Luckily, after the first music download, I’ve rarely had to use the software. Features – like a list of stations you’ve favorited – are hard to find, and the interface has been buggy for me. For example, while I love the simple interface online, I’m much less keen on the bundled computer software. I had a number of surprises with the Slacker Portable, some of them good, some not so much. Premium service also means unlimited song skips. You can also download those songs directly to the Slacker Portable, though you can’t move them around to a computer or other players. With the premium subscription, not only are you ad-free, you can also choose specific songs you want to play somewhere in the line-up of a custom station.
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Ads are coming, however, and I’ll just have to see if they make me want to upgrade to a premium $7.50/mo subscription. Right now there is no advertising on the device, and that is a beautiful thing. The screen on it is beautiful and you get cover art and massive amounts of information about any song you play.
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Content refreshes are much faster.Ī number of folks have commented that the Slacker Portable seems physically big for a music player, but honestly I didn’t have that reaction. This is nice because otherwise the first-time download of music via Wi-Fi takes hours. ( No feature yet to enable connections to password-protected networks) In a brilliant move, the Slacker folks let you pre-load your device with stations from your online account when you order it. It comes with built-in Wi-Fi, which you can use to transfer station content to the device any time you’re in range of an open wireless network. Like Slacker’s online service, you can use the Slacker Portable to create custom Internet radio stations, or select from DJ-derived stations based on genre. So far, having a Slacker Portable is just like carrying the online application around in my pocket, and I don’t need a constant broadband connection. It’s like other customizable Internet radio applications (Last.fm, Pandora), but the personalization tools are particularly flexible and produce great results. First, if you’ve never used the Slacker service online, go check it out.
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