Music Player of the Future that Failed: Slacker Portable

A throwback review of the unique Slacker Portable Player (Wi-Fi)
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Details:
Slacker Portable Radio (Internet Music Player/MP3 Player)
Built-in Wi-Fi auto-refreshes Slacker Radio stations; music plays whether or not connected
Plays your existing music collection (MP3, WMA, and AAC)
4-inch color LCD displays album art, reviews, artist bios and more
Removable, rechargeable battery

Take your personalized Slacker Radio stations with you anywhere you go. Built-in Wi-Fi auto-refreshes Slacker Radio stations with new content, and the music plays anytime–whether or not you are connected.

With the Slacker Portable, the world’s first-ever personal radio player, you can now take your favorite music with you, and discover new music along the way.

Personalized Radio
With the Slacker Portable, the world’s first-ever personal radio player, you can now take your favorite music with you. Choose from more than 100 expertly programmed radio stations, or custom-build your own using the vast Slacker artist network. The more you listen, the better Slacker gets at automatically delivering the music you want to hear.

Effortless
Create your own unique radio experience with Slacker Personal Radio. You know what you like–Slacker knows how to deliver it. Slacker’s Internet radio offering is built on the expertise of DJs from all over the country, and just by listening, you make Slacker even smarter at delivering more music that you love.

Music Discovery
Perfect your listening experience using Slacker’s exclusive personalization tools. With the buttons, tell Slacker Radio which songs are your favorites–and which ones you never want to hear again. Fine-tune any station–get more hits, or request older artists over new, for instance. Album reviews and artist bios come with every song and are delivered right to your Slacker Portable. View them on the 4-inch color LCD.

Advanced Radio Clocks
Slacker DJs operate using a proven method of picking and mixing songs to deliver excellent musical variety that complements your tastes. This patent-pending DJ technology is embedded in the Slacker Portable to create the very best radio stations. The more you listen, the better it performs to deliver new music you’ll love.

Choose from more than 100 expertly programmed radio stations, or custom-build your own.

Get new music instantly from the vast Slacker music library by connecting at hundreds of thousands of Wi-Fi spots across the country.

Slacker Basic Radio: Free
Take the world’s first-ever personal radio player with you for nonstop, customized music wherever you go. On the Slacker Portable, store thousands of songs for repeated listening, or connect to a Wi-Fi hotspot to get new music instantly. With hours of battery life, the Slacker Portable is built to go where you go.
To offer your favorite music for free, the Slacker Basic Radio service might play one to two ads an hour. That’s significantly fewer ads than traditional radio, so you can relax and easily enjoy your favorite music.

Upgrade to Slacker Premium Radio
If you want even more out of the service, pay just $7.50 per month for Slacker Premium, which puts you in control. What’s the difference between Slacker Basic and Slacker Premium? First, Premium subscribers can avoid the ads that played in the Basic service. So, it’s an ad-free listening experience.
Next, Premium subscribers have access to Slacker Request Song, which lets you add your favorite artists’ songs to your station. Then, use Slacker’s fine-tuning controls to indicate how often those requested songs should play.

Pocket DJ
The same personalized listening experience you love on Slacker.com is available wherever you go on the Slacker Portable. Slacker DJs hand pick songs for your player, and you can use the buttons on the Slacker Portable to further customize your stations. The more you listen, the better the music gets.

The Slacker Portable gives you uninterrupted access to your music wherever you are. Thousands of songs are stored on the Slacker Portable to fill up all of your personalized radio stations. That means you can listen to your stations, even if you are nowhere near a Wi-Fi connection.

Built in MP3 Player
Already have your own personal music library? The Slacker Portable features a built-in MP3 player. You can store up to 500 MB of MP3s on the 2 GB/15-station Slacker Portable, 1.5 GB of MP3s on the 4 GB/25-station Slacker Portable, or 4 GB of MP3s on the 8 GB/40-station Slacker Portable. Then, listen whenever and wherever you want.

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