MUMBAI: Slacker, Inc. today unveiled an upcoming Slacker Radio mobile app for new Symbian Nokia smartphones. Music lovers in the United States and Canada will be able to listen to their favorite Slacker Radio stations on their supported Nokia smartphone. The free Slacker Radio app will be available at Nokia's Ovi Store or by visiting www.Slacker.com from any supported Nokia smartphone.
Nokia smartphone owners will have the ability to enjoy the Slacker music experience, including the ability to create custom music stations based on a favorite song, artist or mix of artists, over 130 expert-programmed Slacker genre, seasonal and spotlight stations, and station fine-tuning, which allows listeners to personalize each station based on their own music tastes.
"Nokia, the world's biggest mobile phone maker has been a leader in the industry from the beginning," said Steve Cotter, senior vice president of business development at Slacker. "We are excited to offer our free app for Nokia users, enabling more music fans to play their favorite Slacker Radio stations wherever they go."
With a music catalog that is over four times the leading competitor, Slacker gives listeners the ultimate music discovery resource by providing artist biographies and images as well as album reviews and art. In addition to marking songs as favorites, listeners can also ban songs and artists to create perfect custom radio stations on their Nokia smartphones.
Slacker Radio for Nokia:
Music library featuring millions of songs
High-quality stereo playback from any available wireless connection
Create custom artist stations based on artists or songs
Over 130 professionally programmed and customizable genre stations
View artist biographies and photos
View album art and read reviews
Rate songs as favorites
Ban songs and artists from stations
Pricing and Availability
The free Slacker Radio application, developed using the Qt application development framework, is planned for launch in the Ovi store in February 2011 Supported handsets will include the Nokia N8, along with other new Nokia smartphones featuring the new Symbian operating system Slacker will be showcasing the application at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, NV.