I'm happy to announce that we've just released the latest version of Pandora for BlackBerry. This version has a bunch of cool new features but I think the one that many people have been anxiously waiting for is improved audio quality. While we have had stereo AAC+ over Wi-Fi for a while, our mobile stream has been constrained to mono AAC - until now!
We've just switched the mobile streams over to AAC+ in our servers. If you are using an older Pandora client (1.0.3 or earlier) then you will be getting the "Normal" quality AAC+ stream (32 kbits). Once you upgrade to 1.10, you will have access to both the "High" quality AAC+ stream (64 kbits) and the "Normal" stream (in case your mobile connection isn't fast enough to keep up with the high quality stream).
Point your mobile browser to
http://www.pandora.com to download and install the app. It should be available on App World within the next day or so.
Here are the full release notes for 1.1.0. As usual, if you have any problems please feel free to PM me or email our support team at
pandora-support@pandora.com
Thanks!
Marc
New Features- Significantly better audio quality over mobile network - now using stereo AAC+ (HE-AAC) for both Wi-Fi and mobile connections
- User preference option to select "High" quality stream (64kbit) over mobile network or "Normal" (32kbit) for slower connections. Default is 64kbit. Wi-Fi (if available) will always use 64kbit.
- Create Station screen now has auto-complete functionality as you type
- Added user preference option to enable or disable station auto-start
- Moved "Log Out" from main menu into Options screen, it now shows the currently logged-in username
- Visual overlay when changing volume, more easier to see actual volume level
- Application will check for correct application permissions on startup, and offer to set them to appropriate values if required
- You can now get to the "Options" screen from the menus of both the Station List screen and the Now Playing screen
- Storm: Downward swipe gesture on the Now Playing screen will dismiss the current visual ad (if any)
- Reduced download size of app by about 30-40%
Bug Fixes:- Fixing problem on some Storm devices where song started over from the beginning after being interrupted by a system alert (phone call, SMS, email, etc)
- Fixed bug where Wi-Fi capable devices without a SIM card or data plan were not able to use Pandora over Wi-Fi
- Fixed reports of "low volume" settings not being low enough - the lower volume settings now go as quiet as possible before being muted
- Fixed bug where album art may not have been displayed for some tracks
- Mute button should now properly sleep the device when holding it down
Pandora 1.1.0 Released - Improved Audio Quality and more... 
. How about themes for our pandora mobile app? maybe the ability to use our blackberry as a remote so that we could control our pandora on our desktop? i often leave it playing on my computer and walk around my house.
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