Product review - Slacker G2 personal radio

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What is the size of the music file it downloads to the player? Does it just divide evenly between stations (and artist at every station) the number of songs until it runs out of space on the player? Can you save songs so the player won't overwrite on the next wi-fi download? The 40 station player says it holds 4000 songs. That seems like it would take a while to download. If I just have one station selected, will it download 4000 songs for that one station? As with the original ipod how long will the battery last (lifetime) and will I be able to replace it myself ? Thanks for the review.

10-06-2008 @ 10:00PM

Diane G said...

If you check out the Gizmodo review I have linked above, they more specifically go into the updating of your stations, not downloads of songs. As I understand it, once your type of station preferences are done, you must subscribe to the service in order to save and make on-demand requests for artists or songs. You don't get a choice of songs other than the parameters of your stations.

The article refers to the length of time it takes to update your station preferences to download to the Slacker as opposed to the compuer desktop version. Downloading your own songs is possible too from your computer, but that is not the main purpose of the player. It's supposed to be a mobile jukebox or commercial free radio based upon your music preferences.

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