A few months ago Steve mentioned that he was able to use the Pandora iPhone app without interruption on his commute to work in the morning. I was frankly more surprised that he was using Pandora than I was that he had managed to hold a 3G signal the whole time. So after being semi-convinced by him that Pandora’s suggestion algorithms have improved, I decided to give it another shot.

Sure enough, all the music that is played revolves more closely around the original selection. The downside of this is that it appears to simply generate a static playlist based on what you start with, so in a few hours you start to loop. It’s not ideal for discovering new music,  but It’s not necessarily a bad thing either. After a while you feel like you’re listening to a mix tape.

Additionally you can access a list of the songs you bookmark and thumbs-up on the website, which makes it convenient for tracking all the new songs you’re finding. All in all I give this new and improved Pandora a “thumbs-up”. My only gripe is that their downloadable player is simply the web interface packaged in Adobe Air.

Albums:
Colbie Caillat – Coco
Once Soundtrack (Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova)

Songs:
Falling Slowly – Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova
Bubbly – Colbie Caillat
Sideways – Citizen Cope