Did they say which July by any chance?! That company has been around for years and I've heard nothing good about their customer service. On Mar 30, 2011, at 12:24 PM, Gary King wrote:
> Dane, > On the Serotalk web site, in the Final Interviews from CSUN, there is an > interview about the Solutions Radio, a stand-alone Internet radio that they > say will be coming in July. I haven't gotten around to listening to the > interview yet, but it might be something to check out. > > Gary King > w4...@bellsouth.net > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Noseworthy" > <jim.nosewor...@compuconference.com> > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 11:10 AM > Subject: Re: Accessible Internet Radio devices > > >> Hello: >> >> If you have a SqueezeBox Boom internet radio, and an iPhone or iTouch, you >> can have complete control of your radio. The radio can also be controlled >> via the PC. >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bud Schwab" <budsch...@verizon.net> >> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 12:25 PM >> Subject: Re: Accessible Internet Radio devices >> >> >>> Hi Dane, >>> >>> I have the jjSanyo r227 internet radio which I really like and think it's >>> great. As you say though, it does take a pair of eyes to do any scanning >>> or searching unfortunately. It has only eight presets, but I have eight >>> of my favorite station set in them. It's somewhat limited, but if you >>> pick eight of your favorite ones then it's not so bad. If you get tired >>> of any of the stations you can have a sighted person help you to scan to >>> find some others. I've had it for about a year now and have never >>> regretted buying it. >>> there are a lot of interesting stations out there just for the looking. >>> If you have any questions please email me. >>> >>> Bud >>> >>> s At 06:06 AM 3/28/2011, you wrote: >>>> Hi! >>>> >>>> Does anyone manage to use a standard Internet type radio device? by that >>>> I mean a device which you just purchase from your local Walmart or local >>>> electronics Retailer? >>>> >>>> Obviously the user would have trouble setting the thing up due to the >>>> lack of speech or other accessibility but just supposing you had someone >>>> set the radio up to match your wi-fi network and they programmed some >>>> presets for you, I can't see any reason why you couldn't scroll through >>>> those presets up and down as you would with some digitally controlled FM >>>> radios which have been readily available for the last quarter of a >>>> century, anyone got any views or had any experience with this. >>>> >>>> I'm looking at buying a "stand-alone" Internet radio for the kitchen >>>> though if I can't get one that won't work at all for a person with no >>>> vision then I won't be too worried, Ootunes on the Iphone and Ipad does a >>>> damn good job but I don't want to be carrying them around with me >>>> everywhere if I can avoid it. >>>> >>>> I did think about the new Plextalk Pocket which is supposed to have >>>> Internet Radio accessible on it however I think it will be quite some >>>> time before we see anything out of that company, unfortunately the whole >>>> company's location was destroyed in the recent Japan earthquake. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>>> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >>> >>> >>> Bud Schwab >>> W 6 Z Y P >>> Malibu, California >>> >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
