Overview

This case study uses the example of a radio station playlist to demonstrate the performance benefits that you can experience when you create a custom iPhone application for an existing web service.

Playlister simply displays the last five songs played on Seattle radio station KEXP. If a given song on the playlist is available on Apple's iTunes Music Store, you can tap a button that will let you buy that song on your iPhone.

These screenshots show the list view and song detail view from the Playlister application:

The finished Playlister application is available for free at Apple's iTunes Music Store.

Try the Playlister application on your iPhone (this link will try to launch iTunes).