http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/ Engadget Comments for Pure Sensia DAB / WiFi radio gains touchscreen, streaming and Facebook http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/Sep 20th 2009 5:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/Sep 20th 2009 10:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/Sep 20th 2009 5:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/Sep 20th 2009 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/Sep 20th 2009 6:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/They need their crack addiction fed too.]]>Sep 20th 2009 6:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/
No it's not a football shaped iPhone.


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Basically I agree this is expensive and somewhat pointless (Facebook etc) but if you want a radio and you don't like this, then the best alternative is probably some other radio (that has DAB and wi-fi streaming), not a random MID or laptop. A MID or laptop will do the pointless bit (Facebook) better, but it won't really do the radio bit properly, so that doesn't seem like a big achievement.

(Of course if you *don't* want a radio... well, you know, maybe you don't want a radio and you like dried fruit, in that case a bag of raisins would be a better choice for you than this radio, but I'm not sure this information would be very useful to anyone else reading a thread about a radio.)

The screen on their current model radio with internet features looks a bit inadequate, so there's room for improvement, but I think this is over the top. Also I like their classic design (it's not quite just 'retro' either) whereas I am not convinced by the yellow rugby ball approach. They've done various bizarre-looking radios before, those were ugly too. :)]]>Sep 20th 2009 7:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/
As to the speakers, yes the Archos 5 android tablet has built in speakers (man do they need a shorter name...) though they are not really good enough for extended listening. It does support blue-tooth speakers though and has the ability to output some good quality audio via traditional methods as well.

My point is that you could buy the archos and it will do all of the features that this thing can do plus a bunch more AND it is cheaper AND it is actually portable so I can enjoy wifi-radio (yes I do actually like the radio) anywhere I can get a wifi signal. ]]>Sep 20th 2009 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/Sep 20th 2009 5:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/Sep 20th 2009 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/Sep 20th 2009 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/Sep 20th 2009 6:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/Sep 20th 2009 5:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/Sep 20th 2009 5:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/Sep 20th 2009 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/Sep 20th 2009 6:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/
Actually I'm just sad that it costs $400 and is therefore a totally wasteful investment. It looks pretty cool.]]>Sep 20th 2009 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/Sep 20th 2009 6:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/Sep 20th 2009 7:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/
DAB on the other hand is only digital. Currently the audio uses a very old MPEG standard -- much older than MP3. Thus, data rates need to be high to get decent quality. Sadly, broadcasters are in a habit of using very low bitrates (quite often 64kps for voice, and 128kbps for music), which actually gives quality that's worse than FM. You do get more station choice, though. DAB+ will use the MPEG AAC standard (as Apple use), so should be much better quality. Not compatible with older kit though, and they're unlikely to be able to use DAB+ with a firmware upgrade.

In summary then, full digital HD Radio is no better than DAB; just different.]]>Sep 21st 2009 7:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/Sep 20th 2009 7:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/Sep 20th 2009 9:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/

Oh, there's a radio next to the drink too!
Double score!]]>Sep 20th 2009 8:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/Sep 20th 2009 8:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/Really, Is a quality design team that hard to find or is this some massive conspiracy companies do so they can short their own stock and make money.


]]>Sep 20th 2009 9:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/Sep 20th 2009 11:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/
this looks tat. nice black levels tho. ]]>Sep 21st 2009 3:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/Same goes for DAB which was DOA as far as I'm concerned...

So what does that leave us with? An overpriced wifi radio with limited functionality.

Chumby does all that and much, much more for less money.

I'll have the latter any time.

There's no future in closed systems like these when the widget model has been tried and tested and proven its worth already.]]>Sep 21st 2009 4:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/Sep 21st 2009 6:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/20/pure-sensia-dab-wifi-radio-gains-touchscreen-streaming-and-fa/Sep 21st 2009 11:57AM