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RadioShark Is Vaporware No More

Posted by timothy on from the no-more-sleeping-through-car-talk dept.

DLWormwood writes "Well, after acquiring a reputation for being 'vaporware of the year' from Wired News, MacCentral is reporting that Griffin Technology's radioSHARK is finally shipping. Now maybe I can finally get some sleep while Dr. Demento is recorded by my Mac late at night..."

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  1. Nothing for you to see here. Please move along. by goldspider · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...and the headline even said that it's not Vaporware!

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    1. Re:Nothing for you to see here. Please move along. by prell · · Score: 4, Funny

      This was never vaporware.. they were just compelled by the RIAA to wait to release the RadioShark until such time that the programming on the radio sucked enough that none of the filthy pirates wanted to jack it.

  2. time shifting? by minus_273 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    is time shifting the new buzzword for recording?

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    1. Re:time shifting? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yeah, I'm time shifting a bunch of Mp3's off the internet.

  3. hmmmm.... by Anubis350 · · Score: 4, Funny

    radioShark eh? does it eat pirates?

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  4. If this turns out to be a dud... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...will they say the RadioSHARK has jumped the Fonzi?

  5. What is the demand for this? by no+haters · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I don't know about other people, but for me, the radio is something that helps to pass the time when I'm doing something else. I listen to the radio when I'm driving my car, when I'm cleaning my house, when I'm having dinner, occassionally. Granted, I wish I could catch "Prairie Home Companion" more often, but oftentimes many broadcasts that are one-time appearances like that are available online after the fact anyway. Do people see a strong demand for an item like this? At $70? Only available as hookup to your PC?

    1. Re:What is the demand for this? by saundo · · Score: 5, Insightful

      There's likely to be a great deal of demand for it. Sporting events broadcast by radio, your favorite DJ's zaniness, or in my case, not being able to listen to Fox Sports Radio because I'm still at work but wanting to catch Steve Czaban's show sometime later.

      The "when I'm doing something else" part doesn't change, it just makes it more convenient for me to listen to something interesting when I want to.

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  6. Rhymes with Steve-O by jea6 · · Score: 4, Informative
    From their vaporized web site:
    • What is Time-Shift Recording?
      Simply put, time-shift recording allows you to pause a live broadcast and return to it moments -- or even hours -- later and continue exactly where you left off. (it's a lot like a popular TV accessory whose name we can't say...but rhymes with Steve-O.)
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  7. Things that make me go ho-hummmm by Bin_jammin · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Seems like too little too late for me and radio. After the corporate buy-outs (Clear Channel, I'm looking at you) the blandification of radio pretty much turned me off from turing radio on. If I could find a station I wanted to listen to, it would probably not entice me to buy another radio to listen to it. If this product had been around 5 years ago, it would have been the latest and greatest. As it is, it's just the lastest. The tech behind it is cool, and it seems like a great product. Commercial free radio would be great, but these days it seems like the songs are the breaks in between the commercials, and not the other way around. Alas radio, you've died at the hands of top 40, and the funeral march will be performed by top selling artists. You sure do look nice in that beige suit though.

  8. Gettin' in line to buy one of those... by The+I+Shing · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I can't wait to get a RadioShark, record Coast to Coast A.M. every night, and then listen to the cavalcade of freaks and weirdos on my iPod while driving, walking, exercising and so on.

    For internet broadcasts, I'll still be using iRecordMusic to bring shows like This American Life and The Savvy Traveler into my iPod via iTunes on my Mac.

    Good thing that 120GB external hard drives are on sale at Office Max this week!

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    1. Re:Gettin' in line to buy one of those... by Hoi+Polloi · · Score: 4, Funny

      "and then listen to the cavalcade of freaks and weirdos on my iPod while driving, walking, exercising and so on."

      What, reading Slashdot isn't enough for you?

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  9. Version 2.0....... by ARRRLovin · · Score: 5, Funny

    .....is said to feature a "fricken laserbeam". When asked to comment on the new feature, Paul Griffin (CEO of Griffin Technologies) said, "Every 'former vaporware of the year' ( he said using finger quotes) device deserves a warm meal." He then raised his ring laden pinky to his lower lip and let out a dasterdly chuckle.

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  10. It Works On PCs Too... by DLWormwood · · Score: 4, Interesting
    ...though it is a bit expensive ($70) come to think of it. I still plan on getting one, however. My iMac doesn't have an audio-in, and this device appears to send the recorded data over USB. I don't have cable, so I never got a TiVo, but now I can experience something similar. Staying up late for the Funny Five wrecks my return to work on Monday mornings.

    I might start listening to more NPR too, since I've had bad luck listening to their Internet broadcasts. I better curb my enthusiasm, I'm starting to sound like a Griffon shill...

    Wow, I'm batting 3 for 3 on getting accepted submissions, anybody have a longer streak?

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  11. More expensive by MacGod · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's cool to see this finally released. Sadly, they upped the price. Originally it was supposed to be $50US, but Griffin's site now lists it as $70. Does inflation apply to products before they actually exist?

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  12. Why is this interesting? by Redshado · · Score: 5, Interesting

    For $70 dollars I can buy a Hauppage Win-TV FM, $10 dollars more I can add Hauppage's radio time-shifting software. So, for a net cost of $10 dollars more I can have all the benefits of the RadioShark and a TiVo, or even better, run it under Linux and MythTV/MythRadio and have it all for the same cost.

  13. Re:Apple Section? Why? by Zebbers · · Score: 4, Funny

    Look at the picture. It's much too curvey to work with a regular pc. With those lines, it must be applelicious.