Pure has announced FlowSongs, a new cloud-based music service compatible with its Internet radio.
They have also announced details of two additions to its line of Internet radios plus a $99 iPod/iPhone AV dock.
FlowSongs allows owners of Pure Internet radios to tag and purchase tracks they hear playing on their radios.
Purchased tracks can then be streamed to the radio on demand, no computer required.
(But if you choose to you can download your tracks to your computer as DRM-free MP3 files.)
The service is currently in beta in the U.K and will be in the U.S. as a public beta in spring.
Tracks will cost between 99 cents and $1.49 and tagging costs $5.99 per year. Though new users get a 90 day free trial.
Hardware wise, the new internet radios provide access to thousands of Internet radio stations, a large selection of on-demand audio such as podcasts, and a library of Pure’s ambient sounds.
The Contour includes a retractable iPod/iPhone dock and features backlit touch-sensitive controls and audio and video outputs (component, S-Video, and composite) for viewing the video content of a docked iOS device on an attached TV.
Whilst the ONE Flow provides up to 20 hours of listening when attached to the optional ChargePAK E1 rechargeable battery and includes kitchen and sleep timers and a 3.5mm input jack for attaching an external audio source such as an iPod.
Some think the radio is a dying form but with internet streaming and tagging services like this, it’s looking stronger than ever.
Source: macworld