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Archos Home Connect 35 Android clock/radio hits US

Chris Davies, Dec 15th 2011 Discuss [0]

The Archos Home Connect 35 Android-based alarm clock and internet radio has finally gone up for sale in the US, offering a a 3.5-inch touchscreen, stereo speakers and WiFi b/g/n. Putting Android - v2.2.1 Froyo when we played with the Home Connect 35 back in June - on a compact, battery powered device ideal for your desk or nightstand, the gadget comes preloaded with the TuneIn app for access to over 50,000 internet radio stations. Read The Full Story

Roku adds dedicated Pandora button to remote [Update: Netflix & Crackle too!]

Chris Davies, Nov 3rd 2011 Discuss [6]

Roku is adding a dedicated Pandora button to the remote controls for its streaming media set-top boxes, allowing for one-touch access to the internet radio service. The Roku 2 XD and Roku LT models will both get the new remote sometime this month, adding another option alongside the existing homescreen shortcut. According to Roku, Pandora remains the most popular music channel the STBs offer. Read The Full Story

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Archos 35 Home Connect & Smart Home Phone hands-on

Chris Davies, Jun 28th 2011 Discuss [12]

The two new Android 3.1 Honeycomb tablets aren’t Archos’ only new products to use Google’s open-source OS; the company also has the somewhat more unusual Archos 35 Home Connect and the companion Smart Home Phone, a chumby-style internet radio and a DECT cordless home phone. Announced last week, we rolled up our sleeves and had a fondle of them today.

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Soundcast Releases OutCast 3.4 Multi Room Wireless Speaker System

Ammon Carpenter, Jun 10th 2011 Discuss [3]

Soundcast Systems introduces the OutCast 3.4 multi-room multi-source sound system, the first wireless system that can access music from up to three sources and be heard throughout 4 separate areas of your home. It has a wireless broadcast range of up to 350 feet; this even includes traveling through walls, doors, ceilings, and floors. The Outcast 3.4 is intended to allow users to enjoy music indoors or out. The four omni-directional speakers are designed to deliver a rich even sound in all directions. Read The Full Story

Siara Broadcasts Familiar Sounds Anywhere

Samia Perkins, May 17th 2011 Discuss [0]

If you are stuck inside a cubicle all day and wish you could hear the birds singing, or the fountain in your garden at home, Siara might be the solution for you. Siara was designed by Navid Gornall, and is meant to bring a "familiar experience to an unfamiliar place". It is designed to be used by normal, non technically-inclined people, and be easy to use and set up. Plus, it looks beautiful, being made with walnut and aluminum. Read The Full Story

Pandora Launches Comedy Genome Project With 10,000 Comedy Clips

Rue Liu, May 4th 2011 Discuss [2]

The popular internet radio service Pandora has been helping folks discover new music based on their preferences. The service revealed back in February during their IPO filing that it has plans to go beyond music and just celebrated a big milestone earlier this week. Today, however, it has taken its first leap into new territory and it turns out to be comedy. Read The Full Story

Pandora Announces Milestone At 10 Billionth Thumb

Rue Liu, May 2nd 2011 Discuss [0]

The popular music recommendation service Pandora has just announced its proudest milestone today. It has been six years since the service launched and it has now reached a count of 10 billion thumbs. If you're not already familiar, the service works by letting listeners thumb up or thumb down songs as their listening to help the service select what songs to recommend. Read The Full Story

Slacker adds ESPN personal sports radio to lineup

Shane McGlaun, Mar 24th 2011 Discuss [2]

Sports fans that also like to use Slacker will be glad to hear that the personalized streaming content provider has signed a deal with ESPN that will bring Sports content to the service. The personalized ESPN content will be offered on the web, smartphones, and devices supporting Slacker in the home. The service will allow the user to choose what they want to hear with an option to hear only hourly updates with headlines on any Slacker station. Read The Full Story

Grace Digital WiFi Bookshelf internet radio thinks it’s time to split up

Chris Davies, Jan 21st 2011 Discuss [0]

Bookshelf music systems have fallen from favor somewhat, with iPod docks taking over, but Grace Digital reckons there's still a place for compact HiFis. The Wi-Fi Bookshelf Music System does exactly what it says on the tin: stream over 17,000 radio stations, 20,000 plus on-demand programs, and over 35,000 podcasts over a WiFi b/g/n connection to a compact audio system with separate speakers. Read The Full Story

Livio Radio system brings internet radio into the car

Shane McGlaun, Dec 29th 2010 Discuss [2]

If you are in the car a lot and live in an area where your favorite music genre isn’t available things can get tedious. You can only listen to your CDs so many times before you want something different. DICE and Livio have announced a cool new system that allows drivers to take internet radio stations with them on the road. Read The Full Story

Armour Home Announces “Q2,” The World’s Easiest to Use Internet Radio

Chris Burns, Nov 4th 2010 Discuss [0]

This radio consists of a 10cm cube made of nothing but cuteness. Armour acts on the idea that although they've got thousands of choices on the daily, listeners of internet radio regularly only listen to 2 or 3. Because of this, the Q2 cube allows users to select from their favorite four stations at any one time, programming them in when they turn their Q2 on for the first time by plugging them into a Mac or PC machine. After that, there's no need to ever go back to any more difficulty in using the cube other than charging up the battery. Read The Full Story

Sagemcom RM50 WiFi radio suggests stations it thinks you’ll enjoy

Chris Davies, Oct 21st 2010 Discuss [0]

One of the problems we've had with internet radios in the past is that it can be pretty overwhelming trying to sift through the many thousands of stations on offer, meaning we tend to stick to the same old channels. Sometimes, we even find ourselves missing the analog days of spinning an FM dial. Sagemcom's new RM50 internet radio claims to fix all that, with a "Smart Random" button that automatically picks a different channel for you based on the type of stations you listen to most often. Read The Full Story