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Mobbler

Mobbler has been updated, and now features the ability to both love and ban tracks, as well as the typical scrobbling and whatnot. The Symbian-Guru is a huge fan of Mobbler, and he’s converted me, as well. You will need a free Last.FM account, which you can get here.

Basically, Last.FM keeps track of what you listen to across various devices and places, and then uses that to recommend new music to you, and connect you with other people with similar music tastes. There’s also a great custom station option, which allows you to either type in an artist or a tag and get a streaming radio station customized around that artist/tag. Brilliant.

As you’re listening, you can mark a track as ‘loved’, in which Last.FM keeps it in a special station that you can access by paying a subscription (you get other benefits, too). You can also ‘ban’ a track, informing Last.FM that you dislike it, and not to play it ever again. If you simply aren’t into a track at that moment, you can just skip it, without having to mark it as banned.

The latest update to Mobbler allows you to use your phone’s volume keys to adjust the audio volume, and works great, even over EDGE.

You can download Mobbler here, and set yourself up with a Last.FM account here.

Also, if you’re into a specific station, the Nokia Internet Radio application has been updated with a special version for the E71, you can download that here.