Product review - Slacker G2 personal radio

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10-09-2008 @ 6:37PM

Diane G said...

midloman:

If you state that the "viability of updating stations via WiFi is very limited" then that suggests that the whole idea of the player is not worth it. I thought the intent was to be able to play your stations when out in the field and to take advantage of WiFi in order to do so.
Therefore, I am not uncertain of what Slacker can realistically do well. If it is largely dependent upon a USB connection and if you don't pay for the subscription, which allows on-demand song selection, then what's the point of it's moblility?

I believe that a lot of the problem with many of these new devices, including cell phones with multi-media, is that you can't actually assess its operability until you after its purchase, and by then it's too late.

Thanks.
Diane G.

11-09-2008 @ 2:00AM

Daren said...

You dont need a wifi connection to play songs download (from the service) to your device. The only time you would need to connect to wifi is if you want to update your stations.

As for picking a specific song, no you cant use the free service to play the song on demand, however if you own the song (more less what the premium service is) and transfer it to the player, than it works like a normal MP3 player and you can play whenever you want. What ive found thou' is that the reason i started using the service (and player) is because i didn't like listening to the same things over and over again. You could always place the artist into a station and hear the song indirectly, and if you "heart" it, it will play more often.

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