I just read about the Freeplay Devo radio and was quite excited. OK it is £90 which is a little steep for a radio but I’m geeky enough to want to supplement my podcast listening with a little digital radio. So a wind-up one seemed just the thing… until I looked at the fine print. The Devo weighs 1.2Kg and while 60 seconds of winding gives you an hour of FM listening, it provides just 3-5 minutes of digital radio listening! Inevitably this ‘green’ radio would mostly stay plugged into the mains or run off its 6hr battery. Guess I’ll have to wait another few years. Which is probably just as well since I also just read that the Freeplay radio and others may become obsolete anyway.
22 May 2007
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A wind up digital radio??? Do you have an image or something? Why don’t we just make wind up autos and be done with it eh?
Comment by Andy — 22 May 2007 @ 11:15 pm
Yeah, I want to know, too.
Comment by jane — 23 May 2007 @ 9:43 am