Beem

Top five Windows Phone apps for music fans

Submitted by Rich Edmonds on Tue, 03/11/2014 - 11:08

If there’s one form of media smartphone owners enjoy access to it has to be music. Windows Phones and music go hand in hand with numerous solutions available on the store, whether it be local library management, cloud services and music stores. From Xbox Music to Nokia MixRadio, we take a look at five popular music apps for Windows Phone.

Readit, PicHit.Me, Fitbit Tracker and more are your app highlights of the week

Submitted by Sam Sabri on Sat, 11/09/2013 - 14:09

Another week has gone by and we’ve got a handful of great new apps in the Windows Phone Store. A lot can happen in the span of one week, so we’re here to roundup and highlight any new apps in the Store. We’ll also look at popular apps that were updated and any betas you should be aware of. That’s right, it’s time for another weekly app highlight from your friends at Windows Phone Central. We never want you to fall behind on what’s happening, so let’s get started.

DI.FM client Beem Plus gets sleep timer in latest update

Submitted by Daniel Rubino on Wed, 11/06/2013 - 12:12

Although DI.FM (Digitally Imported) now has an official app for Windows Phone, we shouldn’t forget the fantastic Beem Plus from developer Den Delimarsky. The official DI.FM app has some great features, but Beem Plus brings SkyDrive recording, Last.FM scrobbling, integration with the Xbox and Nokia Music stores and the ability to copy the track name.

Now, version 2.2 has landed in the Store and it take along with it two new features: Sleep Timer and a notification center (which actually came in version 2.1).

Beem 2.0 hits the Windows Phone Store; enjoy DI.FM in a gorgeous new experience

Submitted by Rich Edmonds on Thu, 10/03/2013 - 11:35

We've looked at Beem in the past, the unofficial DI.FM and SKY.FM clients for Windows Phone. while there certainly are more music services available than you can shake a microphone at, Beem has consistently been one of our favourites, especially after the developer made the project both open source for other developers, and free on the Windows Phone Store for consumers.

We're now looking at Beem Plus (DI.FM edition) version 2.0, which is a massive update. So, what's new?

Beem updated and brings some new tiles for Windows Phone 8

Submitted by Sam Sabri on Fri, 09/20/2013 - 01:34

There are more music services than you can shake a stick at. On Windows Phone you have apps for all the major music platforms. We’ve got Xbox Music, Spotify, Pandora, Vevo, Soundcloud, and more. Sure, some of those might be a third party apps, but they exist and are pretty good. Digitally Imported is bringing an official app soon, but we’ve been pretty lucky with Beem as a third party offering. Development isn’t slowing down though, the app just picked up a new update. Let’s check it out.

Beem for both DI.FM and SKY.FM are now forever free

Submitted by Sam Sabri on Mon, 07/29/2013 - 21:20

Digitally Imported may be working on an official Windows Phone app, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a place for high-quality alternatives from third-parties. Beem is one of those high-quality apps that isn’t quite official, but does the job of what an official app or service would with aplomb. Both versions of Beem for Windows Phone are now free.

For Developers: Beem for Windows Phone goes open source, has its code published

Submitted by Rich Edmonds on Wed, 07/24/2013 - 10:52

The popular DI.FM client for Windows Phone, Beem has been made open source. The client essentially allows users to connect to DI.FM servers and stream EDM (electronic dance music). Supporting both standard and premium streams, the developer has released the source code on GitHub with documentation for others to get involved and work some magic. It's all released under the Microsoft Public License (MS-PL).

DEAL ALERT: Beem Plus and Beem for SKY.FM are now free for a limited time

Submitted by Daniel Rubino on Thu, 05/09/2013 - 12:55

You’ve heard us go on before about Beem Plus, the dedicated Digitally Imported music streaming client and its new brother, Beem for SKY.FM. The apps are polished, well designed and deliver top quality music to your Windows Phone. Indeed, behind Pandora, Beem Plus is our most used music app (set it on Trance and hop on an elliptical for 40 minutes…it’s a good time).

Both apps usually fetch for a minuscule and well-worth-it $0.99 but the developer behind them, Den Delimarsky, is feeling generous as he’s dropped the price down to $0. And remember folks, once you “buy” an app for free, it’s yours forever.

Beem for SKY.FM struts onto the Windows Phone Store

Submitted by Sam Sabri on Tue, 04/23/2013 - 04:16

A lot of you are fans of Beem, a Digitally Imported client for Windows Phone. But what if you’re not really into the bass drops and seizure inducing music? Den Delimarsky, the lone wolf developer behind Beem, has a new Windows Phone app for music lovers – Beem for SKY.FM.

Drop some bass, Beem adds support for DI.FM Premium

Submitted by Sam Sabri on Tue, 04/16/2013 - 19:16

If you’re a heavy user of Digitally Imported (www.di.fm) and pay for the premium version you’re going to be a happy camper with the latest update to Beem. Yeah that’s right, you can get access to higher quality streams and no ads.

Reach for some more lasers – Digitally Imported client Beem updated to version 1.7

Submitted by Sam Sabri on Tue, 04/09/2013 - 23:47

I scream, you scream, we all scream for… Digitally Imported. Lame humor aside, if you like electronic music you probably have Beem on your Windows Phone. Today it’s been upped to version 1.7. What do you get with that? Quite a bit, let’s dive in.

Beem Plus bumped to version 1.6, squashes some bugs

Submitted by Rich Edmonds on Thu, 02/21/2013 - 18:32

Beem Plus has been updated to 1.6, fixing a few bugs and implementing a handful of new features. The app allows users to tap into Digitally Imported music sites and stream various EDM radio stations to their Windows Phones. The DI.FM client was previously updated to version 1.5 to address a handful of bugs support Last.fm scrobbling.

Reach for the lasers - Digitally Imported client Beem Plus now free until March 1st

Submitted by Sam Sabri on Mon, 02/11/2013 - 02:27

If you’re a fan of ‘addictive’ electronic music, odds are you use or have used the Digitally Imported website at one point or another. Digitally Imported (di.fm) started out in 1999 and has been a big source of electronic music for over a decade – amassing a loyal set of users and fans. While there isn’t an official app for Windows Phone, we’ve had two killer ones: Beem and Beem Plus, both from developer wunderkind Den Delimarsky.

Beem is being put out to pasture, but the good news is that Beem Plus (which just got an update) is free for the entire month of February. Why the change though?

Beem Plus updated to v1.5, squishes bugs and improves stability

Submitted by George Ponder on Sun, 01/27/2013 - 14:36

Beem Plus is a Windows Phone music app that allows users to tap into Digitally Imported music sites and stream various EDM radio stations to their Windows Phones. The DI.FM client was updated the other day to version 1.5 to address a handful of bugs, tweak performance and now supports Last.fm scrobbling.

Scrobbling is basically the system building a profile based on the music you play regularly and makes recommendations based on that profile. With the update, you no longer need to have a specific track name written in your notebook, instead just have it listed in your "Recently Played" table. You can either perform manual scrobbling by tapping the sharing button above the heart (in the station player) or enable auto-scrobbling where, for each opened station, the current track details will be automatically sent to your Last.fm account.

Beem gets updated to 1.4, adds Skydrive support

Submitted by George Ponder on Fri, 11/30/2012 - 20:29

Beem is a Windows Phone music app that allows users to tap into the Digitally Imported music site and stream various EDM radio stations to your Windows Phone. The popular DI.FM client has been recently updated to version 1.4 and has added Skydrive support to allow you to upload recorded MP3 streams to the cloud. Recording streamed music has been a Beem feature for sometime and with Skydrive support you can now use Skydrive to back up your recordings.

Beem for Windows Phone bumped to 1.3, paid donation version now available

Submitted by Rich Edmonds on Thu, 10/25/2012 - 19:58

Beem, a Windows Phone app that enables users to tap into the Digitally Imported (www.di.fm) music site, has been updated to 1.3. Billed as being developed to become the 'best possible DI.FM client on Windows Phone' by developer MVP Den Delimarsky, the app has seen praise from us earlier in the year when we included it in our Lumia 900 must-have apps list.

Electronic music streaming app Beem gets a seriously cool update

Submitted by Daniel Rubino on Sat, 05/19/2012 - 04:14

Back in early April we reported on the new streaming music app Beem by Windows Phone Development MVP Den Delimarsky. The app taps into Digitally Imported (www.di.fm), the popular electronic dance music site which features everything from Techno to Trance to Chillout to Progressive making it quite the value. What's more, both the service and app are completely free and the app doesn't even have any ads. Did we mention it's pretty gorgeous too?

Version 1.1 just hit the Marketplace with a bunch of welcomed new features, some of which are extremely impressive:

A bug fix that now allows you to re-pin a tile even if it disappears (apparently an OS bug, but there is now a workaround).
UI tweaks.
Ability to search for played songs in the Zune Marketplace.
Ability to record the stream and store it locally for playback (consider this a DVR implementation for DI.FM).
Ability to set short recorded music as a ringtone.
There is now a "Now Playing” option that allows users to easily jump to the currently playing station.
Added the ability to clear the music player (in case you don’t want to see the last played content even though it is paused).

The ability to look the song up in Zune was something we asked for--after all, we want to make use of that Zune Pass--so it's great to see it here. The new feature works flawlessly allowing us to search for the song/artist that's currently playing and then download to our phone directly (something that's very awesome over AT&T's LTE).

But the ability to locally record whatever is playing is the most impressive. The music is saved within the app for later offline playback and is really quite useful. Not only does it record but it shows you how much space in KB it's taking up in real-time. Very cool stuff.

Finally, the rest of the changes are just icing on the cake. The new Tile layout of the stations is quite eye-catching and the app is a must-have for us as we're big fans of downtempo for our background tunes. If Beem sounds like something up your alley then you can grab it right here in the Windows Phone Marketplace (or check out Den's page on the update). The app is on our must-have list for a reason!

Beem is bringing streaming radio to your Windows Phone

Submitted by George Ponder on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 14:10

Beem is a Digitally Imported client that allows you to stream various EDM radio stations to your Windows Phone. In a nutshell, Beem is a music app that allows you to stream and enjoy various electronic dance music stations from your Windows Phone.

Beem takes advantage of the Windows Phone panoramic layout with pages to display the available stations and your favorite channels. Beem currently streams about forty different dance music stations ranging from Chiptunes (videogame music) to Hardstyle (head banging tunes).

Tap and hold an individual station and a pop up menu will appear with options to pin the station to your Start Screen or add the station to the Favorites Page. The music may not appeal to everyone but some of the stations aren't too shabby. If you like music options for your Windows Phone, Beem is worth looking into.

Beem is a free app and you can grab it here at the Windows Phone Marketplace.