We don't cover a lot of
DAB devices 'round these parts because really, we don't have much cause to in the United States. But just because the bespoke digital audio broadcasting standard has yet to find its way onto American airwaves doesn't mean we can't appreciate a nice DAB toy every now and again, like Pure's new thinner, lighter, more pocketable PocketDAB 1500. Successor to the
PocketDAB 2000, the 1500 features an analog FM tuner with RDS, textSCAN, which allows you to pause the text scrolling on-screen should you need to jot it down, a replaceable rechargeable battery, and stock Sennheiser MX300 earbuds. Oh sure, we think £90 (about $160 US) is bit steep for a portable digital radio, ourselves -- unless it's something like an XM or Sirius device that with some memory and MP3 playback -- but to each broadcast music listener his or her own.
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posted Jun 30th 2006 4:26AM
Dang, this thing has no color screen?!?
First to post, yay
It's too expensive and a bit useless, frankly...
Second to post, so what?
What's the status of digital radio in the USA? Is it coming any time soon? Will it use an international standard (I know, I know, the answer's bound to be no)?
DAB radios so far are *large* and not yet cheap. This looks like a nice example and is competitively priced. Give it some competitors, wait for the price to drop 50% and it would be neat.
Why would you want a colour screen on a RADIO?
At least they bundle it with some nice headphones rather than the POS buds that come with most players.
you wrote memory twice, typo?
Digital radio is already on the air in the United States in many areas...It is not the same (DAB) standard as the rest of the world. Go figure...The US chose to standardize on something different. We get stuck with "HD Radio" (and NO, the HD does NOT stand for High Definition).
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