UPDATE: Livio (supplier of small set of internet radios - historically Reciva-based but now also using RadioTime) has just launched an iPhone app aimed specifically at in-car use (4.99USD).
The database comes from RadioTime (along with programme schedules and a geo-lookup facility). Includes UI designed for relatively easy fat finger use http://www.livioradio.com/car/ http://www.livioradio.com/iphonecarhelp/ I still think that this is a minority sport until 4G - but interesting to see how it develops. Paul Webster On Mon, 10 May 2010 21:24:55 +0100, you wrote: >I should have said - a winner over 3G ... but I think that broadcast >(FM/AM/Sat/DAB) will continue for a long long long time. > >Paul > >Sent while mobile > >On 10 May 2010, at 21:21, Paul Webster <[email protected]> wrote: > >> While technically it is possible to do, especially with just a couple of >> journalists driving around - the mobile phone networks that we have today >> (3G) really do not have the capacity to be a replacement for regular in car >> listening. >> A 5 lane queue into a major city with just a few tuning in via internet >> would swamp the local cells. >> If that can be solved (4G NG) then next issue is the amount of bandwidth >> that the broadcaster will need to buy (since the telco/ISPs do not seem that >> interested in multicast - at least here in UK). >> >> I think that MP3 player plugged into head unit with the radio able to break >> in with RDS traffic info turned on (has that arrived in USA yet) is a more >> likely. >> >> Paul >> >> Sent while mobile >> >> On 10 May 2010, at 20:48, Richard Cuff <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Interesting article. >>> >>> Richard cuff / Allentown, PA >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: Curt Phillips W4CP <[email protected]> >>> Date: Mon, May 10, 2010 at 3:35 PM >>> Subject: [ODXA] NYT: 'Will The Internet Kill Car Radio?' >>> To: [email protected] >>> Cc: Yahoo Group NASWA <[email protected]> >>> >>> >>> >>> And if it kills car radio, where does that leave AM & FM terrestrial radio? >>> Home and office users already have lots of options. Lots of 3G dead zones >>> are an impediment right now. >>> >>> >>> 73, >>> >>> Curt W4CP >>> Raleigh, NC USA >>> >>> NYT: 'Will The Internet Kill Car Radio?' >>> >>> May 7, 2010: The New York Times' John R. Quain speculates today on whether >>> the Internet will be the death of radio in the car, saying that "there is a >>> new movement afoot that could really threaten traditional broadcast radio: >>> Internet music services like Pandora, Slacker, and Last.fm." (Last.fm is >>> part of the CBS Interactive Music Group.) >>> >>> The "devices responsible for this trend," says Quain, are smartphones and >>> mobile apps that allow streaming of music services over 3G connections. He >>> notes that companies are solving the distraction problem involved in >>> switching channels or song-skipping by "marrying these services to existing >>> in-car controls, essentially making it no different than switching between >>> 100 WINS and Q104.3." >>> >>> Quain points to an Alpine receiver with "Pandora link" and a Pioneer >>> receiver with voice control for Pandora. In testing the $1,200 Pioneer AVIC >>> X920BT, Quain said the voice control worked well, and writes, "The sound >>> quality, while not equivalent to a CD, was as good as typical radio >>> reception and better than some satellite radio stations." >>> >>> But he did note some limitations, such as dead spots when AT&T's >>> "notoriously patchy" 3G service in New York lost its signal, and to the >>> distractions involved in using a Droid phone, with no custom controls, with >>> the Pioneer device. But he continues, "However, such limitations may soon >>> disappear as automakers integrate streaming Internet services directly into >>> their cars." >>> >>> Quain also notes that "traditional radio broadcasters have heard the >>> drumbeat of mobile apps," pointing to Clear Channel's popular iheartradio. >>> Clear Channel EVP Evan Harrison told Quain, "We're not trying to dictate >>> where people connect to us. We need to be everywhere." >>> >>> >>> Link to RadioInk article can click through to full NYT article: >>> http://www.radioink.com/Article.asp?id=1798175&spid=30800 >>> >>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >>> >>> __._,_.___ >>> Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic >>> Messages in this topic (3) >>> RECENT ACTIVITY: New Members 1 New Files 1 >>> Visit Your Group >>> MARKETPLACE >>> Stay on top of your group activity without leaving the page you're on - Get >>> the Yahoo! 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