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Slacker Radio 1.0 for webOS and Canadian subscribers

I have a rather small personal music collection and rely on streaming music applications on my devices to enjoy the latest tunes. I started out using Pandora most of the time, then moved onto Last.fm, but have now found a new client that I actually enjoy more. Slacker Personal Radio is a very cool service that has (or will soon have) functionality on iPhone/iPod touch, BlackBerry and Android devices not seen in other streaming clients and that is offline caching ability so you can load up music onto your storage card and enjoy music when you do not have a wireless connection (such as when on an airplane). I also find that Slacker offers me a very nice selection of music without repeating songs as often as I see on Pandora, primarily due to their catalog that is nearly four times what others have.
Written by Matthew Miller, Contributing Writer

I have a rather small personal music collection and rely on streaming music applications on my devices to enjoy the latest tunes. I started out using Pandora most of the time, then moved onto Last.fm, but have now found a new client that I actually enjoy more. Slacker Personal Radio is a very cool service that has (or will soon have) functionality on iPhone/iPod touch, BlackBerry and Android devices not seen in other streaming clients and that is offline caching ability so you can load up music onto your storage card and enjoy music when you do not have a wireless connection (such as when on an airplane). I also find that Slacker offers me a very nice selection of music without repeating songs as often as I see on Pandora, primarily due to their catalog that is nearly four times what others have. You can upgrade your free account to Slacker Radio Plus for $47.88 per year (or $4.99/month) and this gives you unlimited song skips, unlimited song requests, ad-free listening, and complete song lyrics.

The latest press release from Slacker was for the 1.0 Slacker Radio app available for the Palm Pre, Pre Plus, Pixi, and Pixi Plus. Local station caching is not yet supported, but the following features are part of the webOS version:

  • Music library featuring millions of songs
  • High-quality stereo playback from any available wireless connection
  • Create custom artist stations based on artists or songs
  • Over 120 professionally programmed and customizable genre stations
  • View artist biographies and photos
  • View album art and read reviews
  • "Peek Ahead" artist and album preview
  • Rate songs as favorites
  • Ban songs and artists from stations

BTW, Slacker also recently announced that Slacker Personal Radio is available in Canada with support for BlackBerry (a major Canadian company) and Android smartphones. Slacker Radio is free for the first 30 days. Afterward, Canadian listeners can continue to enjoy the service by upgrading to Slacker Radio Plus, available for as low as $3.99 USD per month.

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