Filed under: Portable AudioEach week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about technology, multimedia, and digital entertainment.
Last Switched On introduced the Slacker Portable, a device that is as noteworthy for great value in bringing a steady stream and great variety of free music -- including on-demand favorites from those with a premium subscription -- as it is for its design quirks.None of these are are as frustrating as the device's touch strip used to provide quicker access to on-screen sele
