If you do not have a premium Slacker account yet, Slacker is adding yet another great new feature to entice you. Request Radio is a new feature that allow you to further customize your Slacker experience. The new feature works like this:
- Choose “edit” while playing one of your stations
- Click the new tab titled “Request Songs” (see photo).
- Type in an artist/band you like, and then “request” songs by clicking on the heart beside each song.
As with everything Slacker does, it is that simple. Slacker will play these songs more often, making your custoimized radio experience even better.
Slacker is sweetening the pie with an offer of free shipping with the order of any Slacker portable device. The offer is available for a limited time, and is a great opportunity to try out what others already know. Customized radio stations that meet your taste because they learn from you.
The portable player is available in three configurations. A 15 station, 25 station, or 40 station model. Slacker says that it is what radio was meant to be, delivering over 2 million songs, over 100 professionally programmed stations, more than 10,000 artist stations, and an unlimited number of personally created stations - all for free. The Slacker Portable plays all of your personalized music everywhere you go.
As if that was not enough, your Slacker Portable can be preloaded with your favorite Slacker stations for free. Fully customized, free preloading, and free shipping!!! How much easier could it get. Want to know more? Visit Slacker
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.
Do you love Slacker and the Slacker experience? If so, why not consider joining the Slacker team in one of their job openings? Slacker is growing, and the launch of their portable products points to further growth.
Slacker is actively seeking Customer Service Reps, Test Engineers, a Senior Visual Designer, a Principal Firmware Engineer, and an E-commerce Software Engineer.
If you are interested, visit the Careers At Slacker section of the Slacker website, and tell them SlackerActive sent you. Imagine getting paid to be a Slacker, how many people can boast that?
Chances are that you are indeed a Slacker, and that is just what the folks at Slacker want. Don’t take offense. Being a Slacker is a good thing. It means that you are an active and busy person. It means that you want to spend your time and effort doing things that matter to you, and you don’t want to be burdened with music discovery, downloads, and creating playlists. You simply want great musical content at your fingertips. You would rather build a playlist in a passive sense rather than committing hours to the task. Are you a Slacker? I am.
What Slacker has found is that 70% of us want great music, but are not willing to commit the time and energy into building it. Slacker makes having great music simple and nearly effortless. Slacker plays the music, and you rate it by “loving it” or “banning it”. Over time, you build your perfect radio station that plays the music you love, and still allows for discovery of new music to add. You can even create several radio stations that fit any mood you may be in.
Slacker offers personalized music everywhere, and effortlessly. Isn’t that something we all want? To top it all off, you can even upgrade your service to premium and do away with commercials.
Slacker is already available on your computer, and their portable player is getting ready for full launch with the first devices slated to ship at the end of the month. With the portable player, you can take your radio stations with you, and better yet, you will soon be able to update the playlists and discover new music while in your car via satellite.
Being a Slacker is good. Being SlackerActive is awesome!
