Thread: Slacker Radio gets updated to 2.0.2

Slacker Radio gets updated to version 2.0.2



"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!"

Change log:

The new version optimizes the application in order to lessen the gap between skipping songs. After about 15 seconds when the song first starts you should get near instant skipping to the next song.


Slacker recommends uninstalling your previous version before downloading the new one.

To download the update click Here

nice find Bry... might have to give slacker a try

Just downloaded the new version of Slacker Radio.
The sound is amazing, crystal clear.
Skips between songs is instant.
I have a Fiio 5 Headphone amplifier attached to my Storm, which I bought on Ebay for $19.95. Well worth it.
The quality of stereo sound far exceeds any other internet radio.

Thanks for the update gordtm

Originally Posted by Laney

nice find Bry... might have to give slacker a try

Thanks Laney

Great post. I use Slacker all the time and this update really improves it.

Originally Posted by jlevy73

Great post. I use Slacker all the time and this update really improves it.

Thanks J just keeping myself busy

Originally Posted by jlevy73

Great post. I use Slacker all the time and this update really improves it.

Any indication of how it's behaving vis a vis memory?

I used Slacker and then removed it. One reason was the gap between skips. The other was the artist I chose, wasn't always the artist I got..Just the genre of music. Has this been improved. I may have another go of it.

Originally Posted by toytooii

Any indication of how it's behaving vis a vis memory?

What good is an app if it doesn't have a memory leak. It's still there but seems to be not as bad as the previous release. But as you know each Storm has a mind of it's own so you're leak may be better or worse depending on the position of the moon.

j... have you used pandora? i use pandora.. never tried slacker and am curious to see some comparison or opinion from someone who has tried both.

Originally Posted by Laney

j... have you used pandora? i use pandora.. never tried slacker and am curious to see some comparison or opinion from someone who has tried both.

Yes I have used both. What I like about Slacker is that you cache a station or artist to you memory card for those time in which you have no reception. This is something that Pandora does not allow currently. Slacker IMO has a larger array of choices including comedy and what not. Nothing like listening to George Lopez on the 6 train. I also found that Slacker skips less than Pandora but that may have been changed with the new update. I have both because I enjoy music but if I had to choose one it would be Slacker. Just my two cents.

Originally Posted by jlevy73

Yes I have used both. What I like about Slacker is that you cache a station or artist to you memory card for those time in which you have no reception. This is something that Pandora does not allow currently. Slacker IMO has a larger array of choices including comedy and what not. Nothing like listening to George Lopez on the 6 train. I also found that Slacker skips less than Pandora but that may have been changed with the new update. I have both because I enjoy music but if I had to choose one it would be Slacker. Just my two cents.

hmm.. my pandora has never skipped and i am never anywhere without reception... but i think ill give slacker a try... pandora seems to be repetitive sometimes. thanks!

Originally Posted by Laney

hmm.. my pandora has never skipped and i am never anywhere without reception... but i think ill give slacker a try... pandora seems to be repetitive sometimes. thanks!

The subway in NYC will make you appreciate Slacker

Originally Posted by jlevy73

The subway in NYC will make you appreciate Slacker

good point, i didnt even think of that... i take the path train to nyc every once in a blue and now i can enjoy slacker

I guess I now need to replace my lost sd memory card.

Laney, if you like Pandora, you will love Slacker! I used Pandora first and thought it was the greatest radio since Sirus, but then I tried Slacker. No comparison, you can customize your stations by adding the artists you want. I listen to a large variety of music and no one station gives me what I really want. You can also have your favorites play more or less frequently.

Originally Posted by Crickee

Laney, if you like Pandora, you will love Slacker! I used Pandora first and thought it was the greatest radio since Sirus, but then I tried Slacker. No comparison, you can customize your stations by adding the artists you want. I listen to a large variety of music and no one station gives me what I really want. You can also have your favorites play more or less frequently.

thanks crickee, i listen to pandora 8 hours a day when im at work... ill give slacker a go on monday

question... pandora only lets u skip like 6 times in an hour or something... is slacker the same?

i could just dl slacker and find out for myself but whats the fun in that :banana:

Originally Posted by Laney

thanks crickee, i listen to pandora 8 hours a day when im at work... ill give slacker a go on monday

question... pandora only lets u skip like 6 times in an hour or something... is slacker the same?

i could just dl slacker and find out for myself but whats the fun in that :banana:

It appears this is 6 also. At least it is for me.

Yes, it is. But if you change stations, you get another 6 each time!