Will the Last.fm app have Multitasking for iPhone OS 4.0?

Yes, our app will support background streaming and headphone/dock remote control buttons on iPhoneOS 4.0.

pecet said:
Does app will support background real-time scrobbling in countries where app is not available now? I known that you guys don't have license for mobile streaming for these countries, but how about scrobbling?No, our app will not provide real-time scrobbling, as the iPhone multitasking only allows a very limited set of tasks, such as playing music, to run in the background.

savall said:
Hi there...I am using last.fm app for iphone...I've upgraded my iphone's OS to 4.0...unfortunately multitasking for last.fm is not working. As i play a radio in last fm app and want to check emails, the app closes itself and no music can be heard... Any planned update for supporting real multitasting? Thanks...OS4 isn't available to the public yet, and Apple is not yet accepting apps built w/ the OS4 SDK to the App store. When Apple releases the IOS 4 update later this month, we'll release our update to support it.

djspiewak said:
Even though Apple doesn't allow the background music service to trigger scrobbles, can't the server detect what songs are being accessed and scrobble based on that information? Since it is a stream, you could theoretically even detect when the song has been playing for 50% of its length, but of course the simplest thing to do would just be to scrobble when the song is accessed. I wouldn't mind a little inaccuracy in background scrobbling, just so long as it actually works.Scrobbling of radio stations isn't a problem, it's scrobbling of the iPod app that we can't do in the background.

It's a day before the release of iOS 4, which will include multitasking. How long after its release can we expect to see the Last.fm app taking advantage of this? The sooner the better, obviously. Thanks!

Hi there, Just wondering if Apple has yet approved your 4.0 aware app, i know it is day zero and we can't be expecting too many apps approved yet, but yours seems popular enough to be getting priority reviewal. I've got to say that background audio is a real improvement in the other apps i've tested and i just can't wait to be having some background last.fm going on :D

Pandora's already got their update approved- just downloaded it and it works in the background...

Can't wait for this to be sorted

The Imeem app let you play the music on your device and from the cloud while updating your profile. I would love for the last.fm app to be able to access your on board music.

aubyaxler said:
Will the update for 4.0 come to me in Canada as I have been using lastfm on my iPhone since the beginning.No. We can currently only distribute the app to the US, UK, and Germany. Users in other countries will not be able to receive updates through iTunes.

aubyaxler said:
Why are you not supporting updates or programs in Canada and will you in the future.

They can't because of the licensing limitations, I believe. So why not change your iTunes country store (in the account settings) and download a new Last.fm app once it is released. **You will need a credit card and address within the United States.

http://www.iphoneincanada.ca/tips-tricks/how-to-setup-a-us-itunes-account-in-canada/

I'm sure your development team has thoroughly gone through the options in scrobbling songs listened to through the iPhone. Does apple prevent all access to recent plays? Even if not done in realtime, is there a way it can be submitted on interval or manually?

The realtime Scrobble app is about the only reason to jailbreak the phone now. Any chance of a future Apple partnership to integrate LastFM into iPhone in some way? For me, LastFM is about the "Joy of Statistics" on my listening habits - to be a joy, it has to be effortless. All said, LastFM is one of my top fave web apps, keep it up.