Comments on: Product Review – IS9181 WiFi Internet Radio

By: Jason Coyote

Jason Coyote — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:30:33 +0000

For someone who doesn’t even own an MP3 player or IPod, sign me up for this contest whenever you run it, even if the radio was produced by a member of the Hokies.

By: sam

sam — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:00:19 +0000

dollar bill yo. so what. banner ads don’t work, this stuff is going to be more predominant. ‘buzz agents’.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:28:14 +0000

Understood. Thanks for the clarification. No apologies necessary.

By: Atreyu Jones

Atreyu Jones — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:34:20 +0000

Yes, it was a comment not a question, and yes it was too snide. But, don’t you see what promted it, and why deleting the comment adds to skepticism? A company gives you (or your readers if you do a give-away) a free product, and then you give that product exposure with your audience. It seems like the things you have reviewed in the past were almost all media products about Boston sports, or about the media itself. So a random description about a new product that has no direct connection to Boston stood out to me. As a regular reader, it seemed more like ad copy than the usual content (i.e. something that would be critiqued at BSMW if it appeared somewhere else in the media).

Apologies for the accusatory snideness of my earlier comments.

By: Guntfather of Sports Radio

Guntfather of Sports Radio — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:53:05 +0000

The real story is the utter disrespect for the Andelman Brand. Your Kowloon and Phantom gift cards will not be in the mail this year sir.

By: Bruce, NV

Bruce, NV — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:21:43 +0000

You had me, Bruce, until you said that a “Sox fan living in [Nevada] could listen to Red Sox talk”. As I’ve often said onthe BSMW message boards, the best thing about being out here is being away from the constant shoe-peeing and WEEI.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:21:20 +0000

No, you didn’t ask a question, you just made a snide remark about BSMW now just shilling for products.

They asked if I wanted to test one out and write a review on it, I said sure, so this is what happened. I thought it might be something that out-of-town sports fans could use to keep up with things back home.

It’s the first time I’ve ever reviewed something on here that wasn’t a publication, so your comment about now how content is being replaced by shilling for products is misplaced.

By: Atreyu Jones

Atreyu Jones — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:07:38 +0000

I asked in a comment yesterday why a product advertisement was replacing content at BSMW, and my comment gets deleted?

By: Doc Michaels

Doc Michaels — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:36:54 +0000

My wife bought me a Logitech Squeebox Wifi radio for Christmas — works incredibly well, streams not only radio but also music from your PC/external hard drive. Apparently it also has a rechargeable battery pack that’ll be available this month too.

Not trying to do a plug for it, but I’ve been stunned at how well it works and how easy it is to find other stations and talk programs on it. Great sound quality also. Especially down here in southern RI it’s tough to get 98.5 so now I can with just a few button presses.

If you’re worried about the VTech technology, I would not hesitate to go with the Logitech. It’s also $150 at Amazon so the slightly higher price is probably worth it.

By: Pip

Pip — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:03:06 +0000

You lost me at VTech. Every single one of their products I have ever seen haven been the cheapest garbage around. Unless the company has seriously changed their ways, then I doubt the radio will work for 6 months.