It's a big day for BlackBerry users. In addition to newly announced deals delivering TiVo, Microsoft, and MySpace content to the often overshadowed phones, another just revealed plan will present personalized radio stations to Berryheads near and far.
Slacker has signed a partnership with Research in Motion to offer a personal radio application free of charge to all BlackBerry phones running OS 4.3 or later. The app will let users link up live to any Slacker station, any time. The only restriction is that you can only skip tracks six times per hour. And fear not: The service will stay ad-free until at least next year, RIM says.
Slacker provides about a hundred pre-programmed station options in addition to 10,000 artist-specific channels. Like the browser-based application, the BlackBerry app will let users program their own customized mixes. If you want to pay an optional $10 a month fee for the premium service, you get what might be the most appealing option: The ability to download songs and store them on your BlackBerry, letting you listen even when you're in a no-coverage zone.
The handsets are alive with the sound of music, my friends. Eliza Doolittle would be proud.
