San Diego, CA (Rap Newswire) Slacker, Inc. announced the availability of
the free Slacker Mobile application for iPhone, iPhone 3G and iPod touch
at the Apple iTunes App Store. The free application is available immediately
by visiting www.Slacker.com from your iPhone.
iPhone and iPod touch users in the U.S. can now have a powerful and
personalized listening and music discovery experience that lets anyone
listen to over 100 expert-programmed Slacker stations, over 10,000 artist
stations or a nearly unlimited number of the listener's own custom-created
stations.
For the first time, iPhone and iPod touch owners can take advantage
of Slacker's unique features for the ultimate in music discovery, such
as artist biographies and album reviews, station fine tuning, "peek ahead"
song previews and custom artist stations. In addition to marking songs
as favorites, listeners can also ban songs and artists to create perfect
custom radio stations on their iPhone.
The innovative Slacker music service enables listeners to access personal
radio stations using their iPhone or iPod and hear their favorite music
without having to manage playlists, research new artists or transfer music
from their home computer. The Slacker Mobile application works with the
free Slacker Basic Radio service, along with Slacker Radio Plus and Slacker
Premium Radio subscription offerings.
"Our priority at Slacker has always been to give music lovers the best
experience effortlessly," said Jonathan Sasse, Vice President of Marketing
at Slacker. "We leveraged the large touch screen of the iPhone to create
a unique music and artist discovery experience that looks and feels as
great as it sounds."
Slacker Personal Radio is available on the web (www.Slacker.com), Slacker
Personal Radio Players, Logitech Squeezebox and Transporter network music
players, Research In Motion (RIM) BlackBerry smartphones, Sony BRAVIA Internet
Video Link and now on the iPhone and iPod touch.