For a low price of just $200, buyers will get a great deal on a tablet that is going to change the way manufactures sell and market this wonderful little devices we call tablets. By the end of the year, researchers expect the Kindle Fire to sell over 3 million units!

So what is all of the excitement about? Kindle Fire will have 18 million movies, TV shows, songs, magazines and books available. It will contain an Amazon App store similar to iTunes App store and also a web browser. But here is the magic of the Kindle Fire – Ultra Fast Web Browsing using Amazon’s Silk cloud computing. To store all of your purchases Amazon will provide free cloud storage and that’s not all…

Movies, magazines and children’s books come alive on a 7″ vibrant color touchscreen that delivers 16 million colors in high resolution. Kindle Fire uses IPS (in-plane switching) technology – similar technology to that used on the iPad – for an extra-wide viewing angle, perfect for sharing your screen with others. Kindle Fire features a state-of-the-art dual-core processor for fast, powerful performance. Stream music while browsing the web or read books while downloading videos. Stay in touch using a built-in email app that gets your webmail (Gmail, Yahoo!, Hotmail, AOL etc.) into a single inbox. Import your messages and contact lists from other email accounts.

This just touches upon a few of the many features of the Kindle Fire. Not to even mention the 8 hours of continuous reading or 7.5 hours of video playback. Of course this is a wireless device, just like an iPod or iPad, so you can take it with you on the go to all of your favorite places.

The workmanship, design and easy of use earns the Kindle Fire a 5 Star review from Celtic Radio. This system is a real genius of innovation. An impressive compilation of technology, internet and music to give you many hours of enjoyment. Make sure to pre-order your Amazon Kindle if you want this exciting new product before Christmas. This just may be the hot product that everyone wants this Christmas!

Remote Control

Support for optional iPhone/iTouch remote app

 

Technical Details:

• Listen to over 50,000 radio stations, podcast, and on demand content
• Supports online music services: Pandora, Live365 and premium Sirius Internet radio
• Compatible with the Grace iPhone / iTouch remote control application
• 4 line high contrast backlit display
• Displays station, song title and artist info
• Full function remote with 10 presets
• 10 presets on the radio + 99 station folder
• 3.5mm Stereo headphone jack
• High quality RCA jack stereo connectors
• Built in dual band equalizer
• Supported audio formats: AIFF, AIFC, WAVE, CAF, Next,ADTS, MP3, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, WMA
• Supported playlist formats: ASX, M3U, PLS
• Supported streaming protocols: HTTP, HTTPS, RTSP, WSMP, Shoutcast
• Built in media player streams your audio files from your PC or MAC
• True 802.11g wireless connectivity
• Works with all 802.11b/g/n routers
• Supports WPA personal, WPA2-AES, and 64/128-bit WEP encryption
• Support for optional iPhone/iTouch remote app

Play the music you want, where you want it:

Enjoy a world of music in your living room, bedroom, home office, kitchen—anywhere in your home. Add more Squeezebox Wi-Fi music players and listen to a different song in any room in your home, or synchronize them all together to hear the same music everywhere. You can also use the Squeezebox Controller to control the entire family of Squeezebox players throughout your home.

Overview/Review: The workmanship, design and easy of use earns the Grace Wi-Fi Internet Radio a 5 Star review from Celtic Radio. This system is a real genius of innovation. An impressive compilation of technology, internet and music to give you many hours of enjoyment. Best of all this system works with Live365.com, so you will be able to listen to all of the Celtic Radio channels! Now Go Wireless!

]]> http://www.webcelt.com/news/2011/06/28/grace-internet-radio/feed/ 0 http://www.webcelt.com/news/2009/11/14/the-squeeze-box/ http://www.webcelt.com/news/2009/11/14/the-squeeze-box/#comments Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:45:58 +0000 WebCelt http://www.webcelt.com/news/?p=92 This month’s Go Wireless column features the high end sound quality and versatility of спални комплектиlogictech‘s Wi-Music system called the Squeeze Box. The Squeeze box comes in many different versions and configurations. From the stand along classic base system to the new Squeezebox duet system that can control music from anywhere in your home. Logitech provides plenty of room to expand your system with a number of upgrade paths from bedroom to full complete remote stereo system. This system’s price is not for the faint hearted as the starting price for the classic base system is over $199, however, for those die hard Internet Radio fans there is just no other system that can beat the tons of features, qualities and the number of Internet Radio channels this system showcases.

The squeeze box is compatible with Live365, so hooking up to any one of Celtic Radio’s five channels is as easy as clicking the remote button of the squeeze box. Configuration of this device is a breeze. It auto-detects networks and hooking up to your own local wireless network takes only a few minutes (and that is without reading the manual). The sound quality is amazing with rock-solid network performance (no network issues or waiting for the station to load). The size of the squeeze box is impressively sleek and fits beautifully and proudly in with any of your other home theater equipment. Not only can you play thousands of Internet Radio stations, but this unit can sync up with your own music collection on your home PC through an intuitive software application called Slimserver. Again, the theme here is “easy to configure” and the software holds true to that description. The wonderful engineers of Logictech have even included versions to run on Linux, Mac and Windows making this one of the most versatile products available for Wi-Fi music.

Product Description:
Squeezebox is the affordable way to deliver music into every room of your home. It plays a wide variety of digital music files, including uncompressed and lossless formats — across a true 802.11g wireless network connection. Squeezebox will revolutionize the way you listen by freeing you and your music. Its convenient and stylish form makes it ideal for placing in any room, whether connected to an existing Hi-Fi system or simply powered speakers. By utilizing true 802.11g Wi-Fi networking and dual internal antennas, your listening is no longer restricted by cables and connectors. Squeezebox offers you the widest choice of listening options beyond your digital media collection. The product includes a directory of thousands of internet radio stations and features Pandora’s personalized music service and Rhapsody’s 2 million song collection. All internet music streaming services are even available when your computer is turned off.

Technical Details:

• Lossless Formats (Apple Lossless, FLAC, WMA Lossless) and Uncompressed formats (AIFF, WAV, PCM).
• Compressed formats (MP3, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, MP2, MusePack, WMA).
• Bridging capability allows Ethernet devices to connect to the network through Squeezebox Wireless.
• True 802.11g wireless networking.
• “Always-on” Internet Radio, powered by mysqueezebox.com, lets you tune in to Internet Radio streams even when the home PC is switched off.

Play the music you want, where you want it:
Enjoy a world of music in your living room, bedroom, home office, kitchen—anywhere in your home. Add more Squeezebox Wi-Fi music players and listen to a different song in any room in your home, or synchronize them all together to hear the same music everywhere. You can also use the Squeezebox Controller to control the entire family of Squeezebox players throughout your home.

Perfect in any room:
The auto-dimming display adjusts for any lighting condition and is readable from across a room. The aqua-blue display features an integrated light sensor that complements ambient lighting—so it’s never too bright, or too dim.

Wake to your personal soundtrack:
With Squeezebox Boom’s seven-day alarm, you’ll wake up to your favorite playlist, Internet radio station, or nature sound—you can even choose something different for each day of the week. Or use the convenient sleep mode to automatically turn off your music. A built-in backup helps keep your alarm settings for up to two weeks if your Boom is unplugged.

Enjoy crystal clear sound big enough for any room in your home:
The high performance signal processor, class D amplifiers, and digital crossover all work in concert to deliver stunning audio quality. Squeezebox Boom’s high-speed 802.11g wireless technology, secure connectivity options, and dual internal antennas eliminate the need to run any wires. Squeezebox Boom plays virtually any digital music format, including MP3, FLAC, WMA, WMA Lossless, AAC, Apple Lossless, WAV, and AIFF.

Works on the follow Internet Radio Services:

Overview/Review:
 The workmanship, design and easy of use earns the Squeeze Box Wi-Fi Internet Radio a 5 Star review from Celtic Radio. This system is a real genius of innovation by the folks from logictech. An impressive compilation of technology, internet and music to give you many hours of enjoyment. Now Go Wireless!

These headphones are absolutely amazing. There is no interference and the claims of 300 feet range is just about right. Sound quality is excellent. Bass is strong, mids are prominent, and highs are crisp. The headphones and base are ergonomically made and look just great next to your computer or home theater system. One of the impressive features of this product is the versatility of using it with any number of home music systems. Whether that is your DVD player, Computer, MP3 player or Internet Radio system – the Sennheiser RS120 works flawlessly with all!

Current price for the Sennheiser RS120 is $62.61 from Amazon.com which is currently 43% off from its regular price. If your range requirements are less then 300 feet, then you might try the model below – the RS110 which is currently retailing for under $40. Either way you can’t go wrong with the Sennheiser and that earns it a 5 star review from CelticRadio.net. Now Go Wireless!

 Features of the Sennheiser RS120:

• Wireless freedom and stereo sound with reception through walls and ceilings up to 328 feet
• Simple, built-in recharging
• Detailed, warm sound reproduction with strong bass response
• Open-Aire design for hi-fidelity audio reproduction
• Volume, on/off and tuning control located on the headphone
• Very lightweight headphones are comfortable to wear for long periods of time
• Replaceable earpads for long service life
• Charging stand also stores the headphones when not in use
• Transmitter can be wall-mounted
• Supports the use of multiple headphones receiving the RF signal from one transmitter (use HDR 120)
• Delivery includes transmitter, power cable, audio cable and headphones
• Connects to RCA jacks (red and white outputs), 1/8″ and 1/4″ headphone sockets (anything with a headphone jack including laptop and desktop computers!)
• 3 selectable transmit-channels for avoiding interference and/or using more than 1 transmitter in a room
• (2) AAA NiMH rechargeable batteries included

Some of the key features include a slim rectangular shape with rounded edges, a glass touch screen, thousands of free apps to download from the App Store and built in wireless access to your home wireless router or any public access wireless router. One of the unique features of the iTouch (and the one that sold us), was its built in glass touch screen and navigation system. It is extremely easy to use and is the only mobile device whose onscreen keyboard actually works flawless each and every keystroke!

Now, let’s get to the number one reason why we are including the iTouch in our Go Wireless column – Live365! The most compelling reason to purchase an iTouch is the free Live365 application that is included in the Apple App Store. Simply search for Live365 in the App Store, install the application and a Live365 icon will appear on your iTouch desktop. Select the Live365 application with a touch of the finger, sign-in to your Live365 account and start streaming music directly to your iTouch including all 5 Celtic Radio channels. Go to your favorite hotspot bookstore, coffee shop or add a base station to your iTouch with speakers and you can bring your Celtic Radio music anywhere you go in your house, yard or beyond!

Some of the great features you can expect while using Live365 through the iTouch:

• Listen to Live365 in your car.
• Connects with your cell data plan or wi-fi.
• Artist and track info with album artwork.
• Unlimited presets synced to the website.
• Multiple skins/themes. anywhere.
• Celtic Radio in CD quality.

Music can be purchased directly through the iTouch using Apple’s iTunes music store and through the computer using the iTunes software. Music that you purchase on your computer through iTunes can be automatically transfered to the iTouch using a USB cable for easy on the go music anywhere you travel. Our one complaint with the iTunes store and software is that the majority of the music available for purchase is DRM protected which means it can only be played on your Apple product. We give Apple a big thumbs down on DRM protection which hinders consumer’s ability to transfer their music to other mobile devices or computers in their homes or office. Our suggestion is to use Amazon’s DRM free MP3 download service which in most cases appears to be less expensive then the iTunes.

Another great feature for you “Go Wireless” people is the ability to play full length digital movies on your iTouch. Movies can be obtain either through the iTunes store or converted using digital software. A number of recently released movies are also including a digital copy of the movie that is included with your DVD purchase. Simply add this digital copy to your iTunes, sync the iTouch up with your USB cable or docking station, and you got a full length movie to watch on the subway, by the pool or in the car!

The beauty of the iTouch is the all in one approach that Apple has taken. The iPod Touch is a portable media player, personal digital assistant, Wi-Fi mobile platform and includes a web browser, email, you tube videos, stocks and thousands of free software from the Apple App store. We believe the iTouch will give the most demanding customer many years of enjoyment, and with a rich selection of features, we give Apple’s iTouch system a thumbs up for our Celtic Radio members. Now go Wireless!ikoni

Sharper Image makes a product called “The Shift Wireless Speaker with Audio Transmitter.” There are a number of models of this product available with the most expensive version having the greatest distance between the audio transmitter and the wireless speaker. Currently you can find the Shift System online through Overstock.com and also at a number of bargain outlets such as Home Depot, Kohls or Walmart. Do some checking when your out shopping and you might be able to pick this unit up for about $49.95.

The Shift System absolutely rocks and the sound quality was surprisingly good for the cost. Having been disappointed in the past with the promises and claims from various electronic companies, we were a bit skeptically that it was going to actual work as promised. But we are happy to report that the hardest part of the setup process was removing the styrofoam box guards from the unit. Follow the simple instructions (plug the unit into the wall and the audio cable to your computer) and you are good to go! Wonderful Internet Radio streaming through the air to your backyard, deck, pool and even within distance of your neighbors (Impress them with your taste of unique music – did someone say bagpipes?).

The beauty of a wireless speaker system is that it works with any audio application on your computer. That means iTunes, Windows Media, Zune, Real Audio, Rhapsody or any other music application will be streamed to your wireless base speaker in your home, garage or yard. Another great feature is the speaker pivots, so you can direct the sound to one part of your yard. Pivot the speaker to its default location and a handle is included for easy carrying. We give Sharper Image’s Shift Wireless Speaker system a thumbs up for our Celtic Radio members. For an alternative more robust system, check out the Cables Unlimited system from NewEgg.com. Now go wireless!