Sony adds Slacker Radio Service to Bravia Internet Video Link

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Sony today introduced Slacker Personal Radio and Howcast Media as the latest Sony BRAVIA Internet Video Link content providers. This is an interesting win for the Slacker, which provides the streaming service also on their own portable devices - the Slacker Personal Radio Player G2.

Slacker Personal Radio delivers millions of licensed songs and more than 100 individually programmed genre music stations, while Howcast offers up a selection of its engaging how-to videos. Both channels offer content at no additional charge to BRAVIA Internet Video Link users. Read more

Posted on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:26:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

RadioShack Black Friday Deals got unveiled

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The RadioShack Black Friday Ad and deals got posted on GottaDeal.
The RadioShack deals lack any absolute highlights, but if you buy the Pink Casio EX-Z9 8.1MP Digital Camera for $99.99 you get a free Canon 3-in-1 Color Printer. These two items together make a nice bargain gift. Read more

Posted on Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Palin Sarkozy Prank Call by Canadian Radio Station

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Just as the Presidential election is around the corner Canadian radio comedians landed a major phone prank on Sarah Palin.
They pretended to be French President Sarkozy.
This prank is just hilarious to listen too and it is already a big hit in Europe too.
You can listen to the Palin Sarkozy phone call below. Read more

Posted on Sun, 2 Nov 2008 06:07:16 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sirius XM Radio Launches Led Zeppelin Channel

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Fans of classic rock will be glad to hear that Sirius XM Satellite Radio has announced that it will be offering a new channel that is strictly for Led Zeppelin. The channel will be 100% commercial free and broadcast on Sirius channel 12 or XM channel 39.

The station will launch on Saturday November 1st at 6 pm ET and run through December 31st. In addition to playing most every song from the Zeppelin catalog, the station will also offer archived interviews with band members. Read more

Posted on Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

RadioShack Trade-In Program gives you Giftcards for your old Gadgets

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RadioShack has launched an online electronics trade-in program that allows you to exchange certain used portable electronics for a RadioShack Gift Card.
If you have a box full of old Zunes, iPods, Cameras, GPS gadgets, laptops or video game consoles you can easily get rid of it and get cash in the form of a RadioShack Gift Card.

The amount you get depends on the gadget and its condition. For instance an iPod nano 2G gets you up to $63.75, a iPod touch 1G gets you up to $197.20, or a first gen Zune up to $58.14. Read more

Posted on Tue, 28 Oct 2008 07:38:31 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Disney High School Musical iPod Alarm Clock Radio

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High School Musical 3 leads the world-wide box office this weekend. Kids all over the world go just nuts for this new Disney media drug. Of course High School Musical iPod toys and consumer electronics are hot this Christmas if you like it or not - your kids most likely do want it.

Check out for instance this Disney High School Musical iPod Alarm Clock Radio. This radio alarm clock is designed like a school locker - complete with a working dial and door. Your kids can connect their iPod (if they got already one last Christmas) inside the HSM alarm clock and personalize the locker inside and out with stickers of Troy and Gabriella, as well as other HSM characters and logos. Read more

Posted on Sun, 26 Oct 2008 11:28:26 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Wolverine Internet WorldRadio Gets 15K Stations

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Wolverine Data has unveiled its Internet radio device called the WorldRadio. The device can pick up stations from more than 15,000 radio stations worldwide. The device supports UPnP allowing users to stream music stored on their PC.

The stand-alone Internet radio capability is via vTuner portal and Wolverine claims the WorldRadio is the most advanced device on the market with maximum worldwide station reach. The speakers are 6-watt and the device has external jacks for headphones or a stereo. Music can be sorted by genre, country. Windows Media Player 11 is used to stream music from a PC. The device is available now for $179.99. Read more

Posted on Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:51:52 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Aluratek Launches New USB Internet Radio Jukebox

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Aluratek has announced its latest Internet radio jukebox that connects to the PC via USB. The device is very small and looks more like a USB flash drive than an Internet radio device. When plugged into the PC USB port, software launches automatically to allow users to listen to Internet radio.

The stick is capable of tuning in over 13,000 Internet radio stations in over 150 countries. Software also verifies the audio quality of broadcasts and rejects those that are low bandwidth. Programming can be searched from the software in several ways and preferences are saved automatically for future use. The Aluratek Internet Jukebox retails for $39.99 via Amazon.com, Buy.com and more. Read more

Posted on Wed, 8 Oct 2008 07:53:38 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Fans to build own Radio as Slacker takes on iPod

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By Yinka Adegoke
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Is it an iPod? Is it an old-fashioned transistor radio? These are the questions the Slacker portable digital music player will have to answer when it hits U.S. stores this month in time for the lucrative holiday season.
Owners of the more than 160 million iPods out there no doubt love their sleek digital music players and their favorite music. But even favorite music gets old, and that's where the new Slacker G2 comes in.
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Posted on Wed, 1 Oct 2008 15:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

RadioShack will Be Exclusive Seller of Knight Rider GPS

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We have talked about the Mio Knight Rider GPS device before that features the voice of K.I.T.T. from the original series. The GPS device will be launched exclusively at RadioShack and remain exclusive until October 31st. The familiar voice from when Hasselhoff was cool will guide you turn-by-turn to your destination.

The device provides a list of 300 common names so K.I.T.T. can actually say your name in a greeting. Red LEDs on the side of the device flash in time with the voice on the GPS. The screen is 4.3-inch and has an anti-glare coating. All you need is the Knight Rider theme music. Read more

Posted on Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Slacker G2 Personal Radio Player unveiled

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Slacker unveiled the new Slacker G2 Personal Radio Player replacing the first Slacker player introduced in 2007.
The Slacker G2 gives you the freedom to listen to your favorite Slacker Radio stations on a full-featured portable player, wherever you go.
Slacker Personal Radio enables listeners to personalize over 100 expertly programmed stations and create, edit and share their own Personal Radio stations. Slacker listeners also have easy access to artist profiles, album reviews and cover art within the Slacker Web Player and on their Slacker Personal Radio Players. Read more

Posted on Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:45:40 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

FlyCast iPhone App Challenges Satellite Radio

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FlyCast announced that it now has an iPhone native application available on the App Store that offers an alternative to satellite radio. The app provides access to 1000 digital music channels and virtually every music genre including weather, talk, and traffic.

The iPhone application also features a time shifting medium so you don’t miss your favorite shows. Other features include Top of the Hour, which allows users coming late to talk shows to start at the beginning. The player is free and works with 3G and original iPhones and the iPod touch. Read more

Posted on Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:10:36 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Pandora Internet Radio to go Silent?

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The Pandora Internet Radio service might have to pull the plug because of the royalty fees.
Apparently this year the royalty fees will cost Pandora 70% of its projected $25m in revenue. This kind of cost would kill almost any business.
Pandora has about 1 million subscribers. The service is rather unique as it allows listeners to automatically create their own personalized radio channel. Read more

Posted on Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Satellite Radio and Nav Systems in New Vehicles More Common

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According to J.D. Power and Associates consumer demand for high-tech features in new cars has led to a dramatic increase in navigation systems and satellite radio in new cars. According to a study, it conducted 55% of new-vehicle owners report having satellite radio capability in their cars.

In 2007 only 39% of new car owners reported having satellite radio in their vehicles. The report also shows that penetration for navigation systems also increased significantly to 25% in 2008 compared to 20% in 2007. Read more

Posted on Thu, 7 Aug 2008 10:07:22 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Radio NRI Stations on iPhone 3G

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Radio NRI announced today that two of its radio stations are now available on the iPhone 3G. The pair of live radio stations includes Bollywood & Beyond and Bollywood Classic Hits. The stations stream live and iPhone 3G users need to get a download to listen.

The service requires the free AOL Radio player from the App Store and allows users to listen on the phone or their PC. Both of the available stations are direct from India and Radio NRI says that both stations have English speaking RJs, apparently the same thing as DJs. Read more

Posted on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:56:47 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Coby Electronics Introduces New HD Radio Receivers

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Coby electronics has announced a pair of new portable, cordless HD Radio receivers. Coby says that the pair of receivers is value priced and allows users to receiver HD2 and HD3 broadcasts as well as FM and AM radio stations.

HD Radio stations are free and often broadcast alongside standard FM broadcasts by radio stations across the country. The two new receivers include the HDR-700 Portable HD Radio System and the HDR-650 Component HD Radio Receiver. Read more

Posted on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:43:51 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Hi-def Radio gets cool Reception from Consumers

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By Chuck Taylor

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Digital high-definition radio is hitting some key milestones in terms of pricing and features, but building enough momentum to spur broad consumer adoption remains a tall order.
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Posted on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Radiohead House of Cards Video uses Lasers instead of Cameras

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Radiohead produced a cool new video for their House of Cards song from the In Rainbows album using no video cameras.

Instead two technologies were used to capture 3D images: Geometric Informatics and Velodyne LIDAR. Geometric Informatics scanning systems produce structured light to capture 3D images at close proximity, while a Velodyne Lidar system that uses multiple lasers is used to capture large environments such as landscapes. In this video, 64 lasers rotating and shooting in a 360 degree radius 900 times per minute produced all the exterior scenes. Read more

Posted on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:57:22 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Mr Clock Radio Robot is ugliest Alarm Clock around

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With the Mr Clock Radio Geewiz entertainment offers what is in my opinion the ugliest alarm clock I have seen so far. Judging from the feature set it is well fit to be very annoying too.

The talking robot head has working eyes and can move around.
Other features include LCD backlit display, Analog, AM/FM Tuner, MP3/Ipod Player, 50 Wake-up Shows (Sick!), Broadcast Time, Light & Motion Sensor, and Multiple Wake-up Settings. Read more

Posted on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:45:33 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Aluratek Announces Internet Radio Alarm Clock

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Aluratek announced a new alarm clock today that is perfect for the Internet radio buff. The clock has an internal MP3 player and users can stream Internet radio stations from around the globe for free. The clock is compatible with plug-n-play audio servers like Microsoft Media Player, Music Match jukebox and more.

To provide Internet radio access the clock has built-in 802.11b/g Wi-Fi connectivity, an Ethernet connection, and USB 2.0 connectivity. Music can be played directly from a flash drive and MP3, WMA, and WVA files are compatible. The system also includes a remote and retails for $179. Read more

Posted on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:22:41 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

RadioShack Digital Converter with Analog Pass-Through

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Most of us know that TV broadcasts in the US are moving from the analog signals they currently use to all digital broadcasts in early 2009. TV watchers that don’t use satellite or cable and don’t have a newer TV with built-in digital tuner will need a converter box to keep watching over-the-air broadcasts.

RadioShack announced a new digital converter box today called the DTX9550. This box is interesting because it features a digital tuner and can also pass-through current analog signals. This allows analog watchers to move to the digital converter today and still be able to get current programs without having to wait until broadcasters change and then try and get their TVs working. The box will also allow communities with low-power stations that don’t have to make the digital switch to keep watching. The device retails for $59.99 and customers with government coupons can get the box for $19.99. Read more

Posted on Thu, 5 Jun 2008 13:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun