I get a little tired of the blogger and columnist cliché that [insert disruptive technology here] will kill off [insert legacy technology here], but if you can get past that, Mike Elgan makes some excellent points about the superior "radioness" of the iPhone (I have one), especially with the many radio-centric or radio-like apps available in Apples app store. He writes:
... One of the most popular (and fastest growing) application types on
iPhones is Pandora and its ilk, including iheart radio, Public Radio
and other streaming services. People are getting used to the idea of
listening to exactly what they want to hear at any time on their phones. ...
On the other hand, satellite radio is primarily a vehicular listening activity and the iPhone is primarily a two-handed machine. If you think talking on your cell phone is unsafe, try finding a channel on your iPhone app or restarting the stream when you need to. But it's just a matter of time -- and not much time in the geological time of radio -- before IP radios are built into dashboards and designed for eyes-on-the-road one-handed adjustments.
Link: PCWorld. Thanks to Tom White for the link. --Dennis
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