You have had the pleasure of listening to Slacker on your PC. You have created your own stations, banned songs, and saved the songs you like. You have explored songs from your youth, and genres that you did not typically listen to. You are now absorbed by Slacker.

Just when you thought it could not get any better, the much anticipated Slacker Portable is getting ready to ship. Three versions of the portable player are now available for pre-order, and products are due to be shipped on January 31st.

At just under 3 inches wide and 4.2 inches tall, the compact Wi-Fi enabled Slacker Portable weighs in at only 4.6oz and will be made available in three models ranging from $199-$299;

• 15 Station – 1500 songs, 500mb storage, with an MSRP of $199
• 25 Station – 2500 songs, 1.5gb storage, with an MSRP of $249
• 45 Station – 4000 songs, 4.0gb storage, with an MSRP of $299

If you want to be among the first Slackers with the hot portable player, it is not to late to get your pre-order in. Portable Slacker lets you take your tunes with you and be as active as you want. Don’t worry, your Slacker status is perfectly safe.

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!