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"The Slacker website, www.slacker.com, must have been updated. Its "news" page mentions mp3s, video capability, satellite, etc. It's "products" page shows the jukebox and satellite equipment. I have seen various reports on the storage. Some say 120gb and some say12gb like you mention. On the Slacker Web player page there are about 15 links to stories about it. " more

"To me it seems like there's a lot of confusion about what the Slacker player will and will not be able to do. What's described above is much different than the product descriptions I've seen other places. I've read on multiple sites that there will be 120gb of space on the largest version. I've read that it will play movies and you can add your own MP3s, not just the music you download from their stations. Plus, you'll be able to have a sattelite conection in your car to keep the radio stations playing when you're not getting a Wi-Fi signal. According to photos, the device will have a mini USB that can be connected to a computer as well as a SD card slot, so it's not just dependent on Wi-Fi. Plus, there will be some software. The Slacker website describes a Jukebox program to organize your music. Plus, i've also read that the music isn't streaming via Wi-Fi. Instead, the Wi-Fi signal loads a cache of music onto the player so that it can still play even when it's not connected to a signal. Then, when it does connect to a wi-fi signal, it refreshes the cache of music. I'm really excited about this player if it's the product described on other websites - an iPod-like, video player, that also plays great radio stations. If it turns out to be the product described above I will be totally bummed. " more