BerryGurus

The guys over at Pandora are hard at work perfecting the Pandora application for BlackBerry, and the newest version released on Wednesday is proof of their hard work. Jumping from version 1.0.3 to 1.1.0, Pandora has the following new features and bug fixes:

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

To download the newest version of Pandora, just point your BlackBerry browser to Pandora’s website and click the “Download Pandora Now” button.