Millions of people are already regularly listening to their favourite radio programmes over the Internet through PCs, but as broadband and WiFi penetration grows in the home, it is expected that listeners will want to migrate to more traditional and easier-to-use entertainment products for their Internet radio services. Applications will include a wide range of audio products, from portable and alarm clock radios to CD micro systems, boomboxes and HiFi tuners. Also, as more consumers use PCs as central music file servers, streaming playback capability will become a sought after feature, enabling audio files to be played through the WiFi radio when connected to a WiFi front-end.
