"What do you get when you take the ex-CEOs of Musicmatch, Rio, and iRiver America and lock them in a room with a stack of data about the digital-music landscape?"In the world of online radio (sights such as last.fm and Pandora are good examples) Slacker has really made a name for itself. Unlike Pandora, in which you create online playlists or "stations" based off of favorite artists or songs, you can simply browse through lists of playlists, create your own, or select a genre and view available songs. They also have lists like "Today's Top Hits" and "Slacker Spotlight" that showcase specific music, letting you stay in tune to whats new. Of course, you can create your own station, but you can also choose to make it more specific than Pandora's radio by selecting specific artists to include. Slacker also has a neat player download that plays MP3's, M3U's, and WMA formats and still provides all the functionality of the online player. Best yet: they have a portable device that updates with new music every time you walk into a wifi hotspot. That is amazing. It comes in 3 sizes: 15, 25, and 40 station capacities. My only complaint: I can't embed Slacker stations into this blog. Oh well, I'll live. Slacker, keep it up.
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