small unit for listening to internet radio

Was looking for a smallish portable internet radio, but they all seem fairly
big except the quest which is not getting very good reviews.

Then, Someone suggested using an internet radio on a smart phone.

I dont have a smart phone and hardly use my existing mobile phone at all on
the pay as you go tariff.

What would be a good second hand smart phone to buy and which app would be
best for internet radio? My computer is a desk top PC, what should i buy to
connect the phone to the pc, if that's necessary? Thanks for any advice.

On Tuesday, 11 September 2012 10:58:31 UTC+1, john ryan wrote:
Was looking for a smallish portable internet radio, but they all seem fairly

big except the quest which is not getting very good reviews.



Then, Someone suggested using an internet radio on a smart phone.



I dont have a smart phone and hardly use my existing mobile phone at all on

the pay as you go tariff.



What would be a good second hand smart phone to buy and which app would be

best for internet radio? My computer is a desk top PC, what should i buy to

connect the phone to the pc, if that's necessary? Thanks for any advice.

I use TuneInPro on both an android tablet (Google Nexus 7, Android 4.1) and an android smartphone (cheap t-mobile vivacity, Android 2.3) to listen to internet radio. I can plug either into the aux in on my normal radio and stream internet radio via Wifi from my router.

Personally, I love my tablet - I would say that spending £159 on one of these will give you internet radio plus a whole lot more, without needing to be (or actually being) on a phone tariff (the Nexus 7 has no SIM card, it can only work via Wifi). Whether the "whole lot more" would be worth it for your use only you could judge.

Your specs for a phone, I would suggest, would be a minimum of Android Gingerbread (a.k.a. Android 2.3) on a device which has wifi and a 3.5mm headphone socket. Battery life will be "iffy", particularly second hand, so it would need plugging in quite a bit.

Why not just use your PC? Buy some remote speakers to have around the house somewhere where you want to listen to the radio and let your PC handle the internet radio? Obviously there are power consumption issues with using your PC like that, but that might not be a big problem.

Or geekier still, I'm sure a Raspberry Pi could fit the bill too?

MAtt

"john ryan" wrote in message
...
Was looking for a smallish portable internet radio, but they all seem
fairly big except the quest which is not getting very good reviews.

Then, Someone suggested using an internet radio on a smart phone.

I dont have a smart phone and hardly use my existing mobile phone at all
on the pay as you go tariff.

An old Smart phone, no SIM on wi-fi should do the trick.


What would be a good second hand smart phone to buy

most N and E series Nokia's had wi-fi and older ones should be knocking
about cheap.

and which app would be best for internet radio?

Just go to their web page.

My computer is a desk top PC, what should i buy to connect the phone to
the pc, if that's necessary?

Or you could use a phone with Bluetook as headphones. You would need a
Bluetooth dongle for the PC - £2.50p from Aria last time I bought one. You
might not need a smart phone for this.

For that matter you could buy some Bluetooth head phones (~£10) and skip the
phone.

Thanks for any advice.

On Tuesday, 11 September 2012 15:30:27 UTC+1, R. Mark Clayton wrote:
"john ryan" wrote in message
and which app would be best for internet radio?

Just go to their web page.

That won't work for all internet radio streams I think due to potentially missing codecs / flash etc etc

Matt

On 11/09/2012 16:02, larkim wrote:
On Tuesday, 11 September 2012 15:30:27 UTC+1, R. Mark Clayton wrote:
"john wrote in message
and which app would be best for internet radio?

Just go to their web page.

That won't work for all internet radio streams I think due to potentially missing codecs / flash etc etc

Try
http://www.mikesradioworld.com/
for links to loads of streams, WMA, mp3 etc or
http://bbcstreams.com/
will get you WMA links for BBC stations. Yes, some are embedded in
Flash, so it gets hard.

If you have an Android phone, then the TuneIn Radio app will get you a
lot of stations. Probably similar for iPhone at a guess.

On 11/09/2012 17:15, Mark O'Knee wrote:

If you have an Android phone, then the TuneIn Radio app will get you a
lot of stations. Probably similar for iPhone at a guess.


that's what i use - very useful.
when radio oxford put on football for example i can switch to radio
solent to get the show i'm missing.
it also makes recommendations based on your mp3 listening - it pointed
me in the direction of a gay radio station rather worryingly!

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Hmm well come next year in the evenings there will be no other choice
nationally will there?

Brian

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On 11/09/2012 17:15, Mark O'Knee wrote:

If you have an Android phone, then the TuneIn Radio app will get you a
lot of stations. Probably similar for iPhone at a guess.


that's what i use - very useful.
when radio oxford put on football for example i can switch to radio solent
to get the show i'm missing.
it also makes recommendations based on your mp3 listening - it pointed me
in the direction of a gay radio station rather worryingly!

--
Gareth.
That fly.... Is your magic wand.

On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 10:58:29 +0100, "john ryan"
wrote:

Was looking for a smallish portable internet radio

alt.radio.digital might be a better forum

"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
...
Hmm well come next year in the evenings there will be no other choice
nationally will there?

Brian

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On 11/09/2012 17:15, Mark O'Knee wrote:

If you have an Android phone, then the TuneIn Radio app will get you a
lot of stations. Probably similar for iPhone at a guess.


that's what i use - very useful.
when radio oxford put on football for example i can switch to radio
solent to get the show i'm missing.
it also makes recommendations based on your mp3 listening - it pointed me
in the direction of a gay radio station rather worryingly!

Only if you are straight AND uptight.


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Gareth.
That fly.... Is your magic wand.

In article ,
the dog from that film you saw wrote:
it pointed
me in the direction of a gay radio station rather worryingly!

Which meaning of gay are you using? 1st, 2nd or 3rd?

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