Filed under: iPod Family, iTS
HD Radios to allow tagging for later iTunes purchase
Playlist has an interesting story on upcoming HD Radios from Polk and JBL which will feature an iTunes tagging feature. Basically these radios receive the new HD Radio digital audio broadcasts that are starting to be rolled out around the country (and world). Each will have a tag button that you can press while listening to the radio and it will record the title, artist, etc. of the playing track. You can then plug your iPod into the built-in dock and it will transfer the data over; when you next sync the iPod to your Mac it will transfer the tracks to a "Tagged" playlist in iTunes. You can then preview and/or purchase these tracks as normal from the iTunes Store. Of course it would be rather cooler to have something like this built-in to an iPod with an HD Radio receiver, but I think it's a neat idea nonetheless. The first device to support iTunes tagging will be the Polk I-Sonic Entertainment System 2 (right) available in October for $499.
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Gene Cowan said 4:37PM on 9-08-2007
This would be really interesting... if anyone at all had an HD radio, a technology in search of a reason for existing.
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Drew said 4:44PM on 9-08-2007
This has absolutely nothing to do with the post at hand, but am I the only person who's having trouble getting TUAW's RSS feed? Hmm...
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Christina Warren said 5:12PM on 9-08-2007
That's pretty cool - I used to have this little Sony device that did something similar (Sony discontinued the service like, not even a year after the thing came out and gave all 5 of us who bought one our $20 back) - basically you'd hit a button on the unit whenever you heard a song you liked on the radio and then plugged it into USB on the computer and it would tell you all the songs playing on your pre-programmed list of radio stations at the time you pressed the button. I mean, obviously this is much more fluid - but the same idea.
But yes, it would make more sense if anyone actually had HD Radio.
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Dav-id said 5:28PM on 9-08-2007
Just to make this a little more clear in the UK HD Radio is actually digital radio and I think there are around 2million units sold and with programming available on cable, digital freeview and satellite I would say it is fairly popular but still a long way to go but that will come when they turn off the analogue signals in a few years time.
I personally love my digital radio but was recently looking for one with an ipod dock so that I could listen to the radio but also if i wanted some audio from my ipod but when I looked I didnt find anything so if these become available in the UK I will be very pleased and provided it doesnt cost something like £300 (which probably will) then I will likely get one of these up coming radios
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Rob said 5:25PM on 9-09-2007
Great -- now if there were only something on the radio worth listening to more than once.
To clarify, HD Radio is a different standard than what's being used in the UK, Europe, and elsewhere, which is DAB. DAB has been much more widely accepted to date than HD Radio here in the States. The two kinds of receivers are not compatible. And as far as I know, the IBOC HD Radio standard is not used anywhere outside the US.
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blueman said 9:43PM on 9-11-2007
The online music service smstunes.com already have this tagging service for most popular US based FM radio stations (no HD), you just need to send a text message with the station frequency, not as easily as pressing a button but still can be useful as you can use it anywhere in US with your mobile, more details here:
http://www.smstunes.com/radio.aspx
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