Slacker Radio Now Available For Android

by Jennifer Johnson — Monday, November 09, 2009, 11:53 PM EDT

Slacker is making its Slacker Radio app available for Android phones. With the app, music lovers can create a nearly unlimited number of custom stations or enjoy over 100 expert-programmed Slacker genre, seasonal, and spotlight stations, and over 10,000 artist stations. To help you create the perfect custom radio station, the app lets you mark songs as favorites or ban songs and artists.

Slacker also provides artist biographies, album reviews, station fine tuning, "peek ahead" song previews, and song lyrics. The Android version of the app supports vertical and horizontal orientation as well as the ability to run in the background while controlling the app from a widget on the desktop. You can share your favorite Slacker Radio stations via SMS, MMS, or email.

Slacker Radio for Android offers:

Free music library featuring millions of songs
High-quality stereo playback from any wireless connection
Create custom artist stations based on artists or songs
Over 100 professionally programmed genre stations
View artist biographies and photos
View album art and read reviews
"Peek Ahead" artist and album preview
Multi-tasking - listen to music while using other applications
Share station links via Email, MMS or SMS messaging
Rate songs as favorites
Ban songs and artists
Vertical and Horizontal modes
Desktop widget

To get the free application, visit www.Slacker.com from a supported Android phone (DROID by Motorola, HTC G1, HTC MyTouch, HTC DROID ERIS, and HTC Hero) or use the Android Market. For DROID owners, you can also get the application by visiting the Verizon channel of the Android Market. The Slacker Radio app works with the free Slacker Basic Radio service, Slacker Radio Plus, and Slacker Premium Radio subscription offerings.

Tags: Android, Mobile, wireless, Android Market, droid, Slacker, Slacker Radio

Jennifer Johnson

Jennifer grew up around technology. From an early age, she was curious about all things related to computers. As a child, Jennifer remembers spending nights with her dad programming in BASIC and taking apart hard drives to see what was inside. In high school, she wrote her senior term paper on her experiences with building custom computers.

Jennifer graduated from the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. After college, she began writing full-time for various PC and technology magazines. Later, she transitioned to the Web. In these roles, Jennifer has covered a variety of topics including laptops, desktops, smartphones, cameras, tablets, and various consumer electronics devices. When she's not playing with or writing about the latest gadget, Jennifer loves to spend time with her family, capture memories with her camera, and scrapbook.

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