Comments on: Slacker Radio Arrives on Blackberry & iPhone

By: Joe Gasz

Joe Gasz — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 05:09:28 +0000

If they have 500 Million, we know where Howard Stern will go when his contact is up on satellite

By: TiVo Steve

TiVo Steve — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:26:26 +0000

I wish M$ would get their “sideshow” working.

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:48:13 +0000

Downloaded the app for my 8330 and the first few songs were fine but after I skipped 2 songs it sat in buffering for over 10 minutes. When I went to close the app it sat in the ‘upgrade with a free trial!” screen for about 2 minutes before I could access anything else on my bb.

It’s neat but this short initial experience is one of those immediately delete from my bb.

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:01:42 +0000

I figure there’s two reasons why the iPhone won’t support downloads… limited, fixed storage capacity and Apple’s tight control. If you’re offering song downloads, you’re competing with them. I’m not sure if the SDK permits persistent storage of any significant capacity.

By: Gregg

Gregg — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:59:25 +0000

Little bummed that Iphone will only be streaming. That blackberry dload option is great for plane rides, etc.

With Sling and Slacker and hopefully a Sirius app coming, it’s going to be a great year to have an Iphone or Blackberry!

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:13:44 +0000

Yah, they also have dedicated hardware. But I’m sure they now realize that it’s much more cost effective for them to develop software clients for iPhone, Blackberry, etc. People want fewer devices, not more.

By: Todd

Todd — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:08:45 +0000

Doesn’t Slacker have a dedicated piece of hardware to listen to music on? Are they switching to become a cloud service only ( like everyone *should* be doing IMHO )?