Slacker Portable Radio expands Wi-Fi access
Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at 1:55 PM
Tags: Partnerships, Slacker, Slacker Portable
Starting today, the Slacker Portable Radio Player will be allowed to instantly access hundreds of thousands Wi-Fi hotspots nationwide that normally require a password or web-based login.
Slacker has hooked up with Devicescape to enable this functionality. Essentially, Devicescape automates the process of accessing Wi-Fi hotspots so Slacker users can update their personal "radio stations" places like Starbucks and McDonalds.
Current owners of the Slacker Portable Player get the Devicescape functionality through a free firmware update (available today). Simply refresh your stations to automatically update all existing players.
All new Slacker Portable Players will ship enabled with the latest features, of course.
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You know, Slacker's looking better and better lately... unless the FCC saves XM.
Posted by: TVGenius | April 2, 2008 2:54 PM
I'm digging Slacker a lot these days...
Posted by: xm_rube | April 2, 2008 3:06 PM
If the FCC doesn't do the right thing and STOP this Sirius/xm "merger" MONOPOLY, Slacker and HD Radio are going to get very busy.
Posted by: Anonymous Coward | April 2, 2008 4:55 PM
I love going into the office, setting up the work for the day and turning on Slacker and getting the right music for my mood. I really have enjoyed Mix on XM, but how many times can you really get interrupted with station ids and silly weasly commercials.
They have some really cool channels too.
Go Slacker, Go.
Posted by: Loving the Slacker at Work | April 2, 2008 10:07 PM
It's the size of a brick.....
Posted by: Frank the Frowner | April 3, 2008 12:16 AM
I tried Slacker online and I have to admit musically it blows Sirius and XM out of the water. No annoying DJ’s, no commercial interruption if you pay for premium, and you could specify exactly what artists you want played. The custom stations will go as deep or as mainstream as you would like. As some mentioned the portable player is thick which can be a problem but Slacker is off to an excellent start.
Posted by: Disturbed Logic | April 3, 2008 11:55 PM
Does anyone know where, on the Slacker website, is the firmware upgrade to download so I can increase the number of wifi sites, according to Ryan's article?
Posted by: DW | April 4, 2008 8:59 AM
Does anyone know where, on the Slacker website, is the firmware upgrade to download so I can increase the number of wifi sites, according to Ryan's article?
Posted by: DW | April 4, 2008 8:59 AM