The Android Market pushed a $.99 cent app overnight for journalists and scanner junkies called PoliceStream. The App has archived over 2500 police scanner streams and streams them from your Android phone.
Cities are searched by letter or state and has a nifty spin bar down the side that finds your stream fast.
For York County, the streams are broken into two streams, one for fire and the other for police. The delay is several seconds from real-time but is about the same as the stream we cooked up at ydr.inyork.com/ydr/crime
I haven't listened long enough to determine if it's missing anything, but the inherent nature
of scanners is that two scanners running at the same time will usually be prioritized differently.
I was told by a Verizon rep that the data plan on the Droid is unlimited (I keep asking people because of the 5gig included cap on wireless access cards), but using WIFI when available will cut down on data use on the Verizon wireless network.
As AT&T will tell you with their popular iPhone, data use on a wireless network is eventually everyone's issue whether it be the cost structure or network experience.
The excellent multitasking abilities of the Verizon Droid allows this app to run in the background while you use other services like email. The loud clear internal speaker is excellent for the task.
As 911 communication systems migrate away from analog systems into trunked digital systems, journalists have been forced to junk their old scanners. A new trunked scanner can cost over $600. My Droid just paid for itself.
Apps from the Android Market are only available for download and purchase via and Android based phone.
I bought police stream app for my g1 and my touch and I can't get it to work.always asks for order number,when put in say number already used,just so many differant problems,I would have paid much more than 99 cents just to have a good reliable police steam app,could u help me?
Mr. Gullo please see this link for more info. I would contact the developer at gmlvsk@gmail.com
http://www.yorkblog.com/greenmesh/2010/01/android-tips-tricks-reader-has.html
Down load on t-mobile
I bought this app so I could listen to the stream in my city. However, It worked perfect for 1 day and never worked again. Only my city says its offline and will not work. Whats up with that
I would contact the creator via the email address with the app in the Android Market.
They said that they would update the app from time to time as streams when dead.
I haven't used it in awhile as we bought digital trunked portable scanners.