Tag Archive: Slacker

It’s going on a year since Slacker first announced its rather chunky Internet radio player, and in the mean time, it looks like designers have broken out the shrink ray for a second attempt. On Tuesday, Slacker announced the new G2 player, which brings a rounded shape, smaller footprint and several new features to the Internet radio services’ arsenal.

Most notably, the unit has gone from over 4 inches tall to less than 3.5, and slimmed down in thickness as well, now hitting just a hair over half an inch on the calipers. Unfortunately, the large 4-inch LCD also shrinks with the rest of the player, to just 2.4 inches.  Read more...

Complex as they are, traditional MP3 players really don’t amount to much more than ultra-condensed CD libraries. Whether they have flash drives or hard drives, LCD screens or OLED screens, use buttons or scroll wheels, they all function as digital trunks for holding music. Drop your songs in, play them, and change them up when you get sick of them.
For those who already have substantial collections of unprotected digital music, this model makes a lot of sense. But with the growing popularity of legal digital music alternatives in which ownership of music isn’t exactly black and white, the landscape for MP3 players is getting a little more complex.  Read more...