Pandora comes to Android, world's networks that much closer to buckling

Posted Sep 9th 2009 4:08AM by Chris Ziegler

Filed under: Multimedia, Software, Android

As must-have mobile apps go, Pandora ranks high on the books -- with the proliferation of 3G and WiFi, it comes dangerously close to obsoleting the need to carry around your own 8, 16, or 32GB worth of tracks -- and another big-ticket platform has now joined the compatibility short list. This time around it's Android that's getting hooked up, offering a home screen widget and background playback (we'd expect no less on Android) over whatever type of network connection you've got handy. Using Wham! as a station seed is still indefensible, but we'd say the argument for scooping up a G1, myTouch 3G, or Sprint Hero (when it's available, anyhow) just got a bit stronger.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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Tags: android, android market, AndroidMarket, g1, hero, market, multimedia, music, mytouch 3g, Mytouch3g, pandora, software, sprint, t-mobile

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michael @ Sep 9th 2009 5:41AM

nice :) wanna reg here

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Anders @ Sep 9th 2009 6:33AM

Will this effect the networks of "the world" or will it only work in the US?

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Benjamin Lambe @ Sep 9th 2009 7:06AM

Not available in UK yet... we have a lot of stupid laws here to do with music. e.g. Cant watch youtube videos with copyright audio in background etc.

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JL @ Sep 9th 2009 7:23AM

Pandora thinks I have a Hero (I'm running a Hero rom) and won't let me even start the app, so hopefully that part is worked out by the time the Hero makes its way into the hands of Sprint customers.

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yaniv.chokron @ Sep 9th 2009 9:10AM

JOY IS ME!
Joy to the world... all the boys and girls
Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea
Cuz Pandoras here for me!!!
Ahem.....uh thank you very much.

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Glick @ Sep 9th 2009 10:42AM

tried installing on my gsm unlocked hero, when i launched it said currently not supporting your model: hero
hope this gets fixed ASAP

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Douglas @ Sep 9th 2009 11:18AM

Still waiting for Symbian....

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Michael @ Sep 9th 2009 3:12PM

I gotta say, I'm jealous of the widget. I can background on my iphone (thanks to jailbreak and backgrounder or music controls), but there is no cool widget. :-(

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