Com One gives Phoenix a healthy set of upgrades
Com One Phoenix IP Radio
Com One has added some useful new features to its Phoenix WiFi radio.
The new upgrades and interface are user-friendly, the database of podcasts is growing, and the ability to self-provision new stations from a personal web management page has gained favour even among the most critical of radio listeners. A new Arbitron/Edison Media Research study shows that Internet radio is rapidly gaining popularity, particularly among college graduates who listen to radio at work. Overall, the portion of full and part time employees listening to radio via the Internet has grown 12% to 20% in one year’s time. Among college graduates who listen at work, 30% are listening most often via the Internet.
The portable Phoenix Internet Radio combines the listening choices from the Internet with the convenience of a traditional clock radio that includes preset station buttons, Snooze and Sleep modes, rechargeable AA batteries, plus automatic software upgrades. The Phoenix radio keeps getting better and better! Recent firmware upgrades provide improved Wi-FI quality and stability with a WPA connection that is 25% faster than the previous version and with an enhanced dynamic network bandwidth manager. Plus, a unique new “My Network” feature allows you to access UPnP music sources present on your home network or computer through Windows Media Player.
The Phoenix Radio also has the ability to network and access the music stored on your computer, and to send audio output to your favorite hi-end audio system or speakers via wired analog connection or wireless Bluetooth adapters. All you need is a broadband connection and wireless gateway like a Wi-Fi router.
In: Com One, Radios · Tagged with: Com One, Com One Phoenix
on February 10, 2010 at 8:16 pm
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I have two of these radios and until this week, I have enjoyed them once I learned how to program them. I went to the website yesterday to change one of my stations and my account page is DEAD. I emailed them and read some blogs but noticed the blogs were a couple of years old.
I think the company is out of business and I will have to replace the radios.
No phone number lisged for them either.
Don’t buy one of these
on February 10, 2010 at 8:29 pm
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Alas it does seem to be the case that Com One has gone out of business, although as is often the case, the websites live on like ghosts. There is lots of angry discussion about it on Com One’s (still active) forums – http://comonephoenix.messageforums.net/com-one-phoenix-general-discussion_f2.html