Re: [Swprograms] Slightly OT: Re: Grace Digital wifi radio $159 at Best Buy (USA)

["Donna Ring" <ring99@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gentlemen,

Would any of these internet radios be user friendly for a blind person?

Donna Ring

----- Original Message ----- 
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Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 2:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Swprograms] Slightly OT: Re: Grace Digital wifi radio $159 at 
Best Buy (USA)


> Excellent!  By the end of the month we should have people on this board 
> with experience with the Sangean, Grace and ComOne wifi radios.  Comparing 
> notes should prove very helpful to those who own one of these babies as 
> well as to those contemplating such ownership.
>
> Does anyone else here own a wifi radio?  Which one do you have? I have a 
> Com One Phoenix.
>
> John Figliozzi
> ---- Ira Holmes <iholmes@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > *I also just ordered it from Best Buy this morning.  Let's hope we're
> > both pleased with it.
> >
> > Ira Holmes
> > *
> > Richard Cuff wrote:
> > > With Kansas winning the NCAAB championship last night, I secured top
> > > honors in our company's bracket pool.
> > >
> > > So I went and took the plunge on the Grace Digital wifi radio for $159
> > > at Best Buy Online with my winnings.
> > >
> > > It's backordered (surprise!) but should show up in late April.
> > >
> > > This looks to be a US-branded Logik IR100 radio; it had been dinged in
> > > the UK for iffy wifi reception, but the radio now sports an external
> > > antenna and has received positive reviews.
> > >
> > > Audio quality is also rated well (though I doubt it's in the league of
> > > the Sangean WFR-20.
> > >
> > > Will post some impressions once it arrives...
> > >
> > > Richard Cuff
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 12:26 PM, Richard Cuff <rdcuff@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > >> While this might not be the equal in audio quality of the Sangean
> > >>  WFR-20 demonstrated at the Fest, the price is about half of the
> > >>  Sangean.
> > >>
> > >>  The radio uses the same Reciva database as the Sangean and Acoustic
> > >>  Energy AE-1 (the one we demo'd last year) so you can still store your
> > >>  favorite stations via the Reciva website.
> > >>
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