MySpace for iPhone

As a result of the wildly popular Facebook iPhone app, MySpace is working on its own, and is set to launch a fully optimized iPhone website very soon. In the meantime you can access the MySpace Mobile webapp from your iPhone or iPod touch. Although its not pretty, at least you don’t get all the gunky flashing stuff everywhere.

Update: MySpace has just updated their mobile portal and now checks to see if you are on an iPhone and sends you to its new MySpace iPhone portal. The MySpace webapp is modified to look very much like the iPhone interface. On the top are 3 tabs (Home,Mail,Help) which does not seem to be the most important aspect of MySpace as far a user is concerned. The iPhone version of MySpace has features including viewing your friends list, viewing photos (yes images are resized for iPhone viewing), viewing and adding comments, messaging your friends, profile viewing, blog viewing. You can also update your mood and status and lots of other features. The url that the iPhone version takes you to is: http://m.myspace.com/offdeckverus/

Although the UI is not perfect as is the case with the Facebook webapp, this is probably a step in the right direction and we hope to see enhancements going forward.

Previous to the iPhone update, the MySpace mobile website looked like this. Also, users had a choice of visiting the regular MySpace homepage. Now they are forced to the iPhone version which might not be a good idea since some users might prefer to use the full website.

Update: To use the classic MySpace website on your iPhone type in this URL: http://www.myspace.com/?useclassicmyspace=true which is was pointed out deep in the FAQ sections, or as was pointed out you can use http://home.myspace.com/.

Update: A developer by the name of Abiel is working on a MySpace webapp for the iPhone that looks and acts a lot like the Facebook webapp for the iPhone. Her is a video demo of the app.

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34 Comments to “MySpace for iPhone”

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Posted on February 13th, 2008 at 1:09 am by carlos
one of the great things about the iphone is that you have the ability to look at ACTUAL websites. not crappy mobile WAP sites.

i just went to myspace when i was at work and was so irritated when i didn’t see the actual site.

not just that, but they don’t even have an option so you can view it.

i hated facebook for making an iphone-specific site. but at least they have the option to view the real site instead of a mobile site.

stop making mobile sites for the iphone!
you’re ruining the iphone!
Posted on March 6th, 2008 at 3:39 pm by brandon
NOT COOL!! I agree that the whole reason we all spent the money for the iPhone was so we’d be able to view THE ACTUAL websites like Myspace - not dumb-down versions. If they want to add an app IN ADDITION to the regular site, fine. But to be redirected to a wap site specific for mobile phones is ridiculous and takes away from what the iPhone was meant to provide. I hate it!!!
Posted on March 6th, 2008 at 3:47 pm by Jason
This sucks… No other way to put it. I agree 1005 with the comments above. why have a phone that is cacable at looking at full length web sites if all you get is this crappy web app? 600 bucks for this? Stop ruining the iphone please.
Posted on March 6th, 2008 at 9:57 pm by Texas_Raised
yeah complete BS I check my myspace every chance I get… its bad enough that u can’t view videos and/or listen to music on myspace now my iphone is no better then the “myspace mobile” I had I my old razor…. I agree 100% atleast give the option of the web app or the actual site…. We need to tell someone that matters… Someone should comment tom and let him know that iPhone r pissed off….
Posted on March 6th, 2008 at 10:34 pm by matt
yeah complete BS I check my myspace every chance I get… its bad enough that u can’t view videos and/or listen to music on myspace now my iphone is no better then the “myspace mobile” I had I my old razor…. I agree 100% atleast give the option of the web app or the actual site…. We need to tell someone that matters… Someone should comment tom and let him know that iPhone owners r pissed
off….I can’t check my myspace on this shitty myspace mobile garbage.
Posted on March 6th, 2008 at 10:35 pm by matt
oh my gosh, yes I completely agree.
This absolutely sucks!
Its slow and has errors all the time!!
and you’re right, it has no option of regular view…
and its automatic every time I try to access it from my phone.
This is very annoying and its pointless.
Posted on March 6th, 2008 at 10:44 pm by jordan
complete bull I tell ya…….my iPhone is not displaying the myspace web page…..what in the world is myspace doing…..
Posted on March 6th, 2008 at 10:59 pm by henry
Why all of a sudden is there a myspace mobile i bought my iphone just recently barely a week ago and today i try to log into my myspace and i have that BS! mobile crap wich gives me errors on peoples names i can’t read messages, i cant send comments to people or do nothing wtf is the point of that? just keep the normal myspace website like you would use on your regular pc.
Posted on March 6th, 2008 at 11:02 pm by Julio
AUUUUUUUGH! I HATE THIS! GIVE US BACK THE REGULAR SITE!!!!!!!!
Posted on March 7th, 2008 at 11:26 am by Angie
hey guys!
there’s a way to get around the mobile version by clicking help, the faq’s
in the second faq question, there’s a link to the normal version

Posted on March 7th, 2008 at 1:53 pm by jordan
NOT WORKING! I have some stupid error saying I can’t view my Myspace because i have the heart in my name! I am not paying $30 a month to look at WAP sites. BRING THE REGULAR MYSPACE BACK TO MY IPHONE!
Posted on March 7th, 2008 at 1:55 pm by Mellisa
hey thanks Jordan, I updated the description above with the classic URL.
Posted on March 7th, 2008 at 2:43 pm by Appmin
Agreed, but its myspace, what did expect.

but it does suck some major ass. Thanks so much for that link though
Posted on March 7th, 2008 at 9:02 pm by Kraig Roche
yes this totally sucks i just sent a feedback to myspace telling them to stop doing this.. they are ruining the whole purpose of having the iphone. if somebody wants a crappy mobile version of any website they would have got any other phone instead of the expensive but great iphone. WE BOUGHT IT FOR A REASON!!! STOP DOING THIS!! STOP RUINING MY IPHONE!!
Posted on March 8th, 2008 at 3:12 pm by MP83
cock suckers man.
Posted on March 8th, 2008 at 3:26 pm by danny
this is some BULLSHIT! It sucks so bad!
Posted on March 8th, 2008 at 9:52 pm by Jae
I think its a ridiculous idea to force people to use the mobile version. Why would you even release a mobile version when we paid so much money for this phone and we have to pay for the data plan. That’s dumb. Don’t bare down the sites on a phone that’s capable of viewing the full version. I’m sure apple/AT&T will make it optional once they see all the bad complaints about it.
Posted on March 9th, 2008 at 8:48 am by mario
This is TOTAL BS!!! iPhone was made to see REGULAR websites not watered down versions.

I already complained to Tom. lol
Posted on March 9th, 2008 at 9:01 pm by Matt Picazo
The new myspace website for iPhone users is Ugly!
Posted on March 10th, 2008 at 2:06 pm by eduardo elena
I’m kind of looking forward to the webapp for myspace. It did suck that it was all fucked up for a while, though. I like being able to switch to the classic version if I want to. I also noticed that it seems like myspace is trying to build its webapp for the iPhone to be viewed in landscape. I’m not sure if I like that. I think regular portrait with the option to turn to landscape would be better.
Posted on March 10th, 2008 at 3:20 pm by Ryan
The MySpace mobile SUCKS.
End of story.

Thanks for providing the link to classic MySpace. I deleted my MySpace WebApp on my front page and created a new one that directs to classic MySpace
Posted on March 11th, 2008 at 10:22 pm by teejay
The above method does not work for getting to classic myspace. It just reverts. Dammit! The reason I got the Iphone was to see real web pages. I might as well go back to a regular cell phone.
Posted on March 12th, 2008 at 2:04 pm by Laslo
all you have to do is point your browser to home.myspace.com and the screwed up mobile site won’t load.
Posted on March 12th, 2008 at 8:04 pm by matt
I just got on myspace on my iPhone and it sucks! The iPhone is slowly going downhill.
Posted on March 12th, 2008 at 9:09 pm by Toby
You can view the real myspace web site by entering http://home.myspace.com
Posted on March 12th, 2008 at 11:23 pm by Nate
Lets get a few things sorted here!!

Firstly: MySpace is crap which ever platform it is viewed on. There is far too much Flash content on there, and it even renders slow with a broadband connection. If the same view were on the iPhone, it would take a very long time to load if you were using the Edge.

Secondly: How is this spoiling the iPhone. I certainly wouldn’t consider taking mine back because ONE site (for kids) doesn’t work the way I would like it too. I spent 8 hours a day (i’m a web developer) on a PC. The last thing I want to do is strain my eyes looking at my iPhone screen to view MySpace (or Facebook for that matter)

Thirdly: Mobile Safari doesn’t offer the ‘real’ web. How many Flash based sites can you view on the iPhone, plus there are other plugins such as Real Player (yes it is still used) and Window Media Player that are missing. The iPhone is great if your out and about and need to check something online quicly, but it can never be a replacement for the PC’s web browser!!
Posted on March 13th, 2008 at 1:26 am by Leon
Its a dissapointment to have crappy mobile sites, when the iphone promised to have actual web sites. When i had my iphone in v 1.1.1 jailbroken, the sites were working fine and everything was viewable, now when i had the 1.1.2 jailbroken, all i did was to ass a simple firmware patch, and that took care of it. Now i got the 1.1.4 jailbroken and there doesnt seem to be any fix for this crap. Its really anoying because there is no way i can see whos online, or who wants to be my friend.
Posted on March 14th, 2008 at 11:08 am by Raiden
ding ding ding — now it all makes sense— the crappy version of myspace on the iphone — can be fixed to a semi not as crappy version for only $2.99 a month– Forget that????? Good for myspace n finding another way to make a buck– but forget that– as recommended above just change your bookmark to –http://home.myspace.com/
and it’ll be like it use to be. I just did that and it the same as it was before the damn mobile version got forced on iphone users— Why in the world would I want to pay $2.99 a month to view a website when I bought a phone that shows websites just fine as is—
Posted on March 17th, 2008 at 6:39 am by Steve
The iPod Touch still goes to the main myspace page. It seems they only grabbed the iPhone user agent.
Posted on March 21st, 2008 at 3:24 pm by Dan Diemer
Yeah, this sucks…at least have an option to go back to the regular page but no!!! They go and impose things on us…I hate it. But thanks to those people that posted the http://home.myspace.com

thanks
it works good,

SAL+
Posted on March 25th, 2008 at 3:59 pm by Sal
I agree with all of you. Google has even made a dumbed down version for the iPhone, but it still looks like the original. I can’t even figure out how to navigate this crappy myspace mobile. Thanks for letting us know that we can still use real myspace instead of the crappy version.
Posted on March 26th, 2008 at 4:34 pm by Nave
this sucks ass.. i want the old myspace page back not this bs mobile stuff.. you need to fix it quick. its poissing me off
Posted on April 1st, 2008 at 7:02 pm by kyle
I’d have to disagree with all of you I think. I find it actually easier to navigate…. Granted, there is some errors but I think myspace will pull through and create a pretty competitive and fully capable webapp. Besides, the actual website is bloated with mainstream media, advertisments, graphics design, ect. You all should be thankful they’re saving you(and hopefully speeding up your process).
Posted on April 11th, 2008 at 9:39 pm by james

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