Slacker Gets Serious – Lowers Price
Slacker is turning up the pressure in the audio entertainment sector with new lower prices for their Premium commercial free service that features the ability to skip songs on an unlimited basis. Slacker’s Premium service is now only $3.99 per month making their premium service less expensive than Sirius XM’s music only packages which come in with a $6.99 price tag.
The new Slacker slogan, “All Music, All The Time” is a great tag line and very descriptive of the service. It highlights the services commitment to avoiding the chatter and interruption that commercials and DJ’s sometimes bring with terrestrial or even satellite radio.
If you have not tried Slacker yet, you can get a free 7 day trial. Want to take your tunes with you? Consider the Slacker G2 portable.
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This makes it hard to justify a homebound stiletto for $10 ($6.99 + $2.99) when all I need is a handheld wifi device such as the original zing prototype.
Seriously, there should be two types of customer. A satellite only customer (no internet stream) for lets say $9.99 and a premium customer which includes a premium internet stream for $16.99. There should be home and portable radios that access the internet stream, like thew slacker G2 and a wifi only conductor. There should be no need for a single person to require more than one account. Family plans should be for people that need more than one satellite stream.