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| Do you love TV and radio? Want them in your netbook? Of course you do. Onkyo is launching some new netbooks that feature an AM/FM tuner and a digital terrestrial tuner card for receiving digital TV. The C411A6 has a miniB-CAS system so you can connect cable or an external antenna to the F-type connector for TV viewing. There’s also a recording feature using “PureSpace”. The C411A5 has a miniPCI chip with an AM / FM radio tuner built-in. You can record your favorite shows with this one too. The PureSpace app sends signals directly to the
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Mexico’s telecoms regulator, Cofetel, unveiled the bidding details for its forthcoming radio spectrum auction, saying that 44 companies have registered an interest in the 1850MHz-1990MHz band, while 49 potential bidders brought the paperwork for the 1710MHz-2170MHz auction. The companies that have purchased bidding documents include the incumbent operators — America Movil,
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It’s official. Finally, Slacker Radio is live for BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) and Android users in Canada. Head on over to Slacker and create yourself a new account right now (I just did). Once you do, you get a 30-day free trial, and if you enjoy it, subscriptions to Slacker Radio Plus start at $3.99. For all the details on Slacker, and the features of Slacker Radio Plus, check out the press release after
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| The Radio Active truly lives up to its name. The concept was developed by an industrial design student named Erez Bar Am. The student created Radio Active as a concept that would force people to become physically active when listening to music. Radio Active forces a person to rearrange the radio on the wall every time they want to change the station or adjust the volume. Radio Active is a product that causes people to become interactive with the technology that they
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These days buying music and putting it on your MP3 player of choice is a pretty simple task. Unfortunately for some of the older generation, even that can seem like a daunting task. Instead they’d perhaps just prefer to listen to the radio. Well if you’re looking to bring them into the age of MP3 players without scaring them too much, here is an interesting device that I saw while roaming the floor of CES. Myine has created a rather curious radio called the Abbee, which is essentially used to record music. At its very
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| TV stations that broadcast on airwaves today each have what’s called whitespace between them. The whitespace is there to keep each broadcast from interfering with the ones next to it. There has been lots of talk about using this whitespace for other uses. A company called Cambridge Consultants has unveiled a new radio at CES that can use the whitespace to stream HD video and other material around a home. The radio can operate on normal 2.4GHz and 5GHz WiFi bands and can also operate on the 600Mhz whitespace band between stations.
The radio is
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| Garmin announced at the CES 2010 the zumo 665 motorcycle GPS navigator that includes an antenna for XM Satellite Radio, real-time XM NavWeather and real-time XM NavTraffic. The durable and waterproof (IPX 7 standards) zumo 665 features a 4.3-inch touchscreen display and supports Bluetooth with A2DP for handsfree calling. Garmin zumo 665 comes preloaded with detailed, street-level maps of the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico with over six million points of interest. It can display 3D transparent view of surrounding buildings in some
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| This is Lexon’s Tykho AM/FM radio, which comes in six colors. The main selling point of this simple radio is that it is waterproof. The Tykho has a rubber casing. Users can change or tune stations simply by turning the antenna. The Lexon Tykho need four AA batteries to operate. It comes in Bkue, Grey, Anise Yellow, Bamboo Green, Red and White. THe price is GBP44. [product page]
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| The Lexon Tykho is not your ordinary AM/FM radio. It is a water-resistant AM/FM radio that comes in a rubber casing with several easy-to-press buttons on the front. You can change the radio stations simply by turning the antenna. Additionally, the radio requires four AA batteries (included) to operate. £44 ($71) is all you need to bring home the Lexon Tykho. [Product Page]
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