Suhit Gupta
11-11-2007, 02:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.trustedreviews.com/multimedia/review/2007/11/07/Freecom-MusicPal-Wi-Fi-Internet-Radio/p1' target='_blank'>http://www.trustedreviews.com/multimedia/review/2007/11/07/Freecom-MusicPal-Wi-Fi-Internet-Radio/p1</a><br /><br /></div><i>"The digital switchover has been one of the longest, most protracted processes in living memory. It seems to have been going on for half of my lifetime, and the analogue TV signal still has until 2012 before it's switched off completely. Digital radio will also take over eventually, but the ubiquity of the analogue right now (the BBC reckons there are 100 million radios in the UK) means that this has been given an even longer timescale and no final date has yet been set. If and when this eventually happens it may be a moot point anyway if products like Freecom's MusicPal - a Wi-Fi Internet radio - keep turning up. Internet radios offer access to many more radio stations than those on the restricted DAB list, usually offer more features, and the bitrates of Internet broadcasts is higher than those of DAB too. Until recently, cost was a barrier to true competition, but as the MusicPal's tag of £90 proves, this is becoming less of an issue as time goes by. So how does using this Internet radio shape up in everyday use?"</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/5935-IMG9587s.jpg" /><br /><br />The conclusion is that this is a "competent" internet radio. I don't know if I am looking for competent devices when I wanna drop $200 on a gadget. Either way, the technology looks cool. I wonder though how well it would work when the traffic would increase greatly, especially in times of emergencies when people tend to tune in to the radio a lot more.