The interface is certainly quirky and colorful, but it is very functional indeed – so you won’t find any problems in that department. The text and position diagrams on the strings are clear and relatively high-contrast, so you’ll be able to park your smartphone on a chair a few feet away and practice the diagrams on your guitar quite easily. Each chord and scale comes with an info box that goes into more detail regarding the symbols and corresponding notes associated with it. Some minor issues include the presence of interface elements even when their contents are empty, but otherwise this is a fantastic reference for novice guitarists as well as the pro’s. A welcome addition to the Palm Pre apps catalog.

You can “bookmark” specific concerts for later attention. For each specific event, the app lets you map out directions, share the event with a friend, add it to your calendar, and see other concerts at the same menu. Sharing with a friend is through email, and the app throws up a new email with pre-filled “check this out” text with a link information about the concert. The app is a little slow to load as it pulls in event information, but is quite snappy once you enter the home screen. The ability to bookmark and add to your calendar is really nice and works flawlessly. Overall, this is a well-designed and useful concert-discovery app on the Palm Pre that comes with some nice calendar integration and an interface that meshes seamlessly with WebOS.

With each channel, you can block specific artists from playing. If you enjoy a certain genre but don’t care for a particular set of artists within this genre, you can block them and listen peacefully. The interface is structurally very nice, with the bottom menu bar allowing you to navigate to any screen. AccuRadio also presents a “Now Playing” button to get more artist and album information. The controls also let you pause and skip tracks. The color scheme on the other hand, means that black text is hardly visible on the dark purple background. This leaves the app looking a little unpolished. However, once you get used to the controls you’ll hardly notice these aspects – after all, a radio app is meant to be left on in the background. This is a nice functional radio app for the Palm Pre.

You can load music on to the Pre in two ways: First, when the Pre is connected to your computer, the computer simply recognizes it as a mass storage device; you can drag and drop music files into the device this way. The other option is to do it through iTunes, where any DRM-free files can be transferred seamlessly. Either way, your Pre will recognize the file type and pull it into the Music application, so you can organize your music without worrying about where it’s sitting.

You can play the music file in the background while you’re using other applications on the Pre. One caveat, however, is that there is no way to actually save the mp3 file itself for later offline playback. However, with an unlimited data plan this will not really be an issue, especially since the streaming is uninterrupted and high quality.