Tech. Round-up / Web Radio vs. Mobile Web Radio

There is an article I discovered listed below which I found interesting because of the ever rapidly expanding uses or capabilities our cell phones have had in the past and have today.

New York Times > Technology > Listening to Radio on the Web? That’s So Last YearBy Claire Cain Miller

This article proves right from the start that people most recently prefer to use a site or app such as Pandora to listen to music via the web by stating that of the 65,000 new users signing up every day approx. 45,000 sign up via mobile phone. Compare Pandora's current 11 milion mobile application useres versus 35 million useres registered for the traditional web application. I thought these numbers were shocking, awakening me to the fact that mobile devices such as the iPhone or a blackberry are no longer special just because of web, mp3, e-mail, cameras and much more but are capable of fulfilling most all of your desires through a downloadable app. All and all I have used Pandora online before and feel it is a great concept and will continue to use it, as for Pandora online for mobile devices I feel it is very similar to an iPod or mp3 player with radio.

Although, I may have been left behind recently as far music technology is concerned, I believe this is yet another great addition to the compilation of apps and options for our mobile devices. I think people enjoy having the option to listen to all types of music at any given time. This seems to be a concept that Pandora’s app for the web and mobile devices has accomplished. People are no longer constrained to listening to the radio in only their cars or at their homes. Also triggering a breakthrough for the broadcasting stations which have suffered from the mp3 an iTunes era pulling people slowly away from traditional radio.