music gadgets

so i mentioned Myine Electronics before when they were mentioned in the Freep. i decided to swing back by their website and see what progress had been made. well the site is pretty well developed and nicely designed. its simple and thats good.

the big news is that they have two pretty cool products on the site, an internet radio device called the Ira lets you search thousands of online stations by genre or by geography. this is all without a computer, which i think is pretty bad ass. plus its wireless so you can just set it up with your home stereo and start listening without any more cables. another device, called the Abbee, records FM radio and removes all the talk and commercials for you. it also will record a song at the touch of a button. it can hold up to 500 songs and has a 12hr rechargeable battery. my biggest problem with the idea of the Abbee is that FM lacks many of the artists that i like and reception can be an issue. still a very cool idea that would be great for less computer savvy folks and people with more mass market music tastes. i think my parents would love this.

oh, and beside having some pretty innovative ideas and products, theyre based out of Ferdale, MI, just outside Detroit. therefore, im pulling for 'em extra hard, but im not getting paid for this.