Mobile phone applications are becoming more popular with the launch of each new smartphone. Make the organization of our lives more efficient, keeping us updated with the latest news and events; Apps, free or paid, are just another reason mobile phones have become such an important part of our world today.
The new Pandora app, developed from the Pandora radio, is another one of those reasons why we appreciate new and amazing apps for our smartphones. Being on the top ten most used smartphone apps list, knowing the story behind the new app is a great way to benefit and respect it even more.
Pandora started a few years ago as a music genome project. This mathematical algorithm created by Will Glaser and Tim Westergren was brought to Pandora Radio (currently on MSN) in 2000. The idea would be to create groups of music in which to categorize. Then each song was given a list of characteristics that would place it within these groups.
In this, Pandora could offer song and artist suggestions that someone who liked a similar pod might also like. This gives the listener the ability to not only listen to their favorite tracks and artists, but it would also introduce new tracks and artists to the listener, intermittently. Listeners choose to create stations based on their favorite artists. They can choose a multitude of stations and switch between all of them. Whether your phone is dropped and needs iPhone repair, or is temporarily out of service due to faulty service, your options remain within the Pandora software. Pandora also allows you to skip tracks, as well as pause tracks at the user’s choice.
As of mid-2010, Pandora had more than 700,000 tracks on file, including variant artists. More than 45 million users had subscribed to Pandora and were using the system. Now being used as an app on smartphones and with similar functions, Pandora has reached a new level.
The best part about having Pandora as an app on your cell phone is that it is completely free for the first forty hours of music each month. If a user wishes to continue service after their forty hours within a month, this can be set for a small fee of less than one US dollar.
The app has proven its worth by allowing the system to suggest new artists and music, but it also allows the listener to accept or reject suggested preferences. To make life even easier, links to buy songs that the listener wants to listen to over and over again are obtained from the Pandora website or the Pandora app.