Slacker versatile digital radio

Internet radio fans who want to enjoy their favorite radio stations separated from the computer will soon be met with a new digital music player called Slacker.

This product is provided by the company of the same name, based in San Diego (USA), with the aim of competing with Apple giants' iPods and satellite-specific satellite radio stations. like XM Satellite Radio or Sirius Satellite Radio.

Together with the handheld Slacker, the online radio station http://www.slacker.com has just launched. It is a massive music library of 2 million audio files provided by 4 record labels including Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Universal Music Group and thousands of other private record labels.

Thereby, listeners can use the computer to select music broadcasts according to genre or artist and radio channels will be picked up by Slacker by Wi-fi. It also has MP3, WMA and music playback in MPEG or Windows Media format. As a multimedia device, Slacker's intended selling price can be surprising for 149 USD.

Slacker was founded by prominent executives in the online music industry, Dennis Mudd, who previously ran Musicmatch, which was acquired by Yahoo in 2004. Jonathan Sasse former CEO of the house. The production of iriver digital music players also joined Slacker as vice president of marketing.

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