Slacker Announces Availability of Mobile Radio Application for the BlackBerry Storm Smartphone
February 04 2009 - 7:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Free Slacker Personal Radio Mobile Application Features Touch
Screen Navigation and Station Caching SAN DIEGO, Feb. 4
/PRNewswire/ -- Slacker, Inc. today announced the availability of
the free Slacker Mobile application for the BlackBerry(R) Storm
smartphone from Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM).
BlackBerry Storm users* can now listen to their favorite Slacker
radio stations anywhere they go, whether they are connected to a
wireless network or not -- a Slacker Mobile feature exclusive to
BlackBerry(R) smartphones. 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. The Slacker
Mobile application provides BlackBerry Storm 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. Features include
vertical as well as horizontal modes, an intuitive interface
optimized for touch operation, as well as "peek ahead", allowing
the listener to see a preview of the next artist and album in their
stations' rotation. 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 streaming playback and
enhancing application performance. In addition, BlackBerry
smartphone enthusiasts can enjoy Slacker Personal Radio while doing
other tasks such as emailing, instant messaging or web browsing.
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. "The Slacker Mobile application for the
BlackBerry Storm offers an engaging and intuitive mobile listening
experience that takes full advantage of its unique features," said
Dennis Mudd, CEO of Slacker. "With an intuitive touch screen
interface as well as station caching, BlackBerry Storm owners can
now easily enjoy their favorite music wherever they go." Slacker
Personal Radio, available online at http://www.slacker.com/,
enables listeners to personalize over 100 professionally programmed
stations or create, edit and share their own Personal Radio
stations. Slacker listeners also have easy access to artist
profiles, album reviews and cover art on the web, with the Slacker
G2 portable and now on the BlackBerry Storm smartphone. 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
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
Pricing and Availability The Slacker Radio application, now
available for the BlackBerry Storm as a free download, is
compatible with all BlackBerry smartphones using operating system
4.3 or greater. This release includes full support for the
BlackBerry Storm along with additional improvements to the
previously released application for all other supported BlackBerry
smartphones. To download for free, visit Slacker.com from the
browser on your BlackBerry smartphone or visit
http://www.slacker.com/BlackBerry for more details. About Slacker,
Inc. Slacker is the world's first Personal Radio company offering
"Your Radio Everywhere." Slacker allows music lovers to play highly
personalized music online at the Slacker web site or on the go with
Slacker Personal Radio players. Visit http://www.slacker.com/ for
more information. * The Slacker Personal Radio Mobile application
is currently available for U.S. customers only. Slacker Mobile for
BlackBerry is available for BlackBerry smartphones running
operating system 4.3 or higher. Slacker and Slacker.com are
registered trademarks of Slacker, Inc. All other trademarks and
product names are the property of their respective companies. The
BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols
are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research In Motion
Limited. Media Contact: Anders Steele FortyThree, Inc. 831.239.0960
DATASOURCE: Slacker, Inc. CONTACT: Anders Steele of FortyThree,
Inc., +1-831-239-0960, , for Slacker, Inc. Web site:
http://www.slacker.com/
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