Pandora announced that Pandora’s personalized Internet radio service will now be available for free on more than 20 Sprint mobile phones. Until now, Pandora users on Sprint paid $2.99/month to access Pandora’s personalized Internet radio service on their mobile phones. Sprint subscribers who are currently paying the $2.99 subscription to access Pandora on existing Sprint phones will no longer be charged for the Pandora service and the free Pandora application will be available to all Sprint customers who have compatible handsets and a Sprint data plan.
Pandora released an official Windows Mobile client that brings the Music Genome Project straight to the hands of HTC Touch and Motorola Q9c users. The client is completely free and it allows users to create and stream Pandora stations to their Windows mobile handsets via the phone’s data connection.
Pandora on Sprint phones is integrated seamlessly with the online version of Pandora. Up to 100 stations can be saved in a user’s account, and they can be enjoyed online at http://www.pandora.com and on Sprint phones anywhere within Sprint’s extensive nationwide network. Sprint customers can also create new stations directly on their phones through an easy-to-use interface.
Information about the current song (including title, artist and album) is displayed on the phone’s color screen, and customers can also scroll backwards to see this information for recently played songs. Users can easily bookmark songs to their favorites list. Bookmarks can serve as a reminder to purchase the song later on the Sprint Music Store, which offers more than 2.5 million songs that can be downloaded wirelessly on the phone in as little as 30 seconds for only 99 cents each with any data plan.
