GadgetReview

While I’m not so sure on the design aesthetic, the Chinon Avi is a techy eye catcher nonetheless.  It features a 7-inch LCD monitor with a built in TV tuner, a clock, a radio, iPod dock, remote and the typical iPod controls.  All this can be yours this holiday season for $200.

Although I’ve never heard of this brand before, it’s nice to see a product that combines all this cool stuff into one boombox sized package. …Continue reading: Chinon AVi-An iPod Dock With A Clock, Radio, And LCD TV Tuner (video)

Amazon has the RCA RC59i Alarm Clock Radio with iPod Dock for $31.40 + free shipping = $31.40. This makes it the best deal online.   It has an iPod dock, radio, alarm, .6-inch LED display and snooze.

I knew it was coming – well, actually I hoped it was coming, but here it is: HD radio for the iPod Touch and iPhone.  (Last week I wrote about the official release of the XM Skydock for the iPhone and although I think it’s a solid product for anyone willing to pay a monthly subscription fee I couldn’t help but note that I’d prefer an HD Radio version.)

In order to gain access to the 2,000+ HD stations currently being broadcast into your skull, you’ll need to pick up iBiquity’s Gigaware Navigation Control HD Radio Receiver accessory for the iPod Touch and iPhone.  The inline radio receiver, which plugs into the 30pin serial connector, works in conjunction with their free app and allows you to ‘favorite’ stations as well as connect with friends over Facebook, Twitter and email.

Radioshack, who has an exclusive on the product, is selling it for $79.99.  Sure, the price is a bit steep, but compare that against XM’s offering and you’ve got a steal of a deal.

…Continue reading: HD Radio Arrives On The iPhone, Requires Gigaware Navigation Control HD Radio Receiver

While I’m confident that satellite radio is sure to fail that doesn’t mean that new and cool products for the service aren’t worth noting.  Starting today XM’s Skydock is available for purchase from a barrage of retailers including Amazon, who has it for about $95.  If you recall, the Skydock is essentially a glorified cigarette charger and turns any iPhone (or iPod Touch) running the XM iPhone app into a satellite radio, that is assuming that you’ve attached the magnetic antenna to your car’s roof.

Personally, I’d prefer an HD radio dock, which doesn’t require a hefty monthly subscription.

Read

Perfect for your alpine lodge getaway, the Magno Wooden Radio will keep you and your bearskin rug company on those cold nights alone.  Handcrafted using untreated Indonesian ebony, mahogany, and pine, this little guy is quite the stunning beauty.

Besides boasting superior FM/AM quality, this wooden radio also has an input for your MP3 player and runs off of 4 AA batteries or an AC adapter.  Weighing only 2lbs, this retro modern marvel will cost you $200.

[via TechFresh]

Read

Oh yes.  I’m going to a haunted corn maze on Friday or a maize maze for those of you who like multi-lingual wordplay, and if this remote controlled bat was part of the show I’d be impressed.

Exactly what you think it is, this 13 gram and 10 inches of wingspan Flying Vampire Bat uses a tiny lithium polymer battery that lasts for 10 minutes for every half hour of charging.   This has Halloween prank written all over it.

The controller runs off of 6 whole AA batteries and the whole product costs around $33.  To add to the scare tactics the bat also has green LED’s embedded in the eyes for all those unsuspecting Trick-or-Treaters.

This reminds me of something I saw in Peter Jackson’s Dead Alive and I’m sure it will do its best to “kick ass for the lord!”

[via CoolestGadgets]

Read

If you’ve ever been listening to your radio and wished that you could rewind a song, either all the way back so you could start from the beginning or just a couple lines so you could catch some garbled phrase again, the Pure Elan II might be just what you want.

The Pure Elan II is a DAB radio with ReVu technology which does about what it sounds like it does–it allows you to rewind live radio.  Further, it’s got its own internal battery that, when charged, will allow it to play for 35 hours, nearly a full uninterrupted day and a half.

The downside to this, of course, is that it only seems to be available in Great Britain right now, but for our British readership, this will be an awesome buy.  Of course, there’ll also be some limits in interest due to the fact that this radio costs approximately two hundred bucks.

I don’t know who’d be so interested in pausing live radio that they’d shell out two hundred bucks for it, but the folks behind the Elan II must know something I don’t….

Read

If you, like me, have expressed some lament (usually involving kicking, screaming, and throwing things) at the general lack of quality and variety in radio broadcasting in your area, (who do I have to bribe to get some jazz around here?) then you may have already discovered an interest in streaming Internet radio.

But you know that that usually requires having your computer on and connected to the web and such, which can be a bandwidth hog like nobody’s business.

Enter the new line of squeezeboxes from Logitech, the Squeezebox Radio and the Squeezebox Touch.

The Squeezebox Radio is the cheaper of the two, as it’s a stand-alone that functions as a radio and has its own speakers, while the Squeezebox Touch is designed to be hooked into your existing stereo.  Starting at two hundred dollars, these devices connect to the various music sites out there like Napster, Pandora and Last.fm to bring streaming radio to what amounts to a set-top box.

It’s a great idea, no mistake, even if two hundred bucks is a little salty for what amounts to the best radio ever.

Read

Buy.com has the Midland X-Tra Talk GXT720VP3 Two Way Radio for a great low deal.  Features include a 30 mile range, all hazard/weather alert, 36 channels and charger.  It’s …Continue reading: Midland X-Tra Talk GXT720VP3 Two Way Radio – $35 Shipped

Buy.com offers the Slacker 90260005 Portable 8GB Radio MP3 Player for a Web low price.  Not familiar with Slacker radio?  It allows you to create your own radio stations and based on your vote – thumb up or down – they’ll play similar music.  With this player you can store music its 8GB flash drive includes radio music as well as your own, which is 4000 songs.  The monthly service fee, for the premium service is $7.50.  They’ve got the player, though for …Continue reading: Slacker 90260005 Portable 8GB Radio MP3 Player – $70 Shipped