Revo's new PICO hybrid radio pairs DAB and WiFi with great success

DAB... DAB... that's that digital radio thing, right? But it's not from a satellite, huh? Well, whatever. Revo's new PICO hybrid radio packs some internet radio over WiFi, so you don't have to move to some crummy country like the UK just to listen to predictably-programmed 80's music and cloying chatter. Revo's little unit is portable, gets 12 hours to a charge, and works with DAB, DAB+, FM and WiFi. It'll be available in September for £169.95 (about $3,180,000 USD).

[Adam @ Aug 14th 2008 1:07PM]

3 billion dollars is asking a lot

[GrizzlyAdams @ Aug 14th 2008 1:08PM]

You fail. Epic like. That is 3.18 Million Dollars.

[Mike10010100 @ Aug 14th 2008 2:44PM]

Is it just me, or has the posts of late taken a more hostile/ sarcastic/ rabid/ slightly insane tone......

[Macro @ Aug 14th 2008 8:57PM]

Must be the new guy...

[craig @ Aug 14th 2008 1:08PM]

US $3 million is really expensive for this.

[Anthony Thomas @ Aug 14th 2008 1:09PM]

You're right, 3 billion would be too much 3 million isn't too bad.

[mick @ Aug 14th 2008 1:10PM]

$3,180,000 holly crap i dont have that money. but yea guess its a typo with 4 to many 0's

[maveric101 @ Aug 14th 2008 1:48PM]

no... i thought it was obvious it was a joke on the exchange rate

[Hugh @ Aug 15th 2008 11:25AM]

@maveric101 - agreed, but shame they time it at the point when the us$ is finally picking up - 11 days straight of rises against the gb£ - from 2.00 to about 1.85 in under a month. ouch

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7562567.stm

[alej469 @ Aug 14th 2008 1:12PM]

Why is the UK 'crummy'? Isn't that a bit offensive?

[sockatume @ Aug 14th 2008 2:00PM]

There are crumbs everywhere. It's all the biscuits we eat? Something.

[Ethan @ Aug 14th 2008 2:16PM]

The UK's radio is pretty bad, unless you live in London and have a good tuner. Our main one is BBC radio 1, and since it's results day over here in schools they've been banging on about how they didn't get any A-Levels and they did ok, in the most patronizing and disconnected manner.

[alej469 @ Aug 14th 2008 2:21PM]

I'm actually from the UK and think we've got an excellent selection of radio stations. At least all the BBC stations aren't constantly churning out horrible, cringeworthy commercials.

[mymaclife @ Aug 14th 2008 2:31PM]

So the Pilgrim Fathers should have stayed home with their culture then?

[Dave A @ Aug 14th 2008 3:02PM]

@mymaclife: nope, glad to be rid of them & their god-bothering ways.

[tehrealwilliz @ Aug 14th 2008 6:48PM]

I live in the UK, in my perspective it's better than America...

[Chad Morrill @ Aug 14th 2008 1:12PM]

Yeah, wouldn't that be 317 US dollars? Your conversion is teh suck!

[1234321 @ Aug 14th 2008 1:57PM]

it's a troubled US economy joke fool

[Tim F @ Aug 14th 2008 1:18PM]

Look at me, I'm an Engadget commenter who can't pick up on sarcasm.

LOLWTFBBQ @ 3.16 Gazillion.

[Wolfticket @ Aug 14th 2008 1:20PM]

Crummy eh? Them there be fightin' words :)
"predictably-programmed 80's music and cloying chatter"
6Music is awesome and almost exactly not that.

[Wolfticket @ Aug 14th 2008 2:10PM]

Also, if you don't need the DAB or battery, you can have this http://www.revo.co.uk/digital-radio/revo-blik-wifi.php for under £100.

[Jakob Henner @ Aug 14th 2008 1:22PM]

DAB?.. DAB?.. DAB!! If you don't want to move to a country like UK, the Swedes and Danes is waiting for you ;)

[tobias @ Aug 14th 2008 1:26PM]

Crummy country? I would say our radio stations are a helluva lot better than the ones here in the US, with an eclectic music choice and quality talk... hell even the pirate stations are better than WXSHITPOP96 FM and its country bollocks....

[Xenoterranos @ Aug 14th 2008 1:36PM]

I thought 96.X being absolute crap was a local thing! Apparently, it's crap everywhere!

[blueforce @ Aug 14th 2008 1:42PM]

With commercial free satellite radio coming down to ~$6 / month in the US who needs crappy local radio stations anyway.

[Dan @ Aug 14th 2008 3:10PM]

@Blueforce

Where are you getting satellite radio for $6/month?
Just interested....

[David @ Aug 14th 2008 11:49PM]

Well...

Robert Elms is REALLY tedious to listen to, over time. Here's a Note & Quee-wy for you:

It's a bus-line!! How exciting can it be, and haven't you exhausted them all by now? Sheesh!

I like Vanessa Feltz though. She's pleasant to listen to.

[jon @ Aug 14th 2008 1:34PM]

Ya eh? That's a lot of money! Holy wah!

[rbovay @ Aug 14th 2008 1:35PM]

Looks like the J&R Discount ($3,179,700.01) is good deal then...

Your price: $299.99
Temporarily Out of Stock

Now, if all of those UK folks would stop exploiting the crummy exchange rate, maybe they could keep a few of these in stock.

well, back to the salt-mine!!

[blueforce @ Aug 14th 2008 1:38PM]

Jericho is dead get over it!!!

[Chris Are @ Aug 14th 2008 3:31PM]

Is Jericho really dead? I want to see post-nuclear war Texas!

[Mile @ Aug 14th 2008 1:36PM]

Fourteenth!

[BSTKiller @ Aug 14th 2008 1:37PM]

For that type of cash I'd expect it to be an Apple product.

[jon @ Aug 14th 2008 1:40PM]

No way, it has to be designed in California before you can call it an apple product.

[Rhino @ Aug 14th 2008 1:39PM]

WiFi?
mms stream supported?
$317 is still way too much for a radio...

[TimB @ Aug 14th 2008 1:42PM]

"crummy country"??
It cannot be that bad if it has a conversion rate of >$18711 to the £1
:)

[JohnnyBoy @ Aug 14th 2008 1:57PM]

"you don't have to move to some crummy country like the UK just to listen to predictably-programmed 80's music and cloying chatter"

Hmm. I'm guessing that the author of this horseshit is one of the 89% of Americans who've never left the US...

[Chris Are @ Aug 14th 2008 3:37PM]

(If you're not European disregard this rant)- It's really easy for Europeans to bitch about Americans never leaving the country on vacation or whatever when it's a matter of hours DRIVING to leave your country's border.

Sorry, but a friend of a friend lives in Germany and he bitches about that all the time. North America has some of the most beautiful sights in the world, and many different cultures. Granted, it doesn't come close when compared to the rest of the world, but it's about 3k$ less...

[JohnnyBoy @ Aug 14th 2008 5:47PM]

Chris, I'm not bitching about Americans who never leave their country. I don't have a problem with that, it's their business.

I'm bitching about Americans who never leave their country, and yet still think that they are experts on how 'crummy' the rest of the world is.

If anyone wants to say some negative things about the UK, then fine (hell, I'll help them out - aspects of this country piss me right off). But opinions should be formed *after* bothering to visit. Otherwise the result sounds like a bunch of lame old nationalist chest-beating.

[ChrisAre @ Aug 14th 2008 6:34PM]

I guess that's fair. :-)

[Paul Miller @ Aug 14th 2008 8:17PM]

Sorry everybody, I just assumed of all countries to make a baseless joke about, the UK would have the best sense of humor about it. Apparently I misjudged my target by a few thousand miles.

Unrelated: I spent a couple days over there a year ago, watched a game of "cricket" on the "telly," got my hair "cut." It was all very fun.

[David @ Aug 14th 2008 11:54PM]

Umm...the English aren't exactly know as big "world travellers" or being cosmopolitan, multi-lingual folk either. We get it from YOU. We're your children, after all. Be fair!

[samu @ Aug 18th 2008 9:01AM]

Thanks, JohnnyBoy, for dispelling the worn-out stereotype of British people having a sense of humour. For too long, we've put up with this kind of prejudice.

[Eric N. @ Aug 14th 2008 2:16PM]

> With commercial free satellite radio coming down to ~$6 / month in the US who needs crappy local radio stations anyway.

Aren't you gonna need a new ($150-200-250 who knows how much) radio to do the ala carte thing? You know, like the one's that were mandated by the FCC to be out years ago but still don't exist?

There's no way the "merger" is going to end up saving us money - even with perceived monthly savings, less competition will screw us in the long-term. It always does - ExxonMobil comes to mind.......

[herb @ Aug 14th 2008 2:17PM]

There's a lot of sensitive Brits commenting today. But from my experience with Brits, they wouldn't take offense at that - they'd just sling it back. Probably French or something - or jet setting Americans that think they have some insight to international relations because they, like, ride in airplanes and stuff and they've been places.

[Pauldy @ Aug 14th 2008 2:18PM]

Epic Fail on Paul's part both of his jokes were so stupid they came across more offensive than funny. Try letting us know whats up with tech and leave the jokes to the comedians. I already had to stop reading shashdot cause the dolts over there couldn't leave their personal politics out of posts.

[MattFM @ Aug 14th 2008 2:31PM]

Kindly do not refer to the UK as crummy. And kindly do some research before you collectively cast aside the integrity of UK DAB. There's some bloody good stuff on there.

Oh and readers, kindly switch on your sarcasm detection.

[andy @ Aug 14th 2008 2:36PM]

what a sexy device

[Pete @ Aug 15th 2008 4:39AM]

Wow, the first post actually about the device.

[graham @ Aug 14th 2008 2:41PM]

Come On Paul Miller! None of that. Our "crummy country" just happens to be home to quite a lot of people. Despite the badly out of date stereotype of the laid back brits who are too polite to complain about anything, we are not all like that and some of us might take a little bit of offense when some yank starts insulting our country.

There was no need for a comment like that. Get with the Banter y'ken! Long Live Scotland.