The WSJ Personal Journal section had an article today titled "Ten for '10: New Gadgets for Home and Away." My eyes were immediately drawn to an internet radio called "PURE Sensia." I love internet radio and have had a couple of them for several years now with one on my night stand and another in the kitchen. Internet radio allows you to listen to any internet radio station just as you would from your computer but on a separate radio device. Typically internet radios are wireless, so you'd need WiFi in your house for best results. Once you have an internet radio, any radio station in the world (that broadcasts over the internet) is yours for the listening. So if you live in Miami, Florida and want to listen to KDKA in your hometown of Pittsburgh, PA you can. I have heard estimates of over 5,000 stations being available. Any station I have ever searched for, whether it be a specific talk radio station or Christmas music, was immediately available. You can also listen to podcasts as well as any digital audio stored on your home network. One the best things about internet radio is that there is no monthly subscription, like with satellite radio. Once you purchase the device, the listening is free.OK. So none of the above is really new to me. Except for this new PURE Sensia product. The current models of internet radio are quite boring, basically a box with some buttons. As shown here in this YouTube product review, this radio is going to take internet radio to a whole new level with touchscreen controls, widgets for weather updates and news feeds, and access to Facebook, Picasa and Twitter. It appears that the product has been released in the U.K. and will arrive in the U.S. about mid-year. I can't wait!
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