Say what? Pandoras Box?  That’s right.  While in Puerto Rico a friend of mine turned me onto this free Internet radio service called Pandora.  Pandora Internet Radio isn’t like most online radio stations.  It’s different in that you can customize the radio stations to your preference.  Lets just call it Smart Radio – it knows what you like, what you don’t like, and will play according to your tastes.  How does it does this?  Well, a little training of course. By the way, did I mention this service is FREE?

Free Premium Service for Audiophiles

Pandora is easy to use and right off the bat will introduce you to a customized music station based on your favorite genres, artists, or albums. The entire system is free and will work with an account (free) or without one.  I’d just sign-up for an account anyway considering it will save all your settings and preferences for your return visit.  You may ask why this kind of premium service is free and I wondered that myself.  I believe Pandora makes it money off advertising whatever song you’re listening too. 

Smart Internet Radio: Artificial Intelligence for your Music

What makes Pandora so smart?  If you tell Pandora you like 2 genres of music or 2 different artists – then it runs some statistics on its end.  It will basically find similarities in the music that you like and automatically deliver you a custom radio station with your artists plus others that you’ll “statistically” like.  Sound awesome?  It is.  So you better go check it out.  It’s definitely fun, free, and a good time.

Smart Marketing

If you are listening to your radio station, Pandora will show you the Album cover, song title, artist, and album name of the song playing.  Furthermore, you can click a small BUY button if you want to buy the entire album.  For me, even if I do not buy anything, I like the idea of knowing what I am listening too.  It also don’t hurt to be offered a quick-way to buy the entire album via the Internet.  Entirely integrated and Entirely user-friendly – I like it.  Its soon to be a Tech for the Masses favorite!

Check out Pandora here @ www.pandora.com

Readers, how do you access your favorite radio stations and music online?  Any suggestions?