Slacker 2GB WiFi Internet Radio Player with 15 Stations - $49.99

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So this Slacker Portable Radio promises to help me discover “new music”, huh? Who cares? Why do I need to hear “new music” when I already own the one album that encapsulates all that is rock ‘n’ roll – and, indeed, human creativity itself? I speak, of course, of Ratt’s 1985 magnum opus Invasion of Your Privacy. From the irresistible pop-metal sheen of “You’re In Love” to the killer twin-guitar assault of “Dangerous But Worth The Risk”, these ten tracks render all other music redundant.

Don’t bother telling me about how the Slacker Portable Radio offers more than 100 stations of music across all genres. I just don’t care that you can fine-tune stations by letting it know what songs you love or hate, or that you can store up to 15 custom stations. I’m not even gonna trouble myself to check out the free web-based Slacker Radio service. No matter how wide its range or sophisticated its algorithms, Slacker simply cannot surpass the array of emotions, moods, and bitchin’ riffage found on Invasion.

Get back to me when the “new music” crowd comes up with anything as awesome as the late Robbin Crosby’s slashing riff on “Never Use Love”, or the sensitive semi-acoustic weeper “Closer To My Heart”, which has been the wedding march at three of my four weddings, or the intensely erotic midtempo grind of MTV favorite “Lay It Down”. And that’s just on side one alone!

So if I’m not interested in the Slacker Free Service, with one or two ads an hour, you can bet your zebra-striped leotard I’m not about to pay $7.50 a month for the ad-free premium service. No, not even if it gives me unlimited track skips compared to the free service’s 6 skips per station per hour. Maybe for you, the Premium service’s option to save songs you like makes sense. For me, all I’d save would be tracks from Invasion of Your Privacy, and I already own those on vinyl, cassette, CD, MP3, MIDI, and mini-disc, plus the Japanese expanded CD edition. Not that I’ve ever listened to the bonus tracks. They’d only dilute the true Invasion of Your Privacy experience.

No, you go ahead and stumble around the arid fields of “new music” with your Slacker Portable Radio. Me, I found my music the moment I heard Warren DeMartini emerge as the supreme guitar shredder supreme, the moment Stephen Pearcy’s melodic wail “pearced” my ears, and my heart. You can go on and on about the Slacker Portable Radio’s vast selection and wireless convenience, but as Ratt would say, “You Should Know By Now” that I’m sticking with Invasion of Your Privacy.

Warranty: 1 Year Slacker


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Features:

• Take your personalized Slacker Radio stations with you anywhere you go
• Stores 2GB worth of music from the Slacker music service, you can take your favorite music with you, and never have to connect it to your computer
• Built-in MP3 player stores up to 500 MB of MP3s
• Album reviews and artist bios come with every song and are delivered right to your Slacker Portable. View them on the 4-inch color LCD
• Slacker has unique licensing agreements with thousands of record labels to give you free access to a variety of music. By working directly with the record labels, Slacker gets the latest content to ensure your radio stations always stay current
• Slacker basic radio is free, has one or two commercials per hour (significantly less than traditional radio), and allows you to skip up to six songs per hour; but allows you to switch station genres as many times as you want
• Slacker premium radio costs $7.50 per month and allows you to avoid commercials, request specific songs, skip as many songs as you want, and save songs directly to the slacker at the push of a button
• Built-in Wi-Fi auto-refreshes up to 15 Slacker Radio stations with new content, and the music plays anytime, whether or not you are connected
• Choose from more than 100 expertly programmed radio stations, or custom-build your own using the vast Slacker artist network. The more you listen, the better Slacker gets at automatically delivering the music you want to hear
• Perfect your listening experience using Slacker’s exclusive personalization tools. With the buttons, tell Slacker Radio which songs are your favorites—and which ones you never want to hear again. Fine-tune any station—get more hits, or request older artists over new, for instance

Specifications:

• Dimensions: 2.76 x .67×4.2” (70mm x 16.5mm x 109mm)
• Player Weight: 4.6oz
• Screen Dimensions: 4” diagonal (16:9 Aspect Ratio)
• Screen Resolution: 480×272 TFT-LCD
• Audio Formats: MP3, WMA
• Wi-Fi: 802.11B/G
• Battery Type: Li-Polymer
• Battery Life: Up to 10 Hours
• Battery Charge Time: about 3 hours

In the box:

• Slacker WiFi Internet Radio Player
• USB Cable
• Headphones
• Protective Case
• Users Guide

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