It’s been about two months since I last wrote about Spodtronic. A recent email from Keith prompted me to see what’s new with Spodtronic and give my two cents.

Keith mentioned Spodtronic is adding live events to their program line-up but I couldn’t find any reference to a press release. (Standard disclaimer: the web is a big place and I didn’t spend more than five minutes looking.) Tuning your mobile into live events, normally reserved for desktop platforms via Windows Media or Real, is an excellent extension of the Spodtronic software.

What’s less clear is the development going into the Spodtronic software. It hasn’t been updated since May and the same glitches still exist as I noted in my other post. I have one more to add: when a channel is removed from Spodtronic’s line-up it remains orphaned on your device, forever trying to connect and never throwing an error message.

Spodtronic should be managing the channels on your device, not simply aggregating them. I can aggregate easily enough with Nokia’s built-in player or a third-party product like LCG Jukebox. The user experience is based on integration and ease-of-use. Spodtronic is pretty to look at, and quite usable, but needs more work to keep you connected and retain your loyalty.

When Digitally Imported (silently?) pulled some of their channels out of Spodtronic, I lost a large degree of interest. There’s a saying, you get what you pay for.

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