This, folks, is a wireless wireless. That is to say it's a radio - supporting FM, DAB and even the not-yet-used-in-the-UK DAB+ - that also has WiFi, so it can connect to the internet to play web-based radio stations and, in theory at least, stream music from your Mac.
In fact, there's a hell of a lot of very juicy tech stuffed into this little box, and yet neither its physical dimensions nor the hole it would make in your bank balance are large. It really is a neat little box - only 255mm wide - and is available both in white and in a matt black finish (a little smarter, we think). And then there's that price; the manufacturer sells it for £150 - and even that's pretty good - but we found it online for only £119, which is serious bargain territory.
So many features
It's still a lot of cash, though, so why are we so excited? Well it's just that it does so darn much. Let's get FM out of the way, because you really never use it unless you're unlucky enough to live somewhere with no DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) reception - you can check at www.ukdigital radio.com/coverage - or internet connection.
DAB works beautifully, and we didn't even have to extend the aerial to get a perfect reception. There's space for ten presets - the same buttons for presets on the top of the device itself are replicated on the credit card-style remote control - along with support for all the usual DAB stuff, such as scrolling station information.
Setting up the internet
radio is a simple task, and the RadioStation supports WPA as well as WEP encryption, so it's easy to add to a secure network. Entering a password more than a few characters long is laborious with the system of scrolling through alphabets, but you'll rarely have to do this. It's just annoying that there's no alphabetic support, as this would make jumping though long lists much quicker.
