Comments on: CES 2009 – a radio with your favourite music http://james.cridland.net/blog/ces-2009-a-radio-with-your-favourite-music/ Radio futurologist and beer drinker Thu, 17 May 2012 16:38:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: almost witty http://james.cridland.net/blog/ces-2009-a-radio-with-your-favourite-music/#comment-1833 almost witty Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:04:44 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/?p=1092#comment-1833 To my mind, there are two reasons people like the radio: - it plays music that I want, from a semi-random playlist picked by people who like that kind of music (or track the charts) - there's banter and conversation from the DJ playing it (ha!) Alas, I seem to be in a minority with the latter part - most of my friends prefer their iPods because it gives them a lot more of the former, and none of the latter. The only problem is that they have to put the music in themselves, so there's no chance of stumbling across a new song they haven't heard before. This gadget, by the sounds of it, gets around that, and will at least sprinkle your listening with some new tunes you've never heard before. Radio without the DJs. Music you'll like that you've never heard before. Whether it'll succeed or not, is another question. It might work better as part of a subscription plan ie you get a new set of tunes every month or so. To my mind, there are two reasons people like the radio:

- it plays music that I want, from a semi-random playlist picked by people who like that kind of music (or track the charts)
- there’s banter and conversation from the DJ playing it (ha!)

Alas, I seem to be in a minority with the latter part – most of my friends prefer their iPods because it gives them a lot more of the former, and none of the latter. The only problem is that they have to put the music in themselves, so there’s no chance of stumbling across a new song they haven’t heard before.

This gadget, by the sounds of it, gets around that, and will at least sprinkle your listening with some new tunes you’ve never heard before. Radio without the DJs. Music you’ll like that you’ve never heard before.

Whether it’ll succeed or not, is another question. It might work better as part of a subscription plan ie you get a new set of tunes every month or so.

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