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Fri, 18 Sep 2009 Pure promise Internet radio for the Facebook generation

The Pure Sensia will be available in time for Christmas

Nick Spence

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Pure, a leading manufacturer of DAB and Internet radios, has announced the Sensia, billed as the world’s first high resolution DAB digital and Internet-connected radio with an unique, large colour touchscreen.

The Sensia, available in a range of swductive colours, is aimed at the Facebook generation who want more than to simply listen to music.

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The Sensia will offer users a chance to scroll and spin lists, tap to select, slide controls and swipe to change views, interacting with Internet and radio content.

These, include podcasts and listen again services, along with some custom iPhone style Pure Apps such as weather, news, Picasa, Facebook and Twitter, and when available station slideshows.

The Sensia comes with a 5.7 inch 640 x 480 high resolution colour touchscreen, 15 RMS per channel speakers, 30W RMS total, input for iPod or MP3 player, alarm, countdown timer, sleep timer, headphone socket and remote control.

A moulded stand is supplied, which Pure insists allows the user to angle the radio to an optimum viewing position.

The Sensia is also a media streamer enabling users to listen to music stored on a home computer or network storage device via Wi-Fi.

Audio codecs supported include WMA (Standard V9), WAV, AAC, MP3, MP2, Real Audio (cook). Media streaming requires UPnP server or Mac or PC running UPnP server software, which Pure says is supplied upon registration to www.thelounge.com, Pure's own radio and media portal.

The device surports the following wireless connection: 802.11b and 802.11g supported with WEP and WPA/WPA2 encryption.

The Pure Sensia will be available in time for Christmas with a SRP of £249.99 and comes with a two-year guarantee.

More information can be found at a dedicated Pure site www.touchmyradio.com.

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Daniel said on Fri, 18 Sep 2009

looks nice on paper - let´s hope it will work "as advertised". I tried one touchscreen based system in a shop and it was disapointing, slow (to the point you tried to touch again as there was no reaction) and I wasn´t impressed.

midger said on Fri, 18 Sep 2009

Hmmm. Guess it sums up the Facebook generation.

It's not about how the music sounds, but how it looks!

Thortz said on Sat, 19 Sep 2009

I hope they've found someone who can do interface design. I made the mistake of buying their evoke internet radio. It's only use now is as my bedroom clock. It's a shame because they did all the hard parts OK, just spent 5p on the software design.

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