SlashPhone » Slacker http://www.slashphone.com Worldwide mobile phone news, reviews and wireless innovations Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:42:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Verizon Wireless Pushes Slacker Radio to its Storm Users http://www.slashphone.com/verizon-wireless-pushes-slacker-radio-to-its-storm-users-176381 http://www.slashphone.com/verizon-wireless-pushes-slacker-radio-to-its-storm-users-176381#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:24:50 +0000 Kim Poh Liaw http://www.slashphone.com/?p=6381 If you are one of the BlackBerry Storm users with Verizon Wireless, you will see an additional Slacker Radio application icon soon as the company is pushing the application over the air to your BlackBerry. The Slacker Radio icon gives customers one-click access to a free version of one of the most popular personalized radio services available today.

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This version of Slacker Radio also connects to V CAST Music, combining this exciting music application with Verizon Wireless’ industry-leading mobile music service. When a song is being played using Slacker Radio and is one of the more than 4.5 million available in the V CAST Music with Rhapsody catalog, a V CAST icon will appear on the screen that will let customers easily purchase that track while it continues playing on the smartphone.

Slacker Radio is included with Email and Web for BlackBerry plans, which begin at $29.99 when added to any Nationwide voice plan.

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]]> http://www.slashphone.com/verizon-wireless-pushes-slacker-radio-to-its-storm-users-176381/feed 0 Slacker Announces Availability of Mobile Radio Application for BlackBerry Storm http://www.slashphone.com/slacker-announces-availability-of-mobile-radio-application-for-blackberry-storm-054423 http://www.slashphone.com/slacker-announces-availability-of-mobile-radio-application-for-blackberry-storm-054423#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2009 09:29:29 +0000 Kim Poh Liaw http://www.slashphone.com/?p=4423 Slacker today announced the availability of the free Slacker Mobile application for the BlackBerry Storm, allow its users to listen to their favorite Slacker radio stations anywhere they go. The application, which is optimized for the handset’s unique touch screen, is available as a free download by visiting Slacker.com from your BlackBerry Storm.

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Slacker station caching, an exclusive feature for BlackBerry smartphones, enables listeners to store favorite stations on a memory card, allowing the Slacker Mobile application to play without a network connection, reducing battery life consumption by up to 5 times that of a streaming playback, and enhancing application performance.

The Slacker application for the BlackBerry Storm smartphone includes detailed artist bios and album reviews for each song, providing the ultimate resource for music discovery. The Slacker Mobile application works with the free Slacker Basic Radio service, along with Slacker Radio Plus and Slacker Premium Radio subscription offerings.

Slacker Mobile for the BlackBerry Storm offers:

  • Free music library featuring millions of songs
  • Optimized for Storm Touch Screen operation
  • Vertical and Horizontal modes
  • High-quality stereo playback from cached stations and all streaming wireless connections
  • Over 100 professionally programmed genre stations
  • Create custom artist stations
  • Station caching for music playback
  • Multi-tasking – listen to music while doing email
  • View artist biographies and photos
  • View album art and reviews
  • “Peek Ahead” artist and album preview
  • Pause and skip songs
  • Rate songs as favorites
  • Ban songs and artists you don’t like

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]]> http://www.slashphone.com/slacker-announces-availability-of-mobile-radio-application-for-blackberry-storm-054423/feed 0 Slacker Launches Personal Radio Mobile Application at Apple App Store http://www.slashphone.com/slacker-launches-personal-radio-mobile-application-at-apple-app-store-144116 http://www.slashphone.com/slacker-launches-personal-radio-mobile-application-at-apple-app-store-144116#comments Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:21:20 +0000 Kim Poh Liaw http://www.slashphone.com/?p=4116 Slacker announced the availability of the free Slacker Mobile application for iPhone, iPhone 3G and iPod touch at the Apple iTunes App Store. iPhone and iPod touch users in the U.S. can now listen to over 100 expert-programmed Slacker stations, over 10,000 artist stations or a nearly unlimited number of the listener’s own custom-created stations. In addition to marking songs as favorites, listeners can also ban songs and artists to create perfect custom radio stations on their iPhone. The Slacker Mobile application works with the free Slacker Basic Radio service, along with Slacker Radio Plus and Slacker Premium Radio subscription offerings.

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“Our priority at Slacker has always been to give music lovers the best experience effortlessly,” said Jonathan Sasse, Vice President of Marketing at Slacker. “We leveraged the large touch screen of the iPhone to create a unique music and artist discovery experience that looks and feels as great as it sounds.”

Slacker Mobile for iPhone features:

  • Free music library featuring millions of songs
  • High-quality stereo playback from any wireless connection
  • Over 100 professionally programmed genre stations
  • Create custom artist stations
  • Fine tune stations to play more of the music you like
  • View artist biographies and photos
  • View album art and reviews
  • “Peek Ahead” artist and album preview
  • Pause and skip songs
  • Rate songs as favorites
  • Ban the songs and artists you don’t like

The Slacker Personal Radio Mobile application for iPhone and iPod touch is available immediately as a free download at the Apple iTunes App Store, visit www.Slacker.com from your iPhone or visit www.slacker.com/iphone on the web for more details. 

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]]> http://www.slashphone.com/slacker-launches-personal-radio-mobile-application-at-apple-app-store-144116/feed 0 Slacker Announces Availability of Mobile Radio Application for BlackBerry Smartphones http://www.slashphone.com/slacker-announces-availability-of-mobile-radio-application-for-blackberry-smartphones-084056 http://www.slashphone.com/slacker-announces-availability-of-mobile-radio-application-for-blackberry-smartphones-084056#comments Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:57:14 +0000 Kim Poh Liaw http://www.slashphone.com/?p=4056 Slacker announced the availability of the free Slacker Mobile application for BlackBerry smartphones. The Slacker Mobile application provides BlackBerry smartphone users in the U.S. with a personalized music discovery and listening experience pulling from over 100 expert- programmed Slacker stations, over 10,000 artist stations or a nearly unlimited number of the listener’s own custom-created stations.

Slacker station caching, an exclusive feature for BlackBerry smartphones, enables mobile listeners to store favorite stations on a memory card, allowing Slacker music service to play without a network connection while boosting battery life up to 5 times that of streaming playback and enhancing application performance.

The Slacker Mobile application works with the free Slacker Basic Radio service, along with Slacker Radio Plus and Slacker Premium Radio subscription offerings.

Slacker Mobile for BlackBerry smartphones offers:

  • Free music library featuring millions of songs
  • High-quality stereo playback from cached stations and all streaming wireless connections
  • Over 100 professionally programmed genre stations
  • Create custom artist stations
  • Station caching for music playback anywhere, greatly improved battery life and accelerated application performance
  • Multi-tasking – listen to music while doing email
  • View artist biographies and photos
  • View album art and reviews
  • “Peek Ahead” artist and album preview
  • Pause and skip songs
  • Rate songs as favorites
  • Ban songs and artists you don’t like
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