I guess your right, it's a whole different thing...

Pandora is great for discovering new bands, I agree.

Most of the stuff I listen to isn't on Pandora anyways.

It's more than just a playlist randomizer; it's based on the music genome project: Today I am using the browser-independent Pandora application . One (minor) drawback: although you can view your stations, it doesn't highlight the station that the song currently being played is on. I use a quickmix of 11 distinct stations (so that I can cultivate each one and toggle by genre):

• 2112: I/II/III
• Classic Psychedelic
• New Age Electronic
• Avant Garde/Free Jazz
• Drum'n'Bass
• Motown Custom
• Smooth Jazz
• Bebop/Combo Jazz
• Rock/Pop Setups
• Instrumental Hip Hop
• Electronica Custom

Once again, I have to mention that the 192Kbps sound quality makes a huge difference. The enriched experience is well worth approximately 10 cents a day, as is the expanded five-hour timeout window. I wish I would have done this a long time ago.

Today my co-worker (the other half of a 2-man IT department) built up a thin client to run Pandora on a set of Altec Lansing speakers he brought from his house. Now Pandora runs across the office from both of our desks instead of blasting right out of my PC (and into my con calls). We RDC into the TC to fiddle around with Pandora settings. It's awesome.

we have it on our cell phones. we just decorated our tree, and listened to christmas music on spencers phone.

pretty slick

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I finally got around to this... and I cannot believe the sound quality streaming out of my cell phone.

Pandora, with the upgraded 192Kbps audio, running through my Blackberry, with Sony MDR7506 headphones!

Yeah I dont use my ipod anymore...

I have the same phone. red curve 8330m

I just got it today. Well, I just activated it today. My other IT dude upgraded to a new Blackberry and gave me this one.

Today's agenda:

1. Add data plan
2. Import SIM contacts
3. Set up work email accounts
4. Take picture(s) for desktop
5. Download Pandora, configure
6. Find my good headphones

browse to , and get itookthisonmyphone.com

also, I like the browser 'bolt'

and berrybuzz is cool too


www.crackberry.com has lots of info

I'm really a luddite about phones, I think I've mentioned this before. My total goal here was to be able to send/receive emails, but... I looove Pandora.

For people stuck with an iPhone there's this.

Pandora does any of the major smart phones/carriers ... http://www.pandora.com/on-the-go/

Update: found "Blutooth, Enabled/Disabled" under Options. Could it be? Now I'm streaming Pandora to my Plantronics headset!

Sounds like an AM radio station, of course. But I'm thinking, I could stream Pandora while I sit in boring meetings? Are people doing this?!

Update: I'm learning... My device supports stereo bluetooth (A2DP), and they do make stereo bluetooth headphones designed for listening to music. Anybody know what kind of audio quality can you realistically get via bluetooth? I'm realizing I don't know much about how bluetooth even works.

the problem here is that any decent headphones you would usually get to listen to *music* through are not going to be suitable for phone conversations, that is, no microphone.

the closest I came to ones was a set of stereo headphones with the silicone earbud covers. These sealed out the ambient noise enough to make the music listenable, and I could hear the phone conversations fine too. And yes, of course there was a microphone. But the very quality of isolating the outside noise meant that they were not very safe to drive with and it made listening to my own side of the conversation awkward like my head was in a bucket.

If you're not worried about a dual use headset, just go with the best music headphones wired or otherwise you can get your head in.