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PenguinRadio chimes in on iPod hifi
I watched with baited breath yesterday as Apple made their announcement. I was on the phone with our radio suppliers in the Netherlands and exchanging e-mails with folks in the Valley who are also in this space. I watched the Mac Mini with the network connectivity and the play your media on your TV, and then heard him say "But now let's talk about music and the iPod". I said to myself this is it--a device that bring Internet audio to your stereo, no pc needed. A wifi stereo--something like what you and I saw in Vegas (at the Denon booth), what I've been trying to bring to develop (and finally am marketing), or what Sonos is deploying today. But then it didn't happen. "Powered Speakers!" was the message I got from our contacts. "It's just powered speakers!" It wasn't what it could be--the end of radio as we know it (at least for now). Anyway--I was quite surprised, especially with the Mini becoming a media hub. I still think a wifi iPod is in the works, but not quite sure why it didn't come to pass yesterday.
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