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The partnership with ABC News wasn’t the only thing coming from mobile music service Slacker at CES 2010 – they’ve also announced a new app for the Palm Pre and Pixi, as well as wireless caching across their iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry clients onto microSD or device memory. Sideloading the high-quality versions of favourite stations via USB was a bit of a chore for folks who were looking for a wireless streaming music service, so this is a much-needed upgrade, and is especially admirable for coming out on all of their mobile apps at once. Most of us spend a reasonable amount of time wallowing in a Wi-Fi zone, so wirelessly caching stations for offline access should be a painless process. Hit up Slacker for more info.
UPDATE: Oh, also, Slacker’s coming to Canada this week. Woot!
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
