Wonder why none has posted this yet?

[clouseau]

I don’t think wireless will replace radio totally either, however given time it will make a dent in total audience and TSL. TSL is already being effected people still listen just not a long. I blame that on time scarcity and deluge of electronic devices clamoring for attention.

Someone note the date... I agree wholeheartedly with Pocket radio. TSL is down because of "Other interests". Radio is like nework TV. It will see a decrease. However I'll put my money on network TV affiliates dying before radio.

Also Wall Street’s repetitive corporate radio approach hasn’t help anyone.

We won't agree here. Radio programs what sells. I don't accept otherwise. If it makes financial sense, THEY DO IT!!

Cell phones that everyone carries will be called on to do more and more, from making calls, surfing the web, listening to music and watching full length movies.

I just don't see this as a primary entertainment source. Making Calls? Sure... Surfing the web? MAYBE... Listening to music Maybe as an MP3 player... Watching moveis??? And they called TV the small screen.

And I’m afraid a cell phone has replaced the pocket radio that you and I spent many hours with in bed, under the covers, an experience that’s forever lost to this generation. Boy do I really feel older.

No doubt there is encroachment. However when I fell asleep with the radio on, I got dead batteries. Now I get a seven hour overage!!

Also I had a radio long before any parent should give their kid a cell phone. Although today things ight be different.

BTW I want to ask you if you're from Maryland. Instead I'll ask if you're someone with a similar screen name who used to post here earlier. Because I felt that person was an ass. And you certainly appear not to be. Not that I'm in any position to do so, but welcome to you, the current poster. Be it you or someone else, it's a welcome addition.

Sorry, I'm still the same old cranky bastard, though.

Clouseau


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[calstymes]

clouseau mused:

BTW I want to ask you if you're from Maryland. Instead I'll ask if you're someone with a similar screen name who used to post here earlier. Because I felt that person was an ass. And you certainly appear not to be. Not that I'm in any position to do so, but welcome to you, the current poster. Be it you or someone else, it's a welcome addition.

I have been wondering about this as well and it seems clear to me that he is not the same person. Thank goodness for that!

 

[rbrucecarter5]

Someday wireless will reach critical mass and for $10.00 a month you’ll be surfing the web, while driving down the road at 80 mph.

It is probably not a good idea to encourage people to violate the law by driving over the posted speed limit. Especially while surfing the web!

However, there is a key problem with wireless in cars - what do you do when there is a drop out. The way streaming is now, you have to re-enter a URL and click several things to get it working. All of that has to be automated - the in car system has to know exactly what to do to restore the stream with no driver intervention. Those stations that require log-in are really going to be at a disadvantage.

 

[Chuck]

Those stations that require log-in are really going to be at a disadvantage.

They already are. They simply don't work on any Internet radio I've seen. Most of the "radios" use a portal like Reciva to tune the stations. If you aren't listed on one of those portals, you won't be able to be received.

I haven't figure out why someone would want to make it difficult to listen to their station by having some kind of log in procedure. I suppose they are harvesting email addresses so they can sell them to spammers. That is one way to help pay expenses, but I think it is counter-productive. It's kind of like a TV station not wanting to be carried by the local cable company.

 

[pocket-radio]

I just don't see this as a primary entertainment source. Making Calls? Sure... Surfing the web? MAYBE... Listening to music Maybe as an MP3 player... Watching moveis??? And they called TV the small screen.


the 12-24’s consume media differently than your average 40 year old.
Their world view is focused around a cell phone and being able to connect with friends. Plus battery and storage capacity has improved, where the lonely cell phone doubles as MP3 & video player, even though the screen is too small, for old guys with old eyes.. LOL

I think I read Pandora’s huge increases came from registered users of cell phones,
using sprint and or an iphone to make the connection.

 

[tomservo]

My phone makes a pretty good web browser. When the WAP-enabled built-in browser doesn't cut it, Opera's free Mini browser handles a lot more sites. No Flash, no Java and no scripting, really... But "regular" websites work fine.

One of the neat new tricks I've been babbling about is being able to program my new DVR via the provider's mobile website. Now if I'm sitting in Cracker Barrel and remember that a new episode of Good Eats comes on, I can snag it 50 miles from home.

As for the dropouts... I'm not sure how it works on GPRS/EDGE systems but when jumping from cell site to cell site there's a brief interruption, but data sent (for login, or a web address) is retained and resubmitted to the new cell. In dense urban areas it's pretty seamless but out here in the country where the phone may only have one other weak cell to lock on to, it can lead to substantial delays and slow connections. I've no experience with 3G services like EV-DO, which may handoff more smoothly.

My non-smart phone streams, although it's locked by the idiots at AT&T. There's been a "mobile audio/video streaming" standard (RTP?) for a while and it works well enough, but when swapping cell sites a lot the buffer runs out easily, interrupting the stream. Of course, even if streaming DID work here AT&T's EDGE service is slow as GPRS. Only when I get to a big city like Jackson or Memphis does it pick up considerably... And those are the nearest 3G areas so why upgrade?

Truth be told, internet radio in the car is a looooong way off for most of us.

Even when it becomes available in big cities (despite the promise of wireless net for us poor rural folk) it'll be a while before the non-tech heads discover internet radio. And that's assuming the high royalty fees don't kill off all the independent streamers... I still hear rumors of Pandora's impending demise... Is that still a worry?

The way I see it, by the time mobile internet is ubiquitous, I'll be an old man or dead... And Clear Channel and CBS will own all the major streaming companies and lock out the devices they don't prefer, making people buy more stupid iPhones to access their content.