- Quick specs
- Price: Free; monthly subscription $3.99 to buy
- Operating system: BlackBerry OS 4.x, BlackBerry
- Date added: April 01, 2009
- Total Downloads: 94,660
- Downloads last week: 1,799
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 15 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Jessica Dolcourt on June 03, 2009
Don't be fooled by Slacker Radio's freemium BlackBerry app--it's not just loafing around. After logging onto your Slacker.com account, you'll be able to choose among your favorite and custom stations, and all of Slacker.com's genre-based programming. A stream of overlapping album art stands out on the app's dark-themed interface, keeping track of the songs you've listened to and those yet to come. Familiar buttons let you pause, skip, save, and ban songs.
From the BlackBerry's menu key, you'll be able to view stations, plus artist and album info. You can also reset your messages or the entire account, and shut down the Slacker app, which will otherwise conveniently continue to play in the background while you do other tasks.
Surprisingly, multitasking is only this application's second best feature. Honors go to its ability on BlackBerry to cache stations as they play and store cached stations on a Micro SD card. The process of plugging your device into your computer to get Slacker Radio to recognize the cached stations is an unfortunate and sometimes inconvenient step we hope its developers will overcome, but other than having to be in short range of a computer, it at least is painless. When Wi-Fi wobbles and 3G cuts out, clicking on a cached station is a windfall for any serious listener. Subscribers to Slacker's Radio Plus service also get the benefit of the lyrics tab, provided by Slacker Radio Partner LyricFind where lyrics are available.
Now if we could just send custom station creations to our friends, we'd stick a fork in this app and call it done.
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Publisher's description
From Slacker :Listen to all of your favorite personalized Slacker stations on your BlackBerry for free. You can listen to over 100 stations programmed by music experts or create your own custom stations right from your Blackberry.
You'll have detailed artist biographies, full album reviews and more. Best of all, the music can be stored on your phone so you can listen even when you don't have a connection. The following specs are recommended to listen to Slacker Radio: BlackBerry OS 4.5 recommended (OS 4.3 minimum requirement); Data Plan or Wi-Fi (An unlimited Data Plan is recommended for streaming); Streaming stations play only in the United States; SD Card with 500 MB of free memory required if caching stations
Version 1.1 adds Bluetooth support, lyrics for RadioPlus subscribers, and other enhancements.
CNET Editor's Note: The 'Download Now' button takes you to Slacker's BlackBerry download page.
What's new in this version:
Version 1.1 adds Bluetooth support, lyrics for RadioPlus subscribers, and other enhancements.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 15 votes
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Version: Slacker Radio for BlackBerry 1.1
"Pauses between songs is unbearable, slows down my phone"
Pros: It runs and (mostly) plays music, but that's about all I can say.
Cons: Program takes forever to start up. Pauses between songs is unbearable. Mediocre music selection.
Summary: I decided I wanted to get a streaming music app for my BlackBerry Curve and since both Pandora and Slacker are free decided to try them both out. My experience with Slacker did not go well. First of all, the program takes forever to start up and s... read more >>
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Version: Slacker Radio for BlackBerry 1.1
"Program will not install on blackberry tour"
Pros: None, product will not install on my new blackberry tour
Cons: Will not install
Summary: It was the thought?
had to reboot phone, it works now, 4 stars
Updated on Nov 6, 2009 -
Version: Slacker Radio for BlackBerry 1.1
Pros: Station Caching, Album Art Display, Preprogrammed Stations, Create your own station
Cons: Causes my Storm to reboot every once in a while. This maybe more of a Storm issue. App is not available for all MP3 players, GPS devices, etc.
Summary: I have been using Slacker Radio for about a month and am only sad it took me this long to discover it. I had used Pandora periodically on my Blackberry, but the signal disruptions when not in a good cell area made it more of a novelty than something... read more >>
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Slacker Radio for BlackBerry 1.1
Pros: you can listen to music anywhere on your phone. That's cool. Beats carrying two devices.
Cons: Limited content. Don't expect to hear it all. If you "love" a song, you'll hear it every single time you fire up that station. Doesn't adapt to your tastes, instead assumes because you like a song you want to hear it over and over.
Summary: Just load up your ipod. Sure...get it, run it, but bottom line i wouldn't pay for it. It'd be nice if last.fm joined Blackberry.
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Slacker Radio for BlackBerry 1.1
"Excellent if you've 3G or Wi-Fi"
Pros: I enjoy the variety of stations that I can get with Slacker. It comes in nice and clear without gaps if your wireless internet is 3G or Wi-Fi.
Cons: Not worth the time with 2G also known as Edge.
Summary: Find out what kind of wireless internet coverage you have in your area. I have T-Mobile and they haven't upgraded to 3G in my area so I only have 2G which not only means that slacker runs kinda slack but You Tube doesn't work well either. Fortunatel... read more >>
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