Slacker, Inc. today announced the release of its native iPad application, which was built from the ground up specifically for use with iPad devices. Slacker Radio for iPad provides access to all three complementary tiers of Slacker service from the entirely free Slacker Basic Radio service, to the ad-free and feature-rich Slacker Radio Plus, as well as the newly released Slacker Premium Radio which features integrated on-demand access to the Slacker music library including individual songs, albums, top charts, custom playlists, single-artist radio stations and more.

The Slacker iPad application is available today for free as a universal iOS download from the iTunes App Store.

The new Slacker app takes advantage of the iPad's large, high-resolution display offering listeners a completely new music experience with quick access to all the benefits of Slacker Radio including the ability to view artist bios, album reviews, artist images and album art like never before. An integrated Slacker station creator provides all listeners the ability to quickly and easily create multi-artist stations, with custom fine-tuning features for the perfect radio experience.

"The new free Slacker iPad app was built to be the ultimate music discovery tool, offering music lovers an intuitive, engaging way to experience Slacker Radio," said Jonathan Sasse, senior vice president of marketing at Slacker. "Whichever tier of service a listener chooses, Slacker Radio for the iPad provides a unique and enriching listening experience."

Slacker Radio offers a fully customizable and personal online radio experience that includes the most varied and compelling range of content offered by any Internet radio service. The Slacker Radio experience includes over 150 expert-programmed music stations, ABC news, comedy, custom artist-hosted showcase stations and leading music festival stations along with custom ESPN Radio content integration coming soon. With a music catalog that is over ten times larger than the leading radio competitor, Slacker Radio gives listeners the ultimate music discovery resource.

Slacker Radio for iPad:

Support for multitasking

Background play controls

Music library featuring over 8 million songs (over 10x more than the leading radio competitor)

High-quality stereo playback from any available wireless connection

Access to all service tiers - Free Basic Radio, Slacker Radio Plus and Slacker Premium Radio

No monthly listening limits for all tiers including free Basic Radio listeners

Quickly and easily create custom stations

Over 150 expert-programmed and customizable genre stations

Browse Top Song charts on all Slacker genre stations

Fine tune stations on-the-fly to play more of the music you like

View artist biographies and photos

View station history to interact with previously played songs

View large album art and reviews

Rate songs as favorites

Ban songs and artists you don't like from stations

Slacker Premium Radio:

Search, play and replay specific songs or entire albums

Create specific playlists on mobile and on the web

Off-line playback of stations, playlists and albums on the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, Android and BlackBerry smartphones

Replay specific songs on programmed and custom stations

Browse and play "Favorite" songs, now collected in one location

Unlimited song skipping

Ad-free listening

Complete song lyrics

Browse Top Charts on all Slacker genre stations

"Peek Ahead" artist, album and song preview

Ability to skip forward and backward

Pricing and Availability

The Slacker Radio application for iPad is available for free in the iTunes App Store  Slacker Basic Radio service remains free with no monthly listening limits while Slacker Radio Plus is available for $3.99/month and Slacker Premium Radio is available for $9.99/month.