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Posted by jeffld, 07:25, 22nd February 2004:
 
I saw this device today at BestBuy. It is a MP3 player. Ah, yes we all know what a MP3 player is, but this one is special.



It's wireless.

I don't know if there are any other wireless MP3 players out there. It can transfer between the PC and the device or between two of the devices. It also has a FM transmitter so you can play the songs on your home or car stereo by tuning the stereo to a particular channel.

It retails for $299.99
Posted by cal, 11:21, 22nd February 2004:
 
what kind of wireless does it use?

these would be illegal over here (like the itrip) so it's just for you us people.
Posted by Brock, 11:24, 22nd February 2004:
 
Why would it be illegal, Cal?
Posted by tommorris, 12:47, 22nd February 2004:
 
Surely if it's 802.11{a|b|g} or Bluetooth it would be okay. It's just if it's FM that it's a problem.
Posted by jeffld, 13:04, 22nd February 2004:
 
I wasn't familiar with itrip so I just looked it up. It is a add on device for ipod that is a FM transmitter. I guess they are illegal in the UK.

www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?Ne...

The Aireo uses 802.11 for the wireless networking and the FM transmitter uses the frequency 88.1 by default, but can adjusted to use 88.1 - 107.9 MHz.

According to the PDF documentation is says that it only transmits 15 feet to 25 feet.

I did some searches on Aireo last night and I saw that the slash dotters talked about this in great length last month.
Posted by Sul, 13:28, 22nd February 2004:
 
I was wondering about the legalities of this:

www.pcs-electronics.com/en/products.php?...

Probably a no go over here then.
Posted by cal, 14:18, 22nd February 2004:
 
brock and tom: "It also has a FM transmitter". which isn;t allowed here without a license.
Posted by tommorris, 14:54, 22nd February 2004:
 
Man that's a crappy law. Surely it's not the presence of an FM transmitter that's the problem: it's the use of the transmitted that is the behaviour the law is trying to curb. Punish the people who make FM transmissions without a licence rather than punishing the people who have an FM transmitter.

Or, the manufacturer could make one which doesn't have FM. Might be easier than making our glorious lawmakers see sense.
Posted by sal, 17:29, 22nd February 2004:
 
yeah but no one's going to care about a tiddly little transmitter going only a few metres
Posted by cal, 18:53, 22nd February 2004:
 
you'd think that, but it's still illegal to sell this in the uk
Posted by Sul, 19:26, 22nd February 2004:
 
What about if we all put or orders in and get you to smuggle a couple back when you come back from Canada?
Posted by Perclissigi, 00:46, 23rd February 2004:
 
I would be up for that... (smuggling an iTrip) I mean is it actually impossible to have one shipped to the uk, even from the apple store or something??
Because i really want one for my iPod, it would be so useful!
Posted by ell, 04:23, 23rd February 2004:
 
Check eBay.com there's hundreds of portable (and loads of iPod-centric) FM transmitters you can get shipped here on the sly.
Posted by sal, 09:02, 23rd February 2004:
 
he's right you know, there's loads.
can't find any of those aireo thingys though.

anyway, you don't need to buy one- make one yourself.
Posted by Perclissigi, 19:46, 23rd February 2004:
 
right, because a home made FM transmitter will soooo fit in with the minimalist stylings of my iPod.
Trust me, most of the stuff i make looks like crap.
Take my studio for instance, it works, but hardly looks good!
Posted by Doctor Lucid, 20:25, 23rd February 2004:
 
Appearences aren't everything..
it's what's under the surface that counts.
Posted by Doctor Lucid, 20:26, 23rd February 2004:
 
(like an abacus, coated in lead.)
Posted by Perclissigi, 20:28, 23rd February 2004:
 
mmmmmmmmmmmm abacus