Streaming with Android MediaPlayer in SDK 8

Question

SDK level 8 (Froyo) has introduced the native capability for the MediaPlayer to connect to a streaming source, like Shoutcast. Previous SDK versions were able to do workarounds,

Answer 1

MediaPlayer streaming is available since API level 1. I did a demo RTSP video player about year and a half ago. Nagare shoutcast client is now already two years old.

Am I missing something here?