So I tried Pandora a few years ago, but initially wasn't that impressed. And besides, I had developed Musica, a web application for browsing and streaming my own music over the web.In May, I received a Chumby as a gift from Canonical. Five months later, I use it almost exclusively as a Pandora front end, attached to a nice set of powered Klipsch speakers.
It took a few minutes, but I entered about 40 of my favorite artists, and now use a QuickMix of those artists plus other similar artists.
They've done a great job creating applications for lots of platforms. I can stream Pandora now through my:
- Ubuntu computers
- Chumby
- Palm Pre
- G1
- Samsung Blu-ray
I still use Musica when I want to listen to something very specific. But Pandora has been really nice for an eclectic mix.
On the down side, it appears that Pandora is only available to IP addresses in the USA. Apologies to readers outside of the USA :-(
:-Dustin
I'm in Canada and I tried to go to the Pandora link, but I get this message:
ReplyDeleteDear Pandora Visitor,
We are deeply, deeply sorry to say that due to licensing constraints, we can no longer allow access to Pandora for listeners located outside of the U.S. We will continue to work diligently to realize the vision of a truly global Pandora, but for the time being we are required to restrict its use. We are very sad to have to do this, but there is no other alternative...