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BoomBox Red iBag Has Speakers and Radio Built In

Posted in Radio, Speakers by Darrin Olson on July 7th, 2007

iBag is a bag with speakers and radio built inYou can re-live the old days of carrying big boomboxes on your shoulder with this nostalgic handbag that’s designed to look like a boombox, without all the weight. This Boombox Red iBag actually has real working speakers and an FM tuner built into it, so you can carry your things in the bag to the beach and still have your tunes available for everyone to hear.

Not only do the speakers on the front of the bag actually work, but the controls for the radio tuner and power on and off buttons work as well. There’s also no need to buy and carry eight D batteries like the boomboxes of old since this one runs on just 4 AA’s, but it probably doesn’t pump out the Whodini quite like you remember. The iBag also connects the headphone jack …

iCast FM Transmitter

Posted in Accessories, FM Transmitters, Radio by Darrin Olson on July 5th, 2007

iCast FM Transmitter finds best signal frequencyFM transmitters for portable music players and pretty commonplace anymore, and not too often does one have features to make it stand out like the iCast AutoScan FM Trasmitter.

The iCast has that ever-so-common iPod compatible name prefix to link it to the popular player from Apple, but really it can work with just about any media player that has a standard headphone jack. It runs on one AAA battery or a cigarette lighter port, and will transmit the music to an FM station of your choosing, but here is where the unique feature comes in. The iCast will scan the different frequencies and find the clearest open one in your area to broadcast in, in order to avoid interference. It can also save up to 4 selected stations.

The iCast AutoScan also has a power saving feature, so if you shut off …

iPod FM Transmitter

Posted in FM Transmitters, Proporta, Radio, iPod Accessories by Darrin Olson on June 30th, 2007

iPod FM Transmitter from  ProportaThis little attachment for your iPod is an FM transmitter that will send the music on your iPod through your FM radio at home or in your car through an FM frequency of your choosing. There are plenty of FM transmitters on the market that work with iPod’s, but this one from Proporta has got a few stand-out features.

It’s compatible with the 1st and 2nd generation iPod nano, 5G iPod with Video, iPod mini, iPod Photo, and 4G iPod, and fits right into the docking port, only expanding the dimensions of the player by a little over an inch in length. You can set which channel you want the FM to come through on and the tuning information is displayed right on the iPod screen. Also, even though this gadget takes up the docking port, it extends it and offers the port …

Magno Radio Made out of Wood

Posted in Radio by Reuben Drake on June 26th, 2007

Magno Radio is made out of woodThis retro-looking radio is actually grounded in modern times with a smooth, rounded finish, but it’s made almost entirely out of wood from designer Singgih Kartono. According to the site, the designer supplies the special Indonesian wood himself from the area where he was born.

The wooden radio is a real working device with an FM and AM tuner and is carved out of Indonesian ebony wood, right down to the knobs, handle and even the antenna topper.

It’s portable, runs off of 4 AA batteries that are in a small removable panel on the back held in place with none other than a small stick of wood. The Magno readio retails for about $142.

Catalog Page via Technabob

Wi-Fi Enabled NetWorksGo and NetWorks Table Radio from Tivoli

Posted in Radio, Tivoli Audio, Wi-Fi by Darrin Olson on June 24th, 2007

NetWorksGo radio from Tivoli supports portable WiFi and internet radioTivoli Audio seems to be coming out of their shell some by breaking from their traditional, mostly-AM/FM radio products into integrating digital music and internet radio with two new devices coming to the market this fall. The two new network-enabled radios will be called the NetWorksGo, and the NetWorks Table Radio, which both look to be upgrades of existing products with the new networking capabilities added in.

Both radios will drop the AM tuner, retaining only the FM radio and add in the ability to stream in MP3, WMA and Real Audio internet radio to playback through the device with no computer required. They can also optionally connect to a networked computer or through a USB connection to play music from a PC or other device.

Networks Table Radio from Tivoli featuring internet radio and WiFiThe internet …





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