Slacker for BlackBerry hits 1 million downloads; free Slacker Radio Plus giveaway!
There are a few big players out there when it comes to customized Internet radio but lately, Slacker seems to be shining brighter than the rest. This past week, the company announced two major milestones: First, Slacker now has well over 2 million songs in its library. For comparison sake that’s about four times the size of Pandora’s library. Beyond that, in less than four months since the app was released, Slacker’s BlackBerry offering has already hit the 1 million download mark. Wow. It took just over 16 weeks to reach a million downloads and support for station caching and stereo Bluetooth no doubt helped it get there as quickly as it did. So how is Slacker celebrating the occasion? By hooking a few BGR readers up, that’s how. Hit the jump for your chance to win a free 1-year Slacker Radio Plus subscription courtesy of Slacker and your pals here at BGR.
Now as a general rule, BGR readers are a hard working bunch. We’re pretty sure however, that there are a few “slackers” in our audience and thanks to Slacker Radio, we’ve got a giveaway lined up just for you. The Slacker app for BlackBerry is completely free of course, as is the standard Slacker Radio service. Slacker also offers a premium service however — Slacker Radio Plus — that provides several benefits over the standard option. Radio Plus features include unlimited song skips, unlimited song requests, complete lyrics, no audio or banner ads and access to the Slacker Mini Player (Windows XP SP2 or greater required). As affordable as the service is at $3.99 per month, a true slacker might have a little trouble coming up with the dough. As such, we’re giving away a few free 1-year Slacker Radio Plus subscriptions to slackers in need. Here’s the deal:
- Leave a comment below telling us why you’re a true slacker, thus needing a helping hand in order to upgrade your Slacker Radio service
- One comment per person, please
- You must currently have a registered Slacker account in order to enter (Don’t have one? Go sign up now!)
- We’ll run the giveaway this weekend only, through tomorrow at 11:59PM ET
- The contest is only open to residents of the USA — sorry!
On Monday, we’ll read through everyone’s entries and choose the three slackingest slackers to win one free 1-year Slacker Radio Plus subscription each. Those subscriptions will no doubt help you attain new levels of slackerdom amateur slackers couldn’t even dream of. As for the rest of you hard working people, hit Slacker.com if you haven’t already checked out the service and download the BlackBerry app directly to your handset via BlackBerry App World.
Someone stole my Slacker last week. Please let me have this one!
So, I work at a well known computer company. I generally work nights, and it gets REALLY boring after midnight. So, fire up some slacker action, and then enter into this half asleep – half awake state until 5 in the morning. Without slacker…i’d have to…actually work?
I’m too lazy to pick my radio up its on the floor next to me…
convert me from iheart radio!
I work hard in the financial district, not as a top dog, but a pee-on. I ride the NYC subway system too and from and cashe my slacker often.
Please, I need the upgrade!!!
Thank you.
In this ecomony we would appreciate the hand up to get the new slacker. It would help to make us more positive.
I love Slacker and BGR
Hook it up!!!!
I’m not a slack “her” but I love slacker!!! Seriously, I’ve slipped to mega-slacker addiction…I turn Slacker on the BB when I’m in the shower…LOVE IT!!!!
Been a slacker just cuz slacking sounds a whole lot better than pandora-ing
I listen to music instead of my boss at work.
I’m such a slacker, I barely worked up the energy to post for this…
Now that I have though, I’m spent. If I had unlimited song requests, I could get my ‘Eye of the Tiger’ on and maybe leave the basement.
I’d love the upgrade. I use it every day.
Working from home I get the freedom to crank up the tunes. I have tried them all and keep coming back to slacker. Whenever I am in my truck, my blackberry Storm is hooked up to the stereo playing slacker… Hook me up with unlimited skips and no commercials!
I love midgets. and slacker.
I am a real slacker because I love music! I love listening to Slacker Radio and hearing some new songs and getting a real variety.
I’m so much of a slacker I don’t even have the energy to explain why I can’t get Slacker Plus.
I am a true slcaker user and abuser. I turned 25 people in my office on to slacker and last month i used 987,354 kb of data on my blackbery with approximately 85% for slacker
Give me some slacker…
So I’ll tell you why I’m a slacker in words few
I listen to Slacker Radio so i don’t feel blue
Though my pants are black
I’d call them slacks
So i’m a slacker through and through
I work on the first floor of my company and have no cell service of Online access to music sites. I cache often.
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I work for a verizon wireless agent in a small town and get extremely bored in my store from time to time. So we crank the slacker radio on our bluetooth speaker setup in our store and enjoy the tunes.
Guys, I’m a real slacker becuase it’s Saturday, I’m at work, and I’m on BGR AND listening to Slacker AS I TYPE THIS. I love Slacker, but am too damn broke for the sub…. so in the words of Jay-Zs girl… Lemme upgrade!
Slacker makes itunes seem ridiculous! Slacker is the best. The best music, the best service. You not only get the music you want, you get educated on music you didn’t know you want, but you do!
BGR, I take slacking to the next level. When someone tells me to do something I tell em’ do it your friggen self, pig.
When I miss a dead line at work, i blame it on the next nearest piglet I see at the snack machine, who definitely doesn’t need one.