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Hands-on with the Intempo iDAB: iHate it

The iPod's lack of radio functionality is a frequent source of complaint, so Intempo has created the iDAB for the U.K. market--an accessory that clips into the the docking port of the iPod, giving you digital radio wherever you have your Classic, Touch, Nano, or iPhone.

In theory, this sounds great. The problem--well, there's a list of problems, actually--is that this thing doesn't work at all like you'd expect. You would imagine it would use the iPod's display, its headphone socket, its navigational buttons. You wish. The iDAB basically just uses the iPod as … Read more

Gadgettes 76: The What I Want for Valentine's Day (hint hint) Episode

EPISODE 76

Note to gadget makers: Just say no to pink

So let's say you waited till the last minute and, in a panic, caved and got a pink Nano to give for Valentine's Day. Fine. Just don't get too carried away with accessories for it, because this is living proof that there's definitely such a thing as too much pink.

U.K.-based Intempo has created a 12-watt speaker dock to go with the latest iPod, according to Tech Digest, but--judging by the photos--it has taken the pastel palette in a disturbingly neon direction. We pray that Apple isn't planning a kelly green version for … Read more

U.K.'s 'Daisy': Wi-Fi Net radio for your pocket

We're living in happy times right now. Happy, because the Internet is no longer restricted to devices with wires. Yes, in 2008 the wireless Web is maturing like the finest cheese. Ready to exploit the growing ubiquity of a Web without wires is Intempo, whose portable Wi-Fi radio is designed to be used on the move, obviously with the intention of being used near Wi-Fi hot spots. All very well in big U.S. cities, but is it too early for the U.K.?

You'll be able to use the new radio--code-named "Daisy"--with about 6,… Read more

Net radio for the streaming n00b

Intempo's new GX01 is an attractive and affordable little networked music streamer and Internet radio device. At 129 pounds (about $271) it's a few tenners shy of the excellent Squeezebox's price tag, so it has potential to snag the interest of media-streaming newbies. The crucial thing, therefore, is ease of use--if the GX01 is even remotely difficult to use, n00bs, no matter how l33t, may pay dearly for paying less dearly.

The system's pretty pleasing to the eye and looks like something DAB specialists Pure Digital would produce--the pine finish and and single speaker makes the … Read more