Let me quote from the Dick Smith store advertisement:
Portable Internet Radio
Allows access to Internet radio from anywhere in the world without the need for a computer.
1. Make sure you're in range of a Wi-Fi network or public Hot Spot. (If you're at home you may need a Broadband connection)
2. Turn your radio on and scan for networks by using the select button.
3. Enter your code (if you have a security-enabled network).
4. Choose your station...and away you go
So 'anywhere in the world' means 'anywhere in the world within Wi-fi range of a system that you have access to', and 'without the need for a computer' means 'without the need for a computer within ten metres'. And the price of $AU399 is getting up to the cost of a laptop anyway.
I enjoy the idea of Internet radio, but any time I'm in Wi-fi range of a computer I'm working at it. And how 'portable' is something that you have to re-tune every ten metres or so? That's going to make for an awfully slow jog.
Maybe when this becomes standard equipment on MP3 players I'll reconsider. In the meantime, what's wrong with plugging a $40 FM transmitter into the speaker jack of your PC and using good old $5 FM receivers?
Roll up and see these latest miracles of science here and here!
Jon.
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