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Details vary, but Slacker apparently plans to offer tracks for sale via its service instead of just streamed to players per track pricing should be around $1 apiece. Industry reports set the availability date for the portable player in mid-2007 with prices from $150 to $300. No release dates have been announced for Slacker’s jukebox application, portable player, or car kits. The kits will download and store music so playback isn’t interrupted if you drive out of range of satellite connectivity falters. Not content with that, Slacker also plans in-car kits for the player which will let Slacker listeners tune into music via ku-band satellite. The players will support MP3, WMA, and “video” format in addition to saved radio programming.

Slacker says custom stations will be automatically updated on the player the player will also sport built-in Wi-Fi so users can update playlists and (perhaps) tune into Slacker’s streaming offerings via the Internet. The screen will be used to display album art as well as playlists and the device interface users will navigate around using a scroll touch strip. Slacker also plans a portable player the device (which is “coming soon”) will feature a large 4-inch LCD display and be available in 2, 4 and 8 GB configurations, presumably using flash memory. (No specs or system requirements have been publishers, but we’re betting it’ll support WMA protected media, but nothing from Apple’s iTunes store.) Slacker says it has deals right now with Sony BMG and Universal Music (two of the top four music distributors) along with “hundreds of independent labels.” The streaming service is available via everyday Web browsers, and also be accessible via Slacker’s forthcoming Jukebox application, which will not only manage stations but also find and organize music on the host computer.

In addition to its free ad-based streaming service, Slacker plans to offer an ad-free upgrade for $7.50/month which offers enhanced features (such as removing a “skip limit,” which only allows free listeners to skip six tracks in a one-hour period).