http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/ Engadget Comments for 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/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/Nov 9th 2009 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/Nov 9th 2009 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/Nov 9th 2009 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/Nov 9th 2009 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/Nov 9th 2009 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/Nov 9th 2009 1:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/Nov 9th 2009 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/Nov 9th 2009 9:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/
1: Bring it down to $50
2: Sell it everywhere (or at least Best Buy & Walmart)

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I mean, what's the margin on this kind of thing? At $80, they seem to be marking this thing up like 1000%. I know they have to recoup the cost of developing the software, but the hardware has to be cheap to produce. I say $39.99 MSRP, and cheaper on sale, and you can make money with this thing.]]>Nov 9th 2009 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/Nov 9th 2009 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/apple will never ever include radio because it's a door out of their ipod music universe.]]>Nov 9th 2009 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/$70 I will still want but definitely not be purchasing.]]>Nov 9th 2009 1:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/
Actually nobody is interested, until Apple releases a device with it and it is the greatest invention ever - just as they did with the Nano.]]>Nov 9th 2009 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/
Third party radio attachments are not there because everybody wants a radio. They're there for the miniscule number of people that want a radio.]]>Nov 9th 2009 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/Nov 9th 2009 2:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/
So, $80? That's crazy. $40 would be optimal, or $30. Personally, I have no want or need for this, so that may be skewing my opinion. ]]>Nov 9th 2009 2:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/
RadioShack likes to over-mark everything in the store by at least 100%.]]>Nov 9th 2009 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/
I disagree that most people don't want a radio in their PMP. First, there is a big difference between "don't want" and "don't need."

For example, I would like a PMP that has a built-in radio tuner, but I don't need it, so the lack of a radio tuner is not a deal breaker for me. I suspect it is similar for many people.

And this may be obvious, but there is also a big difference between not actively wanting and actively not wanting. For example, as I said above, I would like a radio tuner, but I don't *WANT* one. But, all other things being equal, I would buy a PMP with the tuner over the one without every time, even if it cost a little more.

Finally, I don't believe that Apple did any kind of market research when it decided to not include a radio tuner. More likely in my eyes is they figured it wasn't a deal breaker for most consumers, so leaving it out allowed them to charge a little less for the iPod and still make money off people who really want them through the licensing fees they collect for "Made for iPod" accessories.
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/sarcasm]]>Nov 9th 2009 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/I wonder how Apple does their market research because I think more than a few people were not happy to see the absence of a camera on the iTouch refresh. However Lord Jobs explained that its a 'gaming platform' and that's why they left out the camera. Evidently Nintendo should drop the camera from the DSi because it has no place on a game system, oh and Microsoft and Sony should stop selling camera add-ons too.]]>Nov 9th 2009 5:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/Nov 9th 2009 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/Nov 9th 2009 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/Nov 10th 2009 12:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/Nov 9th 2009 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/Nov 9th 2009 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/
Is HD radio even that big of a deal? I've never even listened.]]>Nov 9th 2009 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/Nov 9th 2009 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/Nov 9th 2009 6:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/Nov 9th 2009 7:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/Nov 9th 2009 7:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/Nov 9th 2009 4:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/Nov 9th 2009 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/
No, it's not.]]>Nov 9th 2009 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/–adjective
of a new kind; different from anything seen or known before: a novel idea.


Going by that, I'd say you are correct sir. There is nothing novel about this idea.]]>Nov 9th 2009 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/Nov 9th 2009 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/
It's the first HD radio adaptor for portable devices that don't have HD radio built in. Going strictly by the definition, it most certainly IS a novel idea. No one has ever done it before. ]]>Nov 9th 2009 1:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/It's not the first HD radio for portable devices.
It's not the first digital radio dongle for an iPod. See: DAB dongles.

It is the first dongle specifically for the brand of digital radio approved by the FCC.

Seems to me the definition is getting a little narrow for the term "novel", but I suppose technically nobody ever has created this exact device before.]]>Nov 9th 2009 1:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/Nov 9th 2009 2:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/Nov 9th 2009 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/Nov 9th 2009 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/Nov 9th 2009 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/Nov 9th 2009 2:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/Nov 9th 2009 2:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/Nov 9th 2009 2:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/Nov 9th 2009 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/Nov 9th 2009 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/gigaware-dongle-brings-hd-radio-to-ipod-touch-and-iphone-for-80/
There are radio stations other than the crappy Top 40 stations. I'm talking about actual independent radio... the kind that Apple is killing with iTunes. My favorite local station (http://minnesota.publicradio.org/radio/services/the_current/) plays absolutely awesome music that I would never discover if I didn't listen to their station.

I'm sorry that the radio you listen to sucks, but some of us are smart enough to actually twist the dial and look for other stations.]]>Nov 10th 2009 11:44AM