ruh-roh! Pandora Wifi Portable Device
Pandora isn't just going the mobile audio route, they're also going the digital audio player route. They've just pre-announced an upcoming Wifi device to be built by SanDisk, and powered by none-other than Zing.
Zing of course, debuted their Wifi technology with the Sirius Stiletto. They then followed suit with the Sansa Connect (which looks hotter in person than the photos give justice to).
So the Zing + SanDisk + Pandora combination shouldn't come as much of a surprise. Especially when Pandora founder Tim Westergren is dropping not-so-subtle hints about it.
Few other details were revealed about the player (you know, things like disk space and battery life). But there's several pics for us to drool over while we wait.
While WiFi is ubiquitous, it's not always available. If the Pandora player sports enough storage space, they could cache several songs in advance while you don't have signal. Either way, I really hope that XM and Sirius raise an eyebrow to this. And remember... Slacker is coming.
[TechCrunch and Zatz Not Funny]


Comments
Looks like another alternate route if the merger happens. real nice
Posted by: espnjason ? | May 24, 2007 12:49 AM
This is a nonissue. Once the merger is complete Mr. Karmazin will have all the content, and these dopes will just have some shitty music. Without Howard Stern, they have nothing new to offer.
Posted by: Pe5tControl ? | May 24, 2007 7:33 AM
without the major content lables and paying for that music they will be screwed.
6m people, but how many pay? i know i went on, registered, and hated it several days later done....
Posted by: PNess ? | May 24, 2007 8:27 AM
I have a gut feeling SLacker and Pandora will be giving SatRad a run for it's money. People want some-thing new and Satrad needs to reinvent itself and lately it hasnt. Consumers are a picky bunch and the young are always looking for something new and different. Look out Satrad.
Posted by: prozac ? | May 24, 2007 8:53 AM