Grace Digital Audio ITC-IR1000B Wireless ‘Pandora Enabled’ Internet Radio ITC-IR1000B Wi-Fi Net Radio

Grace Digital Audio have announced that the latest iteration of their
ITC-IR1000B wireless internet radio is now being supplied with Pandora
integration allowing users to 'tune into' the Pandora personalised
internet radio service in what Grace Digital claim is the first time
that a Wi-Fi internet radio featuring Pandora integration has been
offered in a sub $200 wireless internet radio system.

For those unfamiliar with Pandora, a service already boasting over 13
million users, Pandora basically allows you to define either a song or
artist whose music they like and the service will subsequently use that
information to deliver a personalised stream of music that fits in with
the same general style as the song/artist provided - thus enabling you
to discover music that you may otherwise have overlooked. Or, by way of
offering a somewhat more detailed synopsis, Grace Digital provide the
following detail in their press release (which we feature as it goes a
great deal further to helping the uninitiated understand quite why
Pandora is causing such a stir):

'Pandora is a personalized radio service, available anytime and anywhere
on the PC, in the home and on connected devices. Pandora is based on the
Music Genome Project, which began in 2000 and is the most thorough
analysis of music ever undertaken. Each composition in this massive
collection, which includes Pop, Rock, Jazz, Electronica, Hip Hop,
Country, Blues, R&B, Latin and Classical, is analyzed by one of more
than 50 trained musicians, and assessed against up to 400 distinct
musical attributes (encompassing melody, harmony, rhythm, etc.) to
capture its unique musical identity.

Pandora uses this information to build playlists based on musical
similarity. By simply entering a favorite song or artist, a listener is
instantly launched into a personalized listening experience, full of new
discovery as Pandora explores their favorite part of the music universe.
Listeners can create up to `100 of these personal radio stations and
refine them by providing feedback via the Pandora radio tuner.
Additionally, listeners can create profiles, search for other listeners
in the Pandora community who have similar musical tastes, and find
stations built by other listeners, using artist and song names as well
as genre and mood search terms. The music analyst team works daily to
keep the Music Genome Project updated with the latest releases, emerging
artists, and an ever-deepening collection of catalogue titles.'

Grace Digital Audio's ITC-IR1000B Key Features:

Listen to over 11,000 radio stations from around the world
3″ Ported speaker deliver rich, full bodied audio.
Select stations by region, country, station or by over 50 musical genres
Wirelessly stream your music library from your PC hard drive
Works with any wireless internet connection (802.11b & 802.11g compatible)
WEP and WPA compatible
Stand alone radio No PC required
Connect to your existing stereo system via audio out (headphone jack)
connection
Displays song and artist information
Streams stored audio files from your PC (not compatible with
copy-protected iTunes music downloads)
Clock radio functionality with alarm
Compatibility with all three major streaming formats
Supports Real audio, MP3, WMA, AAC, WAV and AIFF formats

Grace Digital Audio's ITC-IR1000B Wireless 'Pandora Enabled' Internet
Radio retails for $199.99 (i.e. only just under $200) and is already
available.

Grace Digital Audio