If you haven’t got a hold of the latest and greatest Slacker Portable personal radio player, the people over at Slacker have launched a new viral marketing contest aimed at giving away one of these highly touted gadgets.

Beginning on March 25th, all you have to do for your chance to win is tell your family and friends about Slacker and every person you get to sign up will get you another entry in the giveaway. On April 30th, ONE user will be chosen at random to win their 2 GB Portable Player.

Now, all that being said, isn’t this contest a little weak? They are going to have hundreds of thousands of faithful users marketing their product…and for what…a shot at one and only one of their absolute least expensive models?

Slacker, I appreciate your grassroots campaign but, it’s time to step up your game and give your loyal users a real referral rewards program. I’ll do you one better… lets really get this ball rolling by providing webmasters, who have the power to reach a substantial audience and can actually grow your brand, with a real boa fide affiliate program.

Ever want to share your experiences with Slacker? Want to learn about great stations that others have programmed? Do you have a technical question that needs an answer? Well, Slacker has launched Slacker Forums. A place where you can be a bit more active about your slacking.

Catch your Slacker news here at Slacker Active, and share your experiences in the Slacker Forums.

The latest Slacker Firmware update (Build 1.4.100) is now available for Slacker Users. Because Slackers are….well….Slackers, the update is very easy and straight forward. In fact, you may not even realize that it happens!!

This build includes:

- General enhancements
- Additional features such as auto-pause & resume when you plug and unplug headphones

You can update the Slacker Portable simply by doing a standard station refresh. It’s best to have the player charged while doing this. Once you’re done you can check to make sure that firmware build reads 1.4.100 by going to Settings ; About.