nothigincommon Posted February 13, 2010 Report Share Posted February 13, 2010 I am wondering about the actual devices it supports, in the manual they specify any iphone running pandora, but in the CES video the guy seems to hint at more than just iphone support "speaks with a portable device with the pandora app on it, in this case we have an iphone 3gs" 1:45 into the video => from the wording it sounds like it could possibly support pandora running on android?? or maybe backberry?? at least I hope Unless of course he was referring to other iphone devices when he specified the 3gs. Any insider here know if pandora on an andriod phone would work? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VBLUE42 Posted February 13, 2010 Report Share Posted February 13, 2010 Likely not. The Pandora support works in conjunction with the iPod cable from the unit. Unless they release a cable that is compatible with other phones, or other phones allow external control from another device as the iPhone does, it wont happen. You will likely not see any other device support with any navi unit other then Apple devices for quite a while, if ever. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nothigincommon Posted February 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2010 Likely not. The Pandora support works in conjunction with the iPod cable from the unit. Unless they release a cable that is compatible with other phones, or other phones allow external control from another device as the iPhone does, it wont happen. You will likely not see any other device support with any navi unit other then Apple devices for quite a while, if ever. Well the ipod cable is basically a usb cable. All cell phones interface PCs with a USB cables so technically its possible providing the application provided support for it on the mobile phone side, but unfortunately I fear you are correct and there probably wont be any pandora link android support. I just wish the guy would have said specifically in the video that ONLY iphones would work Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hkwong Posted February 14, 2010 Report Share Posted February 14, 2010 what ab pandora via blackberry. can this be controlled from the interface? thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VBLUE42 Posted February 14, 2010 Report Share Posted February 14, 2010 No. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hyperplus Posted July 22, 2010 Report Share Posted July 22, 2010 Any developers around? How hard will it be to make the PandoraLink - Android equivalent? I wish I had some more time in my hands.. but this will be what I would do.... 1) Get a jailbreak iPhone.. 2) Hopefully in Cydia there is a tool to monitor device communication.. - find the open port for PandoraLink - track device communication for the actions 3) Create an Android app which makes USB connection and emulates the communication. Really is not as easy as it sound because requires work. Is sad we don't have this, because is what holding me from converting out of iPhone UPDATE From a quick search, there seems to be a project for having in Android an iPhone emulator... I wonder if this will be similar to WINE in Linux. If this is true and depending the progress..... I wonder if we can just load PandoraLink (iPhone version) into Android? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VBLUE42 Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 Pandora Link barley works as it is on the iPhone right now so I wouldn't expect it to work in any emulation form. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hyperplus Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 Lol! who knows.. maybe the problem is the iPhone and the crappy Objective-C which can't even close an application correctly... yeah! "Multi-tasking done right!".. B.S. Also, it doesn't have to be "real" emulation like my update post. It can be research and create an open source application which handles the communication appropriately. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VBLUE42 Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 No the problem is that its released by a company called Pioneer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hyperplus Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 Sorry, I grew up out of flame wars. I prefer hard facts with all candidates compared.... And there is no vendor who offers PandoraLink for Android.. So probably someone ~developed this "service" for iPhone to communicate Pandora App signals and sold it. Vendor probably implemented the interface and made a GUI for it. Not sure as I have not seen the code. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VBLUE42 Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 Yes clearly. Pioneer seems to employ programers fresh out of programing school. But its not the iPhone thats the problem. Its the shitty app. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jmtorres Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 i have the htc evo hg and pandora works perfert with my avic 120bt through blue tooth audio. you just have to make sure that the phone pairs as an audio device and not headphone. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Agent Jones Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 does it display the pandora information on the headunit or just the music throught the headunit Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VBLUE42 Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 Just the music for BT audio. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
co_alpine Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 I looks like Sony has it working a bit better. you can manage Pandora on the head unit and it is over BT http://cameradepartment.tv/blog/sony-pandora-link-android-and-iphone-ces-2011 let hope there is a path to get this on the X920 or X930 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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