slacker posts
by Scott Carmichael (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
Jun 14th, 2010 at 3:30PM: Staying entertained during a (long) summer roadtrip can be a major hassle - if you rely on broadcast radio, you'll be forced to find new stations every couple of hours, and if your tunes come from CD's, you'll need a large stash of them for the trip.
Thankfully there is a great alternative - with Slacker personal radio. With the latest version of Slacker on your Blackberry, iPhone or Android ...
by Scott Carmichael (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
Jun 3rd, 2010 at 8:30AM: This afternoon, Apple gave approval to the newest version of the Slacker personal radio app for the iPhone. We've been following Slacker for some time now, and (personally) I find them to offer one of the best streaming music services on the market. Their stations offer a fantastic lineup of tunes, and their mobile applications are available for most platforms.
As an Android user, I've had the ...
by Scott Carmichael (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Dec 7th, 2009 at 1:30PM: In need of some cheering up this holiday season? Slacker just released a free Christmas version of their popular iPhone/iPod Touch streaming music app.
The Holiday version includes 11 festive channels, including "Dysfunctional Holiday" and several channels to cater for your personal taste in music.
As with the regular Slacker player, this one is free of charge. When you upgrade to Slacker ...
by Scott Carmichael (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Nov 7th, 2009 at 10:00AM: This has been a pretty big week for Android fans. Verizon Wireless became the third US operator to hop on board the Android bandwagon, and did so with not one, but two different Android devices.
The Motorola Droid and the HTC Droid Eris are bother very impressive phones. Of course, a good smartphone becomes a great smartphone when developers create high quality applications for the platform.
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by Scott Carmichael (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Oct 7th, 2009 at 4:30PM:
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Regular readers will no doubt know that Slacker is one of my personal favorites in the busy world of online music services.
Since I first wrote about Slacker, they have added an iPhone and Blackberry player to their lineup.
Starting tonight, Slacker users ...
by Scott Carmichael (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Jul 19th, 2009 at 3:30PM: Here at Gadling, we've been huge Slacker fans for ages - their personal radio player even won a spot in our top 25 travel gadgets of 2008. Apparently we were not the only ones to notice the power of Slacker, because Verizon Wireless just announced that they would "push" the Slacker player to every single Blackberry Storm. This means millions of Storm owners will have access to the awesome radio ...
by Scott Carmichael (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
Jan 11th, 2009 at 3:00PM: Remember Slacker? Their personal radio service was one of the winners in the Gadling "best of 2008" lineup of travel technology products. Until now, the only way to take Slacker with you on the road, was through one of their portable radio players. That just changed with the release of Slacker for the Blackberry. Users of a fairly recent Blackberry device can download the free Slacker application ...
by Scott Carmichael (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
Dec 19th, 2008 at 11:30AM: My daily deal for today is for the Slacker 4GB Wi-Fi Internet Radio. I've reviewed Slacker here before, and their portable player was selected as one of the best travel products of 2008. The player on sale today is their previous generation unit, and while it may look nothing like the version I reviewed, it does offer the same functionality and of course, it uses the fantastic Slacker.com online ...
by Scott Carmichael (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
Nov 17th, 2008 at 10:00AM: Welcome to day one of the Gadling Gadget Giveaway. Starting today, and for the next 10 weekdays, we'll be giving away some fantastic prizes. Today's prize, is for a Slacker G2 personal radio player. This wireless enabled portable music player was reviewed here on Gadling back in September, and was featured as one of our best travel technology products of 2008. With the Slacker G2, you can carry ...
by Scott Carmichael (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
Nov 13th, 2008 at 10:00AM: Welcome to the Gadling top 25 travel technology products of 2008. It has been a great year for gadget loving travelers, and I have come across some really fantastic products that have helped make my own trips much more enjoyable. It was not easy keeping the list to just 25 products, and there should be something for everyone in this lineup. So, without any further delay, I present (in no ...
by Scott Carmichael (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
Oct 11th, 2008 at 12:00PM: My daily deal for this sunny Saturday, is for a big clearance of MP3 players over at Amazon.com. You won't find any iPods on sale, but there are some other very interesting deals, like 50% off the previous generation Slacker wireless music players. There are also several players under $10, which would make great stocking stuffers, if you are one of those shoppers that likes to stock up on deals ...
by Scott Carmichael (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
Sep 16th, 2008 at 12:00AM: Welcome to my review of the Slacker G2 personal radio. The Slacker G2 is the second version of a portable Wi-Fi enabled music player from Slacker. The first part of this review is about the Slacker service itself, if you want to read about their new player, scroll down a bit. Slacker is available through the web or their desktop player. With Slacker, you get access to over 100 channels of music, ...