Slacker, Inc. and Research In Motion announced plans for Slacker to provide a free Slacker Personal
Radio application, exclusively for BlackBerry smartphones, that will
enable listeners to hear Slacker radio stations wherever
they go - even when not connected to a wireless network.
The Slacker application will provide BlackBerry smartphone users in
the U.S. with a high-fidelity personalized music discovery and
listening experience pulling from over 100 expertly programmed Slacker
stations, over 10,000 artist stations or their own custom-created
stations.
Editors Note: On January 8, 2009, Slacker released their BlackBerry version.
Slacker's unique caching technology will allow listeners to access
Personal Radio stations using their BlackBerry smartphones without ever
having to manage playlists, research new artists or deal with
complicated software again. The Slacker application for BlackBerry
smartphones will work with Free Slacker Basic Radio and Slacker Premium
Radio.
"From the inception of Slacker, our mission has been to give
listeners the music they love wherever they are," said Dennis Mudd, CEO
of Slacker. "Working with RIM allows us to provide our listeners with
added flexibility and convenience to make the most of the Slacker
Personal Radio service."
"BlackBerry smartphones have evolved with advanced communications
and multimedia capabilities to become modern lifestyle devices that are
used in highly personalized ways and the free Slacker Personal Radio
application is a great example of a mobile entertainment application
that can add value to the user's mobile experience in a meaningful
way," said Jim Balsillie, Co-CEO of Research In Motion.
Slacker Personal Radio, available online at 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 within the Slacker Web Player, on Slacker
Personal Radio Players and soon on BlackBerry smartphones.