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Slacker – A few months ago my favourite Internet radio application, Pandora, closed the box to non-US listeners. I suppose their partners didn’t believe all those users claiming their snail mail was delivered to the 90210 zip code.
Since then I’ve been experimenting with Slacker. Although persistent personalized radio stations are not available outside the US, the service is free and the default stations can be customized.
According to CNET’s Crave blog, Slacker intends to differentiate itself from Pandora and LastFM by selling a portable device that will stream your personalized radio stations via Wi-Fi.
Do I ever miss Pandora.
I had some great (to me) and obscure (which is no sign of quality) stations that I don’t think I’ll ever see again. Is there a workaround? In the interim, thanks for the Slacker heads up. I’ll give it a go, but I still miss the uncanny freakishness of Pandora’s picks. Jeff