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³ (Cubed)
Tested version: 1.0.44
Latest version: 1.0.96
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Summary
There are a few good music players out there which can’t be downloaded directly from the internet, but instead require further apps to do so. We all know that it’s a lot more convenient when the player of your choice can take care of this on its own, without requiring another app. If you haven’t yet found a player that lives up to this criteria you should have a read-through of today’s test review.
Features & Use
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³ is a very easy-to-use music player, which also enables you to download CD covers from the internet. You can access all of the player’s functions and options on a screen.
The cover or artists will be shown in a “Cube” display, as a “Wall” or “List”.
You can also select as well as compose playlists.
Screen & Controls
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After you start ³ you can automatically download any missing CD covers. This worked without any problems during the test run. The right cover was selected for each CD, and there was only one cover that couldn’t be retrieved.
You’ll find all the functions you’ll need to play the tracks on your MP3 on the main screen. The control element is located in the upper margin (this includes skip back, play current song again, play/pause, random, and skip forward).
You can browse through your CDs – which are displayed in the form of a cube, naturally – and play songs by clicking on a given album. By sliding across the screen horizontally you can search through your CDs alphabetically (when you’re in the Cube display). You can also select whether you want the display to be in the Wall mode (all your CD covers will be shown) or Simple mode (list of albums) via the menu button. Within either display you’ll find two small points below the Cover or List. If you click on these for a long time, you’ll be able to switch between “Artist” and “Album” by sliding across the screen horizontally.
There’s a “Search Button” located beneath your CDs, which will allow you to browse through your MP3. A button in the lower right margin leads you to your current playlist. You can fill this playlist in several different ways. If you click on a CD a list of the songs will open up. You can start playback by clicking on a song. If you click on the song for a long time it will be added to your playlist. You can also add all the songs from the album to your playlist by clicking on the button beneath the song list.
You can save and label your current playlist by clicking on the “Save” button in the lower margin.
You’ll find the following option when you click on the menu button:
Check cover
Concerts
Theme
Playlist
Display
Settings
You can search for missing CD covers using the “Check cover” function. By clicking on a cover for a long time, all covers available on the internet for the album in question will be displayed, and you can choose which one you want to use. If you’ve stored any covers on your SD card these will also be shown and you can select the ones you like. Unfortunately, it isn’t possible choose which cover you want to display by selecting a file from your SD card manually.
In order to be able to use the “Concerts” option, you have to download Concerts³. Once you’ve done this, the concerts given by artists whose music you have as MP3s will be shown. This isn’t a bad feature, but what I noticed during my test was that different events of various artists were listed, but they all took place on the same day.
You can change the way in which the covers are displayed with “Theme”. “Half tone” shows covers in black and white and with lots of pixels, “Earthquake” makes them colorful and very distorted.
You can access playlists on your SD card as well as the ones you’ve composed on ³ by clicking on “Playlists”.
“Display” allows you to change the optics of your CDs, as mentioned above.
“Settings” gives you the following options:
Use headphones(³ will then react to whatever buttons are on your headphones)
Full screen
Control elements (locates the control elements in the lower margin)
If you make us of a Last.fm Scrobbler you can also choose to use this; use “Simple Last.fm Scrobbler” and “Scrobble Droid” to do so.
Bottom line:
³ strong points are that it’s easy to use but still offers all the functions a player should have. The “Cube” display looks awesome and makes for very convenient usage.
Speed & Stability
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There were no problems with ³ during the test run.
Price/Performance Ratio
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The app can be downloaded for free from the Android Market.
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Market Comments
hernando, Jan 5, 2012
Good app! But can u put an option 2 put the play button @ the bottom & the title on top I preffer that position. & also a widget w/ ics theme or style
munirah, Jan 2, 2012
Nice Cool app, would be better if I'm able to set the songs in this player as my ringtone/notification sound directly.
Shane, Jan 1, 2012
Decent and that's about it. For being free, it's not bad, but PowerAMP is still the top player for any device, and worth the small purchase price. Nothing even comes close to comparing to PowerAMP. This player could use a lot of improvements. 3cubed may look "cool" to some, but I prefer function over appearance. Uninstalled.
., Jan 1, 2012
Best Music Player Around!! Easily the best music player ive been able to find! unique and sleek. Extra large album cover on homescreen too. GREAT!
Steven, Jan 1, 2012
Already impressed. :) I already love the app. Definitely a contender for best player app. Inventive interface, manual search for art, and good sound quality. I hardly believe this is even beta, as every other one looks beta.
Mike, Dec 30, 2011
Album covers Once they get fixed I will rate 5 stars right now only a3 because of album arty work not matching.
Maksims, Dec 30, 2011
fckn AWESOME!!!!!! How You guys made it SO COOL???!!! FANTASTIC look Fast Simple!!!!! Thanks You ROCK!!!!! Samsung Galaxy Note (please add timer and fix albumart )
Alexander, Dec 29, 2011
Solid except. This has been a great player for a long time but the newest update makes the album art switch which album it's assigned to, and become unstable. HTC thunderbolt.
Reynaldo, Dec 29, 2011
Wow Refreshing UI A new and engaging way to enjoy my music. Even boring mode is nice, reminds me of WP7. I never donate, and I did. There are worse PAID apps.
Abdul Irfan Hadi , Dec 29, 2011
Bea u tiful Astethically pleasing and great sq! Now if there was an option to save eq settings like poweramp..
Joe, Dec 28, 2011
Best Music Player App I've tried every free music app out there for android, and I always come back to this one. They do right by organizational and view options, plus the widgets are pretty cool.
Ashish, Dec 28, 2011
Amazing Interface.. Simple & Intuitive Love the interface. People keep on checking what the app is. Also, love that it is a a simple app - doing one thing well .. playing music Not pretending to be 10 things wrapped into one ! Thumbs Up !
Sonic Pilgrim
the best music app on the market!!! how can you not give an app 5* for pricing when its both cost-free and ad-free?!?!