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Posted by meatball66 Thursday, Jul 14, 2011 315 days ago

YES....I voted first. When do I get my 9900?

 
 
Posted by MaxPayne79 Thursday, Jul 14, 2011 315 days ago

lol...

 
 
Posted by Culex316 Thursday, Jul 14, 2011 315 days ago

Even though I vote for Pandora, its a tie between that and Slacker...both are great....

 
 
Posted by Abrante Thursday, Jul 14, 2011 315 days ago

The info gathered by Adam and the Crackberry crew is vital to RIM's success. These guys should be front runners on RIM's books for R&D purposes. Great job!

 
 
Posted by MacBreQ Thursday, Jul 14, 2011 315 days ago

Streaming music on a BB? You guys are nuts!

 
 
Posted by PiotrJot Thursday, Jul 14, 2011 315 days ago

@MacBreQ: why would you think so?

 
 
Posted by rgorman Thursday, Jul 14, 2011 315 days ago

Slacker- it's all about the 'cache'. I spend too much time underground on subways. When Slacker came out with caching- even on a free basis, that was the tipping point. Even the $5 a month for the 'Premium Level' wireless caching is worth it.

 
 
Posted by w0qj Thursday, Jul 14, 2011 315 days ago

None of the above.

I use SugarSync to stream music back to myself, to my various devices (BlackBerry, PC, etc.)

You can try out SugarSync here:
https://www.sugarsync.com/referral?rf=tbtp0asbw9pt

 
 
Posted by BerryAttorney Thursday, Jul 14, 2011 315 days ago

You not only left off SugarSync, you also left off SiriusXM

 
 
Posted by murialita Thursday, Jul 14, 2011 315 days ago

Seriously, when you make polls like this you need to include a None/Does not apply option. This will prevent these types of comments, and maybe give you a litte more insight into how people use their BB's, which is what you are going for, right? I've bought a 32 GB sd card, put all my music on there. No need for streaming then.

 
 
Posted by Tbrenn Friday, Jul 15, 2011 314 days ago

There is such an option: Don't vote...

 
 
Posted by decypher44 Thursday, Jul 14, 2011 315 days ago

Would be Spotify if RIM were to develop an app (since Spotify won't!)

 
 
Posted by pkcable Thursday, Jul 14, 2011 315 days ago

I subscribe to Pandora, and that's what I selected, HOWEVER, during beta testing for Slacker and their new Premium service (which I got free for a couple months) I really got swayed. I just can't see spending 10 per month, BUT it's a compelling product, I'm REALLY missing it now that it's gone!!!! Perhaps if they were to offer a package discount 79 for the whole year, or something like that I would subscribe.

Honorable mention goes to TuneIN which lets you listen to actual radio stations. I'm actually listening to it now via the web, on my PlayBook!!!

 
 
Posted by estarno Thursday, Jul 14, 2011 315 days ago

I try and listen to music on my Tour with OS 5 but it sounds terrible! Not sure if the newer devices are up to par, but the quality of sound on an iPod is superior.

 
 
Posted by joeberrymomma Thursday, Jul 14, 2011 315 days ago

9700 OS6 does a great job! The speaker on the 9700 is good. I also plug into my home stereo, car stereo and anywhere that has a 3.5 jack connected to speakers.

Use Pandora, Tune-in Radio mainly.
Have not got myself to the point where I want to pay for a service, though Groveshark would be tempting as you can create play lists of hundreds of songs from the same artist that users upload. Different from Pandora where it is random play from the artist you selected and "similar" artists. Sometimes I like the verity though.
Slacker is also tempting with their new service offerings.
Yes, the streaming on Blackberry is really great! Mute, ff rr volume buttons, you have a mini MP3 player in your phone.

 
 
Posted by axllebeer Thursday, Jul 14, 2011 315 days ago

I really enjoy listening to real radio on my BB with this app. Odd as it may seem to some, I usually listen to NPR. The local station doent come in well from my house, but it works great on my Berry! Then I just plug it into my stereo and bingo, better than the real thing!

 
 
Posted by ryanluckyderek Thursday, Jul 14, 2011 315 days ago

Blackberry Radio its a rip from the OS 7 devices and it merges a bunch of services and I love it.

 
 
Posted by MaxPayne79 Thursday, Jul 14, 2011 315 days ago

when i used BB Radio, i saw 5 channels on there. Naturally i deleted it. Has it grown beyond the fast five?

 
 
Posted by Dadymon Thursday, Jul 14, 2011 315 days ago

When is sirius- Xm coming to the torch and playbook!

 
 
Posted by rickster21 Thursday, Jul 14, 2011 315 days ago

I use siriusxm app 24/7 :D

 
 
Posted by Enrico2828 Thursday, Jul 14, 2011 315 days ago

Spotify .. please bring out an app .. someone :)

 
 
Posted by dosto Thursday, Jul 14, 2011 315 days ago

I stream Slacker and Pandora all the time on my 9700...works great!

 
 
Posted by dosto Thursday, Jul 14, 2011 315 days ago

I stream Slacker and Pandora all the time on my 9700...works great!

 
 
Posted by smrtmunchkin Thursday, Jul 14, 2011 315 days ago

I use Pandora and TuneIn Radio Plus, along with BB Podcasts and music on my SD card.

 
 
Posted by diegonei Thursday, Jul 14, 2011 315 days ago

Where is the "none" option?

I do listen to podcasts using BB PodCasts thou.

 
 
Posted by seb.hebert Thursday, Jul 14, 2011 315 days ago

I use Noblex for Radio in Canada... which of these work in Canada?...

 
 
Posted by MaxPayne79 Thursday, Jul 14, 2011 315 days ago

all but Pandora.

 
 
Posted by MaxPayne79 Thursday, Jul 14, 2011 315 days ago

well rhapsody is missing on this list. despite it being slow, it has better sound quality then rdio and doesn't require you turn ur phone sideways to use it like goofy rdio.

and i use more then one because tuneinradio is for local stations and showcast stations or whatever they're called from winamp days. remember winamp? lol... Rhapsody, rdio, crappy slacker are all on-demand subscriptions only and pandora is unavailable in canada, still, in 2011. Whereas TuneIn, RogersRadio, Wikitunes, are all local and Showcast Stations. you could separate them all make several polls. :)

i also find that rdio has music that rhapsody doesn't and slacker will have things that neither have, it's crazy. it's very disorganized that's why it's good to have all three especially when u get them for free. ;-)

Like i'd love to know which podcaster people use? Stitcher vs BB Podcasts. Cause i cant stand bb podcasts even though u can add feeds now, it's extremely unstable and i cant get through one podcast without it stopping playback and starting again. it's crazy. Stitcher on the hand is amazing but u CAN'T ADD FEEDS!!! That would make it the perfect podcaster on my torch. :(((

 
 
Posted by Crude Berry Thursday, Jul 14, 2011 315 days ago

I used to use Slacker exclusively until it became bogged down to uselessness. I kept it on my phone a week or so after installing Pandora and would try it from time to time. I never could get it to actually stop "buffering" and play for more then 10 minutes. And those 10 minutes were spent playing the first verse and half the chrous of songs then skipping to the next. They updated Slacker and I thought that would fix whatever bug it had, but no dice. So my answer is Pandora.

 
 
Posted by sstevenson Thursday, Jul 14, 2011 315 days ago

I use Slacker as it came with my Torch. Has tonsa of problems though but is great while its working...

 
 
Posted by Xader Thursday, Jul 14, 2011 315 days ago

I used to be die-hard into Slacker, but since they axed caching in the free version, there's nothing Slacker does that Pandora doesn't do as well or better...

 
 
Posted by Dayvidpriddy Thursday, Jul 14, 2011 315 days ago

I can't use my BlackBerry because I'm still waiting for RIM to release the 9900...

 
 
Posted by Bill_Johnson Thursday, Jul 14, 2011 315 days ago

Don't use ANY music service on my BB. That should have been one of the voting options.

 
 
Posted by eve6er69 Thursday, Jul 14, 2011 315 days ago

i used to use slacker but then the good stuff went to a pay version so i went to pandora. i since ditched pandora and went to xm app. the app cuts in and out because some areas are spotty and it is true streaming but i love my xm channels and just needed them in my truck.

 
 
Posted by tcseacliff Thursday, Jul 14, 2011 315 days ago

pandora is cleaner than slacker. and i like to make my own lists .

 
 
Posted by IllmasterMathematics Thursday, Jul 14, 2011 315 days ago

I really wish there was a Hype Machine app like I had on my iPod touch...

 
 
Posted by kevinarjun Friday, Jul 15, 2011 314 days ago

any streaming music which uses BIS??

 
 
Posted by pandabearsue Friday, Jul 15, 2011 314 days ago

Pandora's the name that everyone knows, but with so many less songs and far less control of what music the custom stations play, I think Slacker would be the clear winner if more people knew about it. And the caching feature is awesome. (Note: I still have a 2.x version installed so I can still cache for free.)

 
 
Posted by hsr386 Friday, Jul 15, 2011 314 days ago

a couple of years ago i would have definitely said slacker because of the "cache" feature, but ever since they took that feature out of the unpaid version, i say screw them. here's to pandora!

 
 
Posted by Damien_Eternal Friday, Jul 15, 2011 314 days ago

I use Pandora or use the music app on my BlackBerry to listen to the music on my card.

 
 
Posted by meganVee Friday, Jul 15, 2011 314 days ago

I use TuneIn... Gave Slacker a try for a bit but wasn't really impressed and went back to TuneIn. Love being able to listen to local channels.

 
 
Posted by Snypa Saturday, Jul 16, 2011 313 days ago

TuneInRadio!!