![]() This seems like a necessarysafeguard, but most power users would probably prefer an option to disable it. Conrad said Apple decided to only let iPhone Apps run whenthey're in the foreground or when the phone is put to sleep becauseotherwise, people would leave multiple applications running in thebackground, depleting their batteries far too fast. If you make or takea call, Pandora will pause, which is convenient, but it would have been nicerif Apple allowed Pandora to play in the background while you did other stuff. If they add that feature, though, it wouldn't work on the 1G iPhone, since itcan only access the Edge cellular network.Īnother minor issue is that you can't listen to Pandora stations while you checkyour calender, compose an e-mail, or do anything else with your iPhone. However, he said that 3G networks arefast enough to allow Pandora to cache the next song in the background. Conrad said this is currently unavoidable, since each station iscustomized to each user on a one-to-one basis, so songs can't bepre-mixed from one to the next. One quibble we have with the iPhone version of Pandora, though, is that there'sa brief pause in between the playback of each track, as it buffers. And yes, it's possible to create new Pandora stations from within the Pandora iPhone App. You can bookmark any currently-playing song or artist to your Pandora profile page, or if you hear something you really like, another click brings up the song for purchase in the iTunes music store. Pandora chief technology officer and former Apple employee Tom Conrad told Listening Post that Pandora's developers have loved working with Apple's iPhone SDK they say it's even better than their web development tools. It could be the best version of Pandora yet, given that it requires neither a computer, the way the web version does, nor a paid subscription, the way previous mobile implementations of Pandora have done. ![]() Having witnessed Pandora in action on an iPhone (screenshots below), we can say that it works great. It was my assumption from reading posts from around the web, that the UConnect system should be able to detect the Pandora track and display the information on the screen.With the tech world focused on the launch of the second-generation iPhone and Apple's App Store, which will allow iPhone users to download and install applications for the first time without jailbreaking their phone (cracking it so that unauthorized apps can be installed), Pandora has unleashed an iPhone version of their interactive internet radio service that moves beyond what has previously been possible in the portable radio arena.Īs soon as Pandora heard that Apple would be launching the App Store, its designers and engineers began working on an iPhone version of Pandora that ran on jaikbroken iPhones, then rebuilt it using Apple's apparently excellent SDK. I can use the steering controls to control Pandora (such as skipping a song) - but it just ends up showing the next track on my iPhone library (even though Pandora is playing correctly). On top of that - once I do manage to get it working - the UConnect screen will show tracks from my iPhone library instead of the track currently playing on Pandora. This usually takes several tries to get working. Only time I'm able to get it to work, is to exit the Pandora app and relaunch it after it's been connected to the UConnect system - or disconnect the USB cable and reconnect it. I've tried hitting the pause button on the UConnect system to halt the iPhone music playback, then hitting the play button in Pandora - doesn't seem to have much different effect. I hit the Play button again on the Pandora app - same thing, get about 2-3 seconds of music from Pandora, then the UConnect system takes back over and tries to play another iPhone music track. Now, if I load the Pandora app and push play on one of the Pandora stations, I am able to hear about 2-3 seconds of the Pandora station, before what appears the UConnect system proceeding to go back to my iPhone library to play another track. So I can move around my playlist and control my iPhone music from the steering wheel controls. What I've found - that with my iPhone 4 connected to the UConnect system, it works flawlessly with my library of songs. I've scourged the internet, and can't seem to locate much help on the topic (most of the topics I've seen have been devoted to Bluetooth connectivity - which my vehicle does not support at this time). However, one thing is stopping it from being absolutely perfect.the ability to stream Pandora from my iPhone 4 to my UConnect system. ![]() Just purchased my first ever new car on July 19 - 2012 Dodge Journey SXT.
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