[evertec]

I don't think the problem with poor sound quality is due to a low bitrate... I think it is because the current winmo Pandora client isn't decoding the full aac+ stream. Pandora for desktop uses a 64kbit stream but with aac+ encoding so it sounds like 168kbit mp3. I have tested this with players that do not support aac+ and the 64kbit aac+ file sounds like what we're currently hearing with Pandora Windows mobile. In fact, there are many aac+ streams that are only 24kbit on shoutcast and they sound MUCH better than the Pandora Winmo. I play them through Kinoma play, which does support aac+. If only we could figure out the stream url we could play through Kinoma. The url for last.fm is known and it plays through Kinoma, but I think Pandora locks their stream down pretty well. Oh well, maybe if enough people complain, Pandora will fix their client to support aac+.