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Timex TS70B Clock Radio for Sansa e200 & c200

The Timex TS70B is a clock radio that is compatible with all Sansa e200 and c200 players. Normally clock radios are a bit on the boring side, but I have to say that once these players are docked they look very cool.

The Timex TS70B Clock Radio has a tower design and comes complete with remote, meaning you do not have to rush from your bed once the alarm goes off.

Do not worry if you do not own a Sansa e200 & c200 player as Timex have included a 3.5mm mini-jack, allowing you to connect other brands of MP3 players to the radio.

There are a few downsides to the Timex TS70B, the first being that you can’t wake up to your tunes on your MP3 player. You can only wake up to AM/FM radio or buzzer. The other downside is the sound, it does not like going loud but what do you expect for a clock radio.

Woot has the Timex TS70B Clock Radio on a one day special for just $29.99

The new Sirius XM Radio Inc

The merger of US satellite radio giants XM and Sirius completed today and now company will be called “Sirius XM Radio Inc”. The merger took time thanks to a battle with regulators over market competition concerns.

The two companies before the merger were already massive in the radio business. Now the new Sirius XM Radio Inc has more than 18.5 million subscribers, which makes it the 2nd largest radio company in the United States.

Critics had said that this new company would form a monopoly in the satellite and radio industry; they feared that bidding wars for top talent would end.

Sirius XM Radio broadcasts over 300 channels of programming, these include names such as Martha Stewart, Oprah and Howard Stern.

When trading opened today, Sirius XM Radio shares plunged to 1.51 dollars (that’s a loss of 19.68 percent).

What do you think of the Sirius XM merger?

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Beta BBC iPlayer 2.0: PC, Apple iPhone, Nintendo Wii, No Mac

Tomorrow will see a beta version of the next-generation BBC iPlayer launched, this will give UK license fee payers access to BBC TV and radio programmes on-demand. The new beta version will provide access to live audio and radio through a single interface, the current version does not allow BBC’s radio services and on demand television shows to be fully integrated together in the one player.

The BBC iPlayer is a completely unique on-demand service and with it, you are able to get the full range of BBC content. This is much better than when it was first released; now you can get some 250 TV programmes each week for free. The best part of this is you can watch them whenever you want, this beats other services like Sky who want to charge you to record using a Sky box and only give it free if you pay them money for a package.

As the BBC expands and also does other on demand TV services, services like Sky will have to start giving more away for free and it’s only then that they will. It may not seem fair, but until they get any real competition, they will gladly take our money.

You can get a full break down of all the features in the new-look BBC iPlayer 2.0 on this blog, the new software launches in Beta come morning, but the really sad part is about support of any version of the iPlayer.

Yes you can get it on PC and they even made the BBC iPlayer work on the Nintendo Wii, Apple iPhone and iPod Touch, so if all this is possible, what happened to Mac OS X support?

The PC and Mac computers go hand in hand, I have a PC and also a Mac. It’s really strange that we do not have support for iPlayer on Mac but do have it on the iPhone. Would you use the iPlayer on a Mac computer?

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£200 off the S-81DAB from Denon

£200 has been slashed off the price of the S-81DAB system from Denon. The stereo style system includes CD player, DAB radio, FM, speakers and full iPod integration.

iPods can be connected either with the ASD-1R docking station or by using the included lead. The additional features include the clock radio and two way speakers (they can be used vertically or horizontally)

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HandleEasy 321rc Remote Control by Doro

Doro who is a Swedish consumer electronics company have done a survey, which has revealed that around half of the British find TV remotes confusing. In the age range 60 and over it was 63% who had trouble with their remote.

The study also revealed that every second Brit only uses 6 buttons on the remote and this coincides with the launch of a very simple remote, not surprisingly from Doro. It’s called the Doro HandleEasy 321rc, which has been designed with the more senior audience in mind, and it is perfect for anyone who just wants a plain and simple remote.

The remote can learn functions that you can allocate to each button and will control television, radio or stereo which require a remote to operate. The HandleEasy is on sale now at Argos for £19.99.

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Crank Radio: Stay Informed in a Storm

This portable self-powered 2-way crank radio lets you communicate with others from distances of up to five miles using no batteries whatsoever.

All you have to do is just turn the fold-out crank to get up to an hour’s worth of music or news on AM, FM or simply speak to a mate who has the same radio. Read more

Recive TV & FM Radio with the Cinergy Hybrid

There is a new TV stick from Terra Tec and it is the Cinergy Hybrid T USB XS FM, it is a TV receiver which can get receive FM Radio.

All the user has to do is connect the USB stick to a Read more

Cinque DAB/CD Radio from Tangent

The Cinque is the fifth in the Tangent radio range and is the first that will offer DAB radio and a CD player. Tangent have also said that MP3 and iPod players can also be integrated too.

The radio can function in either RDS FM Turner or as a DAB tuner, there are Read more