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Ya' know, a 150 dollar PDA with wi-fi, running freeware, can act as a streaming audio player, and can play all day long if connected to an AC adapter. Plus when you unplug it, it can do much more.

My Dell Axim X51v is a higher end device (than the 150 dollars one would pay for a Palm-type device), but I use it often for internet radio. I can even connect it to my HD Radio, and using the free Windows Media Encoder, can stream HD stations not on the 'net so I can listen to them anywhere with a wi-fi connection.

Something I would consider before spending hundreds for a "one-trick pony" device (that could ONLY stream audio and/or video in a fixed location). Hell, using Orb, I can stream VIDEO as well as audio from my home system to anywhere I may be!
 
Mike Walker said:
Ya' know, a 150 dollar PDA with wi-fi, running freeware, can act as a streaming audio player, and can play all day long if connected to an AC adapter. Plus when you unplug it, it can do much more.

My Dell Axim X51v is a higher end device (than the 150 dollars one would pay for a Palm-type device), but I use it often for internet radio. I can even connect it to my HD Radio, and using the free Windows Media Encoder, can stream HD stations not on the 'net so I can listen to them anywhere with a wi-fi connection.

Something I would consider before spending hundreds for a "one-trick pony" device (that could ONLY stream audio and/or video in a fixed location). Hell, using Orb, I can stream VIDEO as well as audio from my home system to anywhere I may be!
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Very true, but a lot of people like the simplicity of something that works just like a "radio."
 
You're right Chuck. I'm a geek, who likes to tinker with things, and I see the world through that prism.
 
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