Pandora and the N800

I've previously mentioned on Twitter (http://twitter.com/mconnick) that Pandora (http://www.pandora.com/) can work very well with the N800. The only problem that needs to be overcome is the fact that Pandora will stop playing when the N800's screen turns off. Normally the maximum time you can set before the display shuts off due to input inactivity is 5 minutes. As I mentioned in a Twitter post a solution to this problem can be found at tinyurl.com/352ovr - and this "problem" can actually be viewed as a feature!

While traveling I like to listen to music as I'm drifting off to sleep at night. I have an iHome iPod speaker set up that has a "sleep-mode". This allows me to have my iPod play through these speakers for 30 minutes at night and then automatically turn off.

Well, I wanted to replace my iPod music with Pandora and by using the fact that Pandora stops playing when the N800's screen turns off I can have it play for 30 minutes while I'm falling asleep. I just set the display shut-off time to 30 minutes (using the technique mentioned above), hook up my N800 to the iHome unit, also set the iHome unit sleep mode to 30 minutes and I'm all ready to fall asleep to the sounds of the music I've come to love.

Obviously, you don't need external speakers for this to work if you settle for the sound produced by the N800's built-in speakers - which isn't all that bad.