Logitech Squeezebox

Radio Business Report has reviewed the Logitech Squuzebox and describe it as “a really nice unit overall that stands out from the crowd.”

They contrast it with radios on the Reciva platform saying “under music genres, stations are not organized alphabetically (unlike the Reciva platform radios). It takes time to find a station you’re looking for in this menu option.”

On the plus side it “packs a real visual punch, combining full-color LCD imagery (a 2.4” screen) with WiFi radio reception – we’re talking logos and type display for all stations it receives (100,000+ radio stations and shows); display album art, scrolling artist/track info; Flickr photo slideshows and very cool lists of any city’s stations across the planet.”

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This launch sees two of the world’s leading Internet radio companies joining forces to offer consumers more variety and choice than ever before.  By partnering with some of the best Internet radio device manufacturers around, Pandora will see its already huge following increase even further.

Radios from C Crane, Grace Digital, Livio, Sonoro and Tangent Audio now boast the highly acclaimed personalized radio experience and all include real-time feedback to the consumers’ online Pandora account.

Jessica Steel, Pandora’s senior vice president of business development said “Our aim has always been to make our service available to as many users as possible via as many delivery mechanisms as possible. The partnership with Reciva shows that Pandora is continuing its commitment to give our users the ultimate choice”.

Ben Terrell, CEO of Reciva stated “Pandora has always been at the forefront of our thinking when integrating world leading music services into the Reciva platform.This is just the beginning of Pandora becoming the De-facto personalized radio experience for Internet radio device owners”

Treedia Labs develops solutions and portals around its unique digital media aggregation and distribution platform. Partnerships with companies such as Liquid Air Labs, Motorola and Reciva along with portals such as Podcast.com leverage Treedia’s unique platform to “hyper-distribute” content to the web, mobile devices, and consumer electronics.

Reciva is the technology provider behind most of the world’s WiFi Internet radio devices available in the market today. More than 40 consumer electronics companies including Bush, Intempo, Revo, Sangean and Tangent use Reciva’s technology platform making Reciva the clear leader in the market for next generation radios.

Reciva-powered radios allow users easy and convenient access to thousands or live radio stations, on-demand radio programs and podcasts from across the world without the need for a PC. Such choice might sound intimidating, but finding content is as easy as turning the dial on a traditional radio set. Except now, turning the dial doesn’t mean tuning into specific radio frequencies: instead, web addresses for specific online radio stations or archived radio programs and podcasts are being accessed through the radio.

Treedia Labs, through its Podcast.com branded content hub, will provide curated podcast content to Reciva-powered radios.

“We’re pleased to partner with Reciva to deliver content to their growing base of Internet Radio devices,” said Duncan Perry, COO of Treedia Labs. “Reciva’s technology and products will enable millions of people worldwide to consume podcast content with devices that could easily replace the terrestrial radio devices.”

Content from Podcast.com will increase the existing selection to over 55 thousand podcast channels across a full range of genres. Reflecting the global nature of Reciva’s user base, content will include international content in 15 languages from across the globe.

“Podcast.com has a first-class collection of podcast content,” said Ben Terrell, Chief Executive Officer of Reciva Limited. “This partnership significantly expands the variety and choice of quality audio content and will benefit our device partners in terms of creating an unparalleled device offering targeted at today’s radio listener.”