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Utilizing Pandora over Slacker Radio on A Smart phone

By Alex Jale


Invention of internet radio must be the greatest thing since sliced bread. The internet radios, compared to traditional radios, lets you listen to what you want to listen when you want to. The internet radios came to bridge the gap between live radio and playback devices.

The most common activity that the smart phone is put into today is playing music, from either radio or saved music files. When they are speaking about listening to radio, you can listen to the regular stations or tune into your favorite Internet radio. When it comes to internet radio, you have a number to choose from but the common ones are the Pandora and slacker radios. With this applications, you will be able to enjoy your own music whenever you like it. To enjoy internet radio on your Motorola Droid smart phone, you will need Motorola Droid accessories like stereo headphones and Bluetooth adapters among others.

Pandora is an application that allows you to listen to live music, which will be streamed from Internet. It goes ahead and allows users to create custom stations based on their favorite artistes. Apart from this, the application has numerous inbuilt preset stations. The preset stations are based on specific music genres. To use the service you need to have an internet connection. Pandora works stably on both Wi-Fi and 3G internet services. There is a free and a premium version of Pandora. The free version of the application has advertisements and few limitations when compared with the premium version. Though many feel that occurrence of advertise trends during live streaming causes irritation, on the brighter side, you no longer have to pay an amount as a service offered is completely free. If you are not interested in adverts, you may then opt for the premium version of the application.

Slacker radio is also an internet service that allows you to stream radio directly into your smart phone device. Customization is the key to benefit from the application. Slacker, too, allows the user to create customized radio stations based on the artistes they like. The preset stations available in slacker radio are completely different from Pandora as they are based on different categories such as music festivals, regions, news, sports and many other possible genres. It also offers both the free service as well as the premium service, which is very much similar to Pandora. The free version has limitations in the number of skips you can make per hour and the inconveniencing adverts that run between songs.

When it comes to the terms of customization, slacker radio stands atop Pandora. With slacker radio, you will be able to create a playlist that is mix of different music genres. Pandora only allows you to create a station with only one artist or only one genre of music. With slacker, you are able to have many artistes and many genres of music in one station. This will greatly reduce the monotony of listening to a single artist or genre for a long period of time.

As a smart phone is a sensitive and delicate device rather than the normal radio set, it requires special care and handling. The first step is to protect it from shocks that it may observe if in case it falls down. This protection is by use of a Motorola Droid X case, which acts as a shock-absorber. At the same time, it is also important to protect the touch screen from scratches by using Motorola Droid Bionic screen protector. Wireless phone accessories for Droid such as Motorola Droid Bionic accessories and Motorola Droid Bionic cell phone covers add protection and style to the mobile device.




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