While the throngs of iPhone and iTouch users were trying out the new mobile Pandora Radio, one of the most popular free applications, I was testing out a new Pandora Radio Application on my SageTV Home Theater PC. Pandora radio is one of the more popular internet radio services and is a perfect match for the HTPC – it’s a very welcome addition to my home.
The plugin allows users to extend their personalized radio stations from their Pandora username onto their SageTV HTPC. Select a station to listen to and as you’re listening to a song you can give it a thumbs up or a thumbs down to help “teach” the station your preferences. Songs you don’t want to hear can be skipped without giving them the thumbs down just like in the Pandora web application. It’s a fairly simple interface, but very easy to use and extremely functional.