This tidbit may make phone aficionados turn heads over heels. During CES 2010, Slacker put forth new mobile capabilities including station caching that will considerably enable listeners to enjoy the Slacker experience without a network connection. The company also exhibited a new Slacker app for the Palm Pre and Palm Pixi phones.
Well, Android, Blackberry and iPhone users can now save their favorite Slacker stations, storing the music directly on the device or SD memory card, to listen anywhere, thanks to the recently unveiled wireless station caching capability. Whether they are connected to a wireless network or not, it can still be experienced.
“Station caching has been a very popular feature with our listeners using BlackBerry smartphones and we are pleased to not only offer wireless caching for those users, but to present this capability for the first time to the iPhone, iPod touch and Android in the coming weeks,” stated Jonathan Sasse, senior vice president of marketing at Slacker. “With the upcoming addition of ABC News and a Slacker mobile app for the Palm webOS, we’re excited to provide listeners with an engaging and seamless listening experience wherever they go.”
Now, specifying individually, the Slacker Radio 2.0 for iPhone brings about exceptional performance with wireless station caching for listening to music without requiring any network connection. The Slacker Radio 2.0 for Android offers enhanced functionality, including wireless station caching while for Blackberry smartphone there’s streamlined interface with improved performance with integrated wireless station caching. In addition, there’s a free Slacker radio mobile app for Palm Pre and Palm Pixi phones.
Users can now move rhythmically to their own Personal Radio stations based on any artist or mix of artists, or listen to and personalize over 120 expert-programmed genre stations ranging from Alternative Rock to Comedy and everything in between. Besides, users can rate songs or artists, play more popular vs. more eclectic music and listen to newer vs. classic songs under personalization options.
Music enthusiasts will now have instant access to their favorite music along with artist profiles, album reviews and album cover art.