Pandora Radio

What's not to love about free music?

Pros

• You can quickly search by keyword (band name, genre, etc.) to create a streaming radio station that matches your interests
  
• You can skip songs. Most streaming services do not allow this.
  
• You can quickly rate songs. This helps tune the Music Genome Project over the long run.
  

Cons

• I've had a lot of trouble getting streams to start. Once they start they seem to play just fine. (This is with either WiFi, EDGE, or 3G). It's not clear to my why this happens, since a macbook running on the same WiFi network has no problem connecting to Pandora Radio.
  
• This service is very, very popular, and sometimes you'll have trouble getting music streamed to you simply because you're fighting with so many other listeners.
  
• You can quickly find out why the MGP recommended a particular song for your stream but...most of the time, it's just gibberish. (I'm so glad my favorite band has a "highly synthetic sonority"!)