On May 23, 12:39*pm, David wrote:
On May 23, 2:07 pm, gallant17 wrote:





"More Internet Radio coming to a portable device near you"

You can already get Internet radio on mobile devices, of course,
through services like FlyTunes and others.

But as the ubiquity of Internet radio devices expands we'll find
"radios" becoming part of almost everything with a WiFi connection,
and a new chip like this one might speed that process along:

RadioPro's $15 eBOM drives the cost of making an internet radio down
dramatically. This not only opens up the new product category of
portable/wearable [Internet] radios, but also makes it economic to
add
the technology into existing successful consumer electronic product
segments - many of which are highly competitive and could benefit
from
the introduction of new features.
For example, CSR predicts that by 2009: 40% of MP3 / PMP players will
have Wi-Fi internet radio, 50% of DAB and satellite radios will have
Wi-Fi internet radio, 30% of home hi-fi systems will have Wi-Fi
internet radio.

In other words, the pitch goes, cheap Internet radio could become a
"feature" of products which currently have no relationship to radio
whatsoever.

Terrestrial stations are (rather amazingly) still asking whether or
not they should stream. When in fact the real question is how do you
propose to make your stream easy and convenient to find and
dramatically different from millions of alternatives?

http://www.hear2.com/2008/05/more-internet-r.html

- - LOL, iBiquity!

G17 - You are so ANTI "Free" Over-the-Air AM&FM Radio
be it Analog or Digital it is a Psychotic Obsession.

- OK,
- How do you use this thing if you're a step away from
- Strip Mall America..;
- or out in the middle of Africa,
- out on a lake or up in the hills..
- or just taking a walk !
-
- ?

- You are totally chained to the nearest low powered repeater..
- else the thing is an expensive paperweight

(OT) : G17 - Internet Radio, WiFi, WinMax, Et Al Really
Ain't Shortwave Radio and They Sure Ain't DXing

take it to a inter-net-quirk-jerk newsgroup - please ~ RHF

Dude embrass the future. Wifi, Wimax, G17 are all going someday replace
AM/FM & HD.

At some point wimax is going to be everyplace and your device will find the
access point automatically.
Yes in some far off places you won't find wimax, but if you watch the trends
this a train that can't be stopped.

The post might not fit the group the way you'd like but it makes for
interesting reading. And content over a wireless internet connection sure is
over the air! And some day competition will drive prices so low it will be
like almost free..or maybe free