By Robin Caldwell, BlackWeb20.com

BlackBerry users will soon have a new way to listen to music. Verizon Wireless is introducing BlackBerry Storm users to Slacker Radio. Owners of the BlackBerry Storm will be able to listen to music based on the genre and artists they select. Moreover, Slacker Radio will enable them to cache music to listen to even without data connectivity.

There will be a free version that includes audible advertising, while the paid subscription version is ad-free. Paid subscribers will also have access to other features. Users will be able to purchase (without wireless) Slacker Radio Plus that provides songs from Verizon’s V Cast Music catalog, which is tapped into the Rhapsody catalog.

Verizon will begin offering the Slacker Radio application on Thursday (7/23).

“With the largest music library of any personal radio app, Slacker Radio makes your BlackBerry Storm smartphone the ultimate music player,” said Jonathan Sasse, senior vice president of marketing at Slacker. “By integrating with V CAST Music, Slacker listeners will now have the ability to easily purchase music as they listen to their favorite stations.”

Slacker is the world’s first Personal Radio company offering “Your Radio Everywhere.” Slacker allows music lovers to play highly personalized music online at the Slacker web site or on the go with Slacker Personal Radio players and mobile phones.

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TAGS: BlackBerry Storm, Internet Radio, Slacker Radio, Verizon, Verizon V Cast Music

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