Slim Devices, Inc., the developer of the Squeezebox Internet music player, and RealNetworks, the leading creator of digital media services and software, today announced the integration of the Rhapsody online music service with the current generation of Squeezebox devices, informs Engadget.

"We're very excited to bring Rhapsody to our Squeezebox community and to create a truly interactive way to discover music from anywhere in your home." stated Patrick Cosson, VP of Sales & Marketing of Slim Devices. "Pick a song, any song, and hear it now. That's the promise this partnership fulfills by combining two best-of-breed solutions with your stereo."

Slim Devices' Squeezebox is said to offer enhanced digital sound and to enable the user to listen to all the tracks he/she wants without shuffling through CDs. Moreover, the device features a dedicated remote and can be coupled to any home stereo in order to access digital music collections, Internet-based radio stations, playlists or Rhapsody's music offer.

The Squeezebox enables consumers to access more than 2 million tracks available today in Rhapsody, if they choose to subscribe to the Rhapsody service, after a month long trial, which will require a monthly fee of $14.95.

As you might already know, Rhapsody is the latest content partnership announced by Slim Devices, as Slim Devices added support for Pandora and Radioio SoundPass in addition to existing relationships with Shoutcast, Live Music Archive and Live365.

"Thanks to these partnerships, you can do things with a Squeezebox that you could never do with even the most advanced, sophisticated (and expensive!) CD players on the market. This kind of content is critical to increasing the market penetration of network music players and we are planning even more interesting additions to the Squeezebox experience in the near term," added Patrick Cosson.