Acoustic Energy claims to have the world s first Wi-Fi Internet radio. It can access over 99% of the internet radio stations broadcast on-line using a Wi-Fi connection from virtually anywhere in your home.
Any content from any radio station that is free on the internet is free to access on the Wi-Fi radio. It supports Real Audio, MP3 and Windows Media streams. Future subscription-based internet radio services will be available on a pre-pay or pay-per-access basis as they come on-line.
The device is expected to hit the streets in November and will retail for around 199 ($357 US).
Forbes looks at computer programs that allow you to record radio programming onto your computer.
If you’ve used programs such as Radio Hijack or Radio Lover on Mac computers, or perhaps tried AudioFeast on the PC, you’ve come to understand the basic drill: record streaming audio from the Internet on a schedule similar to what TiVo does with your TV. RadioTime does all that, but it adds one important component that most of the others are missing: a detailed schedule and the ability to work with an over-the-air radio tuner if you have one.
XM Satellite Radio has over 100 great channels. Samsung and XM will collaborate to make portable digital players that play both recorded XM programming and MP3 audio files.
The players won’t receive XM programming directly. Instead they will come with home docking stations that receive XM’s satellite broadcasts and store them on the players. Users will also be able to transfer digital music files from their computer.
XM also offers streaming audio over the internet. It costs a flat $7.99/month for unlimited listening on dozens of streaming audio channels.
X-StreamMobile is a PocketPC streaming player for XM satellite radio. Plug a couple of external speakers into the PocketPC headphone jack and you’re good to go. It may be a good reason to buy a PocketPC with built-in Wi-Fi.
Meanwhile, Sirius Satellite Radio plans to debut Chinese and Korean language channels to underserved populations. MultiCultural Radio Broadcasting, a U.S. company which owns 44 U.S. radio stations, will provide a mix of music, news and entertainment programing. The No. 2 satellite radio service, behind XM, hired Mel Karmazin, former president of Viacom, and has signed Howard Stern.
Thanko has a USB radio dongle that lets you capture streaming music in either WAV or WMA format which can also be converted into MP3 format using (not-included) 3rd party software. It s currently available overseas for around $27.
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