An iPhone app that allows you access to every single audio file stored on your PC, no matter where you are in the world? It’s not wizardry, it’s Didiom Pro.
With each iPhone model continuously striving to offer greater storage space than what has came before, it can be quite difficult to initially understand exactly what customer benefits from a streaming device such as Didiom Pro.
On the other hand, for every handset user that can sync across their entire stored music library, there are always plenty of poor souls that have 8GB storage space and 60GB worth of music – what to do? And let’s not forget the common problem of two handset users syncing from one PC, one can store every song while the other is forcing to sync specific playlists.
Well now we have the answer, as they can download Didiom Pro and stream every stored file, be it a collection of audiobooks, an endless backcatalogue of podcasts or every Prince album released in the past twenty years (our conservative estimate is 67) straight to their iPhone, no matter where they are in the world. As a streaming device that requires a simple PC server software installation to get up and running, we at JOE found Didiom a surprisingly nifty solution to this growing problem.
Once you’ve download the Pro iPhone Edition app, it’s a case of creating an account on the Didiom website and selecting what folders you want to store your audio files. Once you’re connected to a WiFi or 3G/GSM/Edge signal you can then begin browsing through the audio selections at your disposal (you have three locations to enter, so you don’t have to worry about only choosing ‘My Music’ and neglecting ‘My Downloads for example).
As for the actual Didiom player, sparse is perhaps the operative word. Audio files are segmented by ‘Songs’, ‘Albums’, ‘Artists’, ‘Podcasts’, ‘Audiobooks’ and ‘Playlists’. After a quick buffering signal, your file begins and is symobolised by a giant play button that takes up the handset screen – don’t expect album art art popping up as presumably that would increase the buffering tenfold.
In all however, it’s a fairly simple setup and helpfully enough, we found that the app continued playing after we had pressed the home screen – it will only shut off once you’ve paused whichever file it’s currently running. Although having said that, we were initially puzzled by the lack of a ‘shuffle’ as our chosen song was playing – it’s a case of going back into one of your categories and clicking ‘shuffle’ in the top right hand corner. A little finicky, sure, but nothing to cry about.
Overall, Didiom Pro iPhone Edition is a user-friendly experience and as a service, has enormous potential. While there are a few unfortunate downsides to Didiom’s current offering (your PC must be turned on, for example), the interface’s simplicity can’t be overstated and we hope that further updates might also allow us to access stored movies on our iTunes – if so, sign us up immediately.
Didiom Pro iPhone Edition is available to download from the App Store for €7.99.
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