Jango Personal Radio – Revisited

So since my last review, I have had a chance to play around with Jango some more. While it isn’t as social as I had hoped, once I adjusted my expectations accordingly, I am actually listening a bit more often.

The Good:

I am getting to like the "on demand" type functionality. For example, while listening to Traveling Wilburys just now on my Esoteric Thermos station, it showed me some Dylan songs that were "playing" on other stations. A quick click on "Don’t Think Twice…" and it fired right up. Very Nice.

Also, the app actually performs pretty well – very few bufffer dropouts or errors.

Other user stations can be pretty diverse. Allows me to rate stuff not playing on my stations.

The Bad:

Other user stations can be pretty diverse. I know that I just called this a good thing. Sometimes it is a bad thing too though.

My stations are still too limited. I have added songs, added artists, rated songs, etc.. but I still can only listen a relatively short time without hearing repeats.

I can’t find any indication if I have rated a song previously, and what that rating may have been. I also am pretty sure it is ignoring my "Never Play This Song Again" rating, something I use judiciously.

There is still no Gov’t Mule. I honestly can’t, in good conscience, recommend any music service with such a glaring omission.

I don’t know how to save or bookmark a station that I like. There must be a way but for the life of me, I just can’t do it. Brings up the bigger issue of general lack of documentation or an FAQ.

I can’t seem to give away my invites. I still have 7 left and although I get a lot of traffic to my Jango related posts, no one has asked for them.

I still think Jango shows promise. It has some rough edges but that is to be expected in a limited beta period. I would say give it a shot if you get the chance (and if you are among the first 7 to request such a chance in the comments, I’ll send along an invite)

SB

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