World’s First Internet Car Radio

Wednesday, Jan. 14 2009 | Author: Jim

Seems like there is a stand-out product in the radio industry at CES 2009. Manufacturers Blaupunkt ( a leader in automotive multi-media) and a popular internet radio website (MiRoamer) joined forces to debut the World’s first internet car radio… MiRoamer. Pretty “jazzy” look, eh, I like how it the jet black color works on any car interior. Hey, it’s from Blaupunkt so there, it must be a great design!

What we don’t know is who MiRoamer is. At least on my radar, they haven’t landed on the 5 top free internet radio providers. So I did a little digging … read on.

Here’s a brief intro to what MiRoamer is:

miRoamer is a one-stop-shop for all of your Internet Radio needs. After setting up a personal account, you can access all of your favorite Internet Radio providers, stations, and streams, as well as numerous other features. You have the ability to select from hundreds of providers, tens of thousands of free Internet Radio stations, and a vast array of premium content, creating custom playlists from those stations. miRoamer also allows you to add media that is not currently offered here, by simply providing the URL. miRoamer allows users to login and manage all of their content and settings from the same place.

Haven’t heard of MiRoamer before, but I guess I’d be checking them out. Bye for now Pandora as I take a peek at what MiRoamer is.

Hmmm… I know you have question marks all over because how can a car stream audio from the web? Costly if your provider counts it by every bit played. Still costly if you go by time increments too.

This is good news though to Washington and Chicago who seem to be enjoying WIMAX. But for the rest of us who access the internet through 3G or GSM phones… ouch. No can do!