Music Unlimited Adds Offline Playback to Android App, Comes to PS Vita As Well

If you are a Music Unlimited subscriber as well as an Android user then have I got news for you! If you have ever wanted to take all your Music Unlimited playlists with you wherever you go, even when you don't have a mobile connection, then your solution has just arrived as Music Unlimited has just announced offline playback functionality for its popular Android app.

The app, with this new feature, allows you to download your Music Unlimited playlists and play all the songs that you have added wherever you go, whenever you want. What makes this even better is that your Music Unlimited playback functionality isn't limited by your mobile phone's service. Even if you are in an area that has absolutely no cell service, like an airplane, you can still listen to all of your favorite tunes.

Activating offline playback on your Android is really simple too. If you are already a subscriber to Music Unlimited, then all you have to do go to My Library, then Playlists. Once there, select the Options menu for the playlist you want to have available offline and then select "Available Offline". That's it, once that is done your playlist will be completely available even when your Android has no signal at all.

If you ever go offline, all you have to do is select "Switch to Offline Mode" in your Android hardware menu. Then you can browse by album, artist, song or playlist within your Music Unlimited catalog. However, functionality for Music Unlimited doesn't stop there.

Sony has also just announced that Music Unlimited has just become available on the company's brand new PS Vita handheld. If you are already a subscriber to Music Unlimited on your PC or PS3 then you will also have availability on your PS Vita. The service is available to download now from the UK PlayStation Store.

With the ability to have your Music Unlimited tracks on your PC, PlayStation 3, PS Vita and your Android in both online and offline settings, there will never be a time that you can't rock out to your favorite Barry Manilow song! What, no Manilow fans in the house? Whatever.

Source: Sony Entertainment Network - Music Unlimited Android App Gets Offline Playback
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Battery Life for the PlayStation Vita Revealed

If you are a traveling businessman or somebody who just finds themselves constantly on the road, then you know what a toll traveling can take. All that traveling and working is very strenuous on the mind and body which is why it is ok to take a break every now and then. All work and no play isn't going to cut it for most people, but what do you use to take the edge off in those stressful times? Movies? Music? Games? How about all of the above? Well, with the upcoming PlayStation Vita handheld gaming system, you can do just that.

The PlayStation Vita is Sony's successor to its popular PSP handheld device and the company's answer to the current champions of the handheld market, Nintendo's DS and 3DS devices. The PlayStation Vita brings a lot of new and interesting features to the handheld market including HD games and a fully functioning touchpad located on the back of the device. Like most handheld devices, the PlayStation Vita allows you to play games, watch videos or even listen to music while on the road. But the big question on everybody's mind is how long the battery lasts.

Well, Sony has finally released that information and it is up to you to determine if the stats are worth the wait and price of this new handheld. The company held a press conference on Wednesday at the Tokyo Game Show detailing many aspects of the PlayStation Vita. According to Sony, the PS Vita is capable of 3 to 5 hours of gaming, 5 hours of video playback or 9 hours of music playback on the device's 2,200 mAh battery.

However, these numbers only hold true if you use the device in a certain manner. These numbers are based on using the device on the default brightness level, which is probably around half, with Bluetooth and WiFi both disabled. Altering any of those aspects will affect the overall battery life of the device and it takes a full 2 hours and 40 minutes to charge the device completely from 0% battery. However, these numbers are pretty close to those put up by Nintendo's 3DS, which offers 3 to 5 hours of playtime with the 3D effect enabled or 8 hours of standard DS gaming.

In case you don't already know, the PS Vita has an OLED screen, ARM Cortex-A9 quad-core processor, SGX543MP4 + GPU, 512MB of RAM and 128MB of video RAM. Among the other built-in features you will find front and rear facing cameras, speakers, a microphone, accelerometer, gyro-sensor, GPS, Wi-Fi and a 3G version as well.

The PlayStation Vita will launch in Japan this year and in the United States sometime early 2012.

Source: CNET - Sony reveals PlayStation Vita battery life

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