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Pandora Internet Radio App Released By Adam Zeis | 18 Mar 2009 10:57 | 
226 comments
It was only a few weeks ago that Slacker released their music player, and not to be outdone, along comes Pandora. Fans of the service will be able to jump right in. A quick install of the application and you're ready to rock (pun intended). After logging in, the main menu gives you the option to create a new channel, start a "quickmix" or play one of you created stations. It takes a minute for the music to load, but that's to be expected (depending on your connection). The main screen is slick - showing album art and info, as well as a cool status bar with signal strength and battery info. Along the bottom are the thumbs up and thumbs down (when you like or don't like a track) as well as a play/pause button and skip. If you are a fan of Pandora like I am, you don't want to miss this. Its totally free (ad supported) so you have no reason not to check it out. Sadly it looks like it currently only supports Verizon and AT&T. Just head to www.pandora.com from your device to install.
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Does Pandora have the ability to Cache chosen stations? I like that feature a lot. Allows me to listen when I have no connection.
i agree! this pandora app. helps me pass the time at my dreary job!!
I have the blackberry storm and i have downloaded the Pandora application. After answering the data usage question it says " sorry, your phone is currently not supporting to use pandora." WTF
Can anyone help???
It does not work on the Storm.
That is so busch league...give the storm users a little love Pandora!
you neeed to unisntall this app and restart your device completely, then go and download the app from the app store. this worked for me after the same pfoblem!Note you really have to restart the phone, meaning take out the battery! Good luck and enjoy!
It will support the Storm shortly.
I love Pandora but there is ZERO love for BB owners with T-Mobile, we can't download it...WTF?
Just downloaded it for my T-Mo 8320, OTA, with no problems. I would suggest trying the download if your BlackBerry model matches any on the list, and not worry about carrier. If you have and it still doesn't work, then I agree WTF! This has been a Sprint app forever. Its about time Pandora shows the rest of us some mobile love.
I downloaded the ap and try to run it on my storm 9530 and it is not supported for the storm. In case any storm user trys it. Sorry for the bad news. Maybe one day Pandora will work for the storm just not now.
I love pandora, greatest site out there now I can take it anywhere I go!! I hasve a At&T bold and it works great, unlike the iPhone you can go to the home screen and run other apps while the music plays. I've been waiting for this for awhile now and it is excellent.
im listening to pandora thru my alltel curve, so i think it'll work with most us cdma blackberry (no storm) as it also works on sprint's blackberries.
It works like a dream on mine and my co-workers curves as well, and we all work for an Alltel Premiere Agent :)
I was so excited, and then instantly crushed. Damn you Pandora, why leave out the Storm?!
Does anyone know if there is a way to set it up to scrobble to Last.fm from your Blackberry? I know you can do it through Firefox...
I use Pandora on my home and work computer daily, I have been patiently waiting for it to be release for BlackBerry. I just went to www.pandora.com from my Storm and the site says it is not available for the Storm! Why the hell not? If it is available for other BlackBerry models, why not mine?
I paid all this money for this phone(or System) WTF, why can't Pandora spend a lil extra money on their network to link into this bad baby, The BlackBerry Storm...Oh yeah, that's right, the storm is too much future...too much advanced that they ain't ready for all of that technology yet. Oh well, maybe in the future they will be. DAMN!!! And I Love Pandora Too.
I F@cking hate how apps a exclusive to carriers! Why not release the app for everyone! This is something I will never understand!
working well on my 8320. think its more about model then carrier. hope it works for you too
I also tried it on my storm but no luck
I downloaded to my Storm 9530 (Verizon) and Pandora said my device is not supported. Not sure what devices are supported.
Why doesn't this work on T-Mobile? Every other streaming application does..
It wouldn't work on my 8320 either but i e-mailed them and the suggested adding a APN. So i did and it works fine. go to options then advanced options, then TCP and under APN enter wap.voicestream.com. I hope this helps.
Slacker Radio (http://www.slacker.com) Supports my Storm. Sticking with them for the time being. At least they have their eye on the ball.
Visit www.Slacker.com on your Storm's (or other BB's) browser.
Yeah, I just tried pandora and found out (the hard way)that it does not support us 9530 owners. so i downloaded Slacker also. I hear it's really good.
I downloaded slacker and it is really slow for me. Long pause before the next song.
It appears they are only supporting certain BBs, and the Storm is not among them, but Sprint fans take note one of your BBs IS supported. Hopefully they will continue to add support for more devices as time progresses. :)
I just checked on their website and the Storm is not supported. Correct me if I am wrong but that sucks!
i guess i posted this info a little too late. Thats what happens when you leave your browser page open for too long I guess.
At least when it comes to Pandora :(
NO FAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Works beautifully on my Bold. I do think its funny seeing all the complaining from the Storm guys though. You know there are a number of apps/themes that work for the Storm and nothing else and but you don't see no where near this kind of complaining about it.
All of us Blackberry owners have been waiting for Pandora to get around to building an app for us. Just be patient. I'm sure it won't be too long before the Storm version is out. The Storm is too popular for them not to.
Well a majority of the ones that are Storm-only are the ones that need the huge screen and ability to go into landscape mode.
I don't see any technical reason they wouldn't offer this to the Storm.
My assumption would be that they've been working on the app a while and were doing so before the Storm was released. I'm more than certain that a Storm version will be released soon.
..you would think that the storm would have been the first handset they would address considering it is so popular. I'm in no hurry though...
The Curve is still a MUCH more popular device in terms of blackberry "marketshare". The reason you'd imagine they're working feverishly to get out a Storm version is because the Storm is portrayed and marketed as a media-centric blackberry, not because it's more "popular" than the Curve.
Kind of bummed that the TMo crowd cant use it yet.
using it now on my 8320, i think its more model number then carrier
It states on the Pandora website that more devices will be added soon. Surely the Storm will be included soon.
I agree with the above post regarding carrier exclusivity. Makes no sense. Luckily I have a Curve on Verizon!
I love Pandora on my PC, and now on my Bold with ATT as well. It works without a hickup and streams on EDGE (haven't tried with 3g yet) without pausing once to buffer.
I installed it and used it flawlessly on my Sprint Curve. So its not just verizon.
This is the news I was hoping for!!!
It says it's carrier specific but I have an nTelos 8330 and it works perfect!!!
I used to love Pandora and listened to it at work and home daily. After using Slacker its a much beter for me anyways......although this excited me.....until I realized it doesn't work on the storm.
Slacker and Pandora really aren't competitors. Slacker is an Internet radio station that, like most internet radio apps, organizes stations by genre, decade, and the like. They're competing against the likes of Flycast. Pandora is a music recommendation engine at heart; they organize stations by taking a seed song, analyzing its lyrical and musical content, and playing other songs that they consider similar. While Slacker is designed to play popular music of different genres, Pandora is designed to expose you to new music that is similar to music you already love. THAT is why a Pandora blackberry app is so important; this isn't just another internet radio application!
Just downloaded it to my AT&T Bold and the client does not work. Upon loading the software it says:
"Unexpected network error occurred: null while Signing In"
When I exit out and type in my existing account info, the Signing in screen just hangs forever...
Nice going Pandora.
works on my bold =\
On the website on your computer it says its only supported by Verizon and AT&T (you have to enter phone number and carrier), but i am a US Cellular customer. I went to the site on my blackberry browser and was able to download the application, no problems, it doesnt ask for that info on the WAP site!
I'm happy using slacker, so I'm not too bumbed about the lack of Storm support
PlUS seems Slacker has released an update...but the page is down lol
When the Storm is supported, I'll give it a try XD
Says the Att 8110 not supported......Crap I say, CRAP!
ugh im sure all the storm users went through the same brief emotional rollar coaster as i did. saw that they had finally released pandora for bb got excited dl it. then the excitment came to a complete halt when you find out THE APP DOESNT F*CKIN WORK ON THE STORM. what a debbie downer. hopefully it will be compatible soon