Gizmodo
While yesterday's radio-to-MP3 recorder reminded us of a modern Chumby, this one's style cues are more last decade. It's basically a digital-tuner radio, with FM, AM and short wave reception, but with a built-in, un-dockable portable MP3 player that can record to its own 256MB memory.
That 256MB gives you about 10 hours of radio recording, or you can transfer music to it from a PC and it even functions as a voice-recorder. The radio itself has a digital alarm clock, 400 presets and can receive NOAA weather band info, and two-way marine, aviation and ham radio broadcasts. So, despite looks that may appeal more to your Dad than yourself, it's pretty feature-packed. Which might be why it's available for a seemingly-large $179.95. [Hammacher via Book of Joe]
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WHy do they still make MP3 players that are less then 1GB?
this thing is seriously 10 years too late. i was desperatley needing one in 1998.
Unless you are a right-wing conservative Christian there ain't much on Shortwave to listen to these days.
Couple that with the bare-minimum display and I think grandpa has a painful experience waiting for him..
Only 256megs....ill pass. Thats not nearly enough space.
*sigh* I miss Low End Theory.
Wow,my Sansa e280 does the same things, plus video and photo,and has 8GB,with a 2GB mini smart card for a total of 10GB. Oh yeah,I paid $45 on eBay for it.
Oh wait...this one has a weather band and ham radio broadcasts...in that case,I'll take two then!
The only thing that I can think of to do with this thing is to use the fm transmitter on your Sirius radio and record off of that.
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