilarous jokes and crazy sounds for you to amuse or annoy your friends. There are many different categories of jokes to choose from, or you can opt to play a random joke. The interface is customizable so you can pick your favorite jokes or sounds at the press of a button. Perhaps the best feature of the app is the fact that the author has promised to release new content periodically for free. Once you pay the one time purchase price of $0.99, all future updates will be free.

Of course there are many things that this app leaves to be desired. Such as the amount of content that is currently available. After playing with the app for a few minutes you start to hear the same jokes and noises again and again. Also the jokes are all very sanitized to comply with the iTunes store rules. If you are familiar with Jackie’s material then you know that dirty, off color material is his forte. But Jackie has been quoted as saying that the app will feature more adult material as soon as Apple puts age restrictions into place for the app store. So hopefully when Jackie is finally allowed to unleash his dirtier side, what is now a bit of fun for a dollar will hopefully become even better in the future..