July 12th, 2009

Sure you are often heard and know the HDTVs or HD video player, but this one is differ, this is a portable HD Radio, called “Insignia NS-HD01,” see more in the photos below, the big box retailer and supporters of HD Radio alike are hoping that this subscription-free player will finally put some much-needed wind behind the sails of the format, and while it’s pretty simple in nature, the sub-$50 price tag. You can find it at Best Buy, but others online electronic store will available.

The specs list includes a color LCD, rechargeable Li-ion battery, a 3.5 millimeter headphone jack, a bundled armband and ten user-selectable preset memory channels, well, you chose one and enjoy it.

More Best Buy released the Insignia NS-HD01 HD Radio:

Best Buy® Releases First-Ever Portable HD Radio Receiver

Insignia™ HD Radio™ Portable Player Provides Digital HD Radio Broadcasting On the Go

MINNEAPOLIS – Today, Best Buy announced the launch of the Insignia™ HD Radio Portable Player, a first-of-its-kind product innovation, which will be available exclusively at Best Buy on July 12.

HD Radio technology is transforming the radio experience in ways never thought possible. It enables FM radio stations to broadcast their programs digitally, ensuring that listeners will experience clear reception with no audio distortion. Digital broadcasting allows listeners to access – for free – new HD Radio channels and more programming than ever before.

As the first-ever portable HD Radio player, the Insignia HD Radio Portable Player will make it easy for listeners to take the exceptional HD Radio experience on the go. The player offers new and extra FM HD Radio channels with crystal-clear, static-free sound, allowing listeners to take
the ultimate sound experience to the gym or for a jog anywhere there is an HD Radio signal.

“The sound quality and LCD screen features of the Insignia HD Radio portable are phenomenal,” said Mike Dahnert, Insignia Portable HD Radio product manager. “Best Buy is proud to be the first to bring such a unique and quality product to our customers.”

“We applaud Best Buy for setting a precedent in the audio entertainment marketplace by offering the first-ever portable HD Radio receiver,” said Bob Struble, President and CEO of iBiquity Digital Corporation, the developer of digital HD Radio technology for AM/FM audio and data broadcasting. “With new HD2/HD3 digital channels, crystal-clear sound, no subscription
fees, and now, thanks to Best Buy, the ability to take digital radio on the go, it’s a total win for the consumer and one more indication that the HD Radio momentum is continuing.”

The built-in, rechargeable Lithium-ion battery on the Insignia HD Radio Portable Player ensures long periods of continuous listening and entertainment, and a full-color LCD screen makes it simple to program your favorite preset stations at any time. A stylish armband and a 3.5 mm jack output make it easy to use the player on the go or in your car. Set up to 10 user-selectable preset memory channels to save and enjoy your favorite stations wherever you go. For a full list of HD Radio stations, visit http://www.hdradio.com.

MSRP – $49.99

Features:

* 10 station presets
* Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery (up to 10 hours of playing time)
* 3.5mm output (can be used with car stereo )
* Full color display
* Displays radio station, artist, and song
* 1.5″ LCD screen

Accessories included:
Earphones, Armband, USB cable for charging

Package contents:
Earphones, Armband, USB cable, User guide and Quick Set Up Guide

Ericsson genuinely leer to various country outlying Asian market place to embedded investment, company successful make contract agreement with three mobile phones operators in 3 provinces in China recently, today we heard Ericsson plan, to invest 1.5 billion dollars in South Korea over the next five years, officials said Sunday.

Ericsson of Sweden, are the world’s leading mobile phone network provider, was disclosed by chief executive officer Carl-Henric Svanberg at a meeting in Stockholm with South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak on Sunday, Lee’s office said in a statement released, company will set up a investigate centre in South Korea to develop environmentally-friendly and fourth-generation telecommunications technologies with firms in the Asian country.

President Lee hailed the planned conjecture as helping the two countries lead the information and communications technology market, Ericsson will also increase the number of employees at its South Korean unit from 80 to about 1,000, he said on three-day visit to Sweden since Saturday.

Ericsson is a world leader in high-speed wireless technology using the long-term evolution, despite the fact that South Korea is one of the world’s most wired countries and a developer of high-speed Wireless Broadband, called “WiBro” technology, so that’s suitable, Ericsson see new arable in Korean-land.

One days some gamer lovers expects to the 3D videogame coming at home, today we see the US videogame lovers are adapting to tough economic times by turning to low-cost online play, according to figures released Friday by industry tracker comScore, according to the company, 87 million US Internet users visited online videogame websites in May, a 22 percent increase from the same month last year.

The amount of online play is growing 10 times as quick as the overall US Internet population, with almost one of every two users getting in the game, Edward Hunter, gaming solutions of comScore director said they will continuing surge in online game play was attributed, in part, to people opting for “cheaper entertainment alternatives” in grim economic conditions.

So far, actually some source reported that, ComScore get the top spot for online play, so the company ranked Yahoo, saying that the number of visitors there in May rose to 19.4 million, a six percent climb from the same month last year, US videogame giant Electronic Arts saw visits to EA Online rocket 34 percent to 18 million, “Online gaming continues to be one of the top gaining categories over the past year,” Hunter said.

“Growth in the category is occurring not only at the top gaming destination sites, but also through viral distribution platforms, including widgets and applications.”

The gaming expert analyze, two million people in North America have registered to play online first-person shooter game Combat Arms since Nexon Corp. launched it in here a year ago, some online game producer from South Korean, such as blockbuster “Maple Story,” are free to play online with the company making money from “micro-transactions,” such as sales of digitized clothing or accessories for animated in-game characters, then based on that, the company want to develop it, “Nexon’s ‘Combat Arms’ reflects the continued enlargement of the free-to-play landscape and its potential in the North American marketplace,” the gaming expert said.