Don't look now, but it appears that
Sagem is taking a brief break from kicking out Bluetooth
accessories and
smartphones to delve into the oft ignored world of internet radio boomboxes. The Sagem My Dual Radio 700 touts a lopsided design, a very noticeable antenna, and a built-in LCD screen to keep you in the know. Feature wise, it plays nice with
internet radio signals (via WiFi or Ethernet) and FM radio, while also supporting RDS and MP3s via the integrated USB port. Additionally, you'll find a 3.5-millimeter headphone jack, wireless remote, RCA stereo outputs, two-watt amplifier, and an obligatory alarm clock function to get you all cranked up in the AM. Sure, we have our doubts about the sound quality here too, but if you're looking to cover most of your audio bases in a single device, and are hoping to keep it all under €150 ($200), you can look Sagem's way when this thing reportedly lands next month.
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posted March 22nd 2007 8:02AM
That's all dandy but I need podcasts, does this thing load my favourite podcasts?
That's not a bad concept, but I'd like a little better speaker setup. And everything should have a line-in.
Yup. They can drop the speaker, I already have better speakers, as I suspect most people do. All it really needs is access via USB port and WiFi, plus line in and out jacks, and speaker connections.
If they want to be a little more upscale, some Bluetooth 2 capability that complements a set of decent external Bluetooth 2 speakers would attract a lot of people. Stringing cables around a room is so 20th century.
1 speaker and an oscillating fan remote control for $200 to play radio and your iPod in awesome mono sound?!! wow.......
Not mentioned here, but this device can also access MP3 stored in a PC. For the price, it's an amazingly powerful kitchen radio/alarm clock replacement.
Not a bad looking unit but what 1989 model tv set did they steal that remote design from? Thats thing is fugly!