Stitcher Now Available For The BlackBerry Storm

Stitcher let me know that their award winning mobile audio news application is now available for the BlackBerry Storm.

Features:

• Listen – Stream the best podcasts, radio shows and other great audio to your mobile phone.
• Customize – Stitch your favorite programs into personalized, on-demand stations.
• Discover – Find new shows you’ll love in Stitcher’s stations, or let Stitcher recommend shows to you based on your preferences.

Stitcher is also available for the BlackBerry Curve 8300 series and the Bold 9000, with a Curve 8900 version coming soon.

You can download it OTA from Stitcher.com/dl or visit Stitcher.com for more info.

Full press release after the jump.

Press Release

San Francisco, Calif., June 11, 2009 – Stitcher today announced the release of its streaming-audio application for the BlackBerry Storm.

Stitcher BlackBerry version 1.1 is available today at www.stitcher.com/dl, and the app will be launched in the BlackBerry App World™ for the Storm within the week.

“We are excited to offer Stitcher to a wider group of BlackBerry users,” said Stitcher CEO and co-founder Noah Shanok. “We received a large volume of requests for Storm support, and we are happy to oblige. Stitcher looks great on the Storm’s large screen and shines on the model’s touch interface.”

In addition to supporting the Storm, the update includes improved stability and a number of upgrades for the Curve 8300, 8310, 8320 and Bold 9000 models on which Stitcher is already available. Stitcher was introduced into BlackBerry’s App World in May 2009 after a successful year as an iPhone app. The app will be continue to roll out for additional BlackBerry models in the near future, with the Curve 8900 version coming in the next few weeks.

Stitcher streams on-demand news, talk and podcasts to mobile devices and requires no syncing or wires. The company works with a wide variety of key content and publishing partners to provide diverse, up-to-date content. Stitcher’s wide selection of business and headline news is well-suited for the millions of busy, commuting BlackBerry users.

“Stitcher allows people to make the most of their downtime by connecting listeners to the information they want to hear, when and where they want to hear it,” said Shanok. “We are delighted to provide even more BlackBerry users access to this wide range of content and will continue to develop the app to support new devices.”

ABOUT STITCHER:
Stitcher is a leading mobile audio company that provides a revolutionary media service allowing content to be easily aggregated, organized and shared on mobile devices. The company features the most up-to-date and relevant content in business, sports, politics, entertainment and current events from the media industry’s premier content partners. By focusing on the growing market for mobile content distribution, the company works to provide an innovative platform for listening to audio content on-the-go. Stitcher recently received the People’s Vouce 2009 Webby Award for in the Mobile News category.

For more information, please visit www.stitcher.com.