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Griffin Ships Long-Awaited radioSHARK

by , 9:35 AM EDT, September 29th, 2004

More than a year after it was first announced in July 2003 at Mac Expo in New York, Griffin Technology Inc. said Wednesday its radioSHARK, USB-powered desktop AM/FM radio is ready to ship.

“So it’s a little late,” said Paul Griffin, founder of Griffin Technology. “When you’re developing new products from scratch, sometimes you run into unexpected speed bumps along the way – it’s the nature of the business. That said, the radioSHARK is a very cool product that I think people are going to love. It’s the product that ‘I’ wanted to make and ultimately was worth the wait."

The radioSHARK is named for its destinctive fin shaped design, which acts like an antenna. Compatible with both Mac and PC computers, it allows users to listen to and record their favorite AM or FM radio broadcasts. The radioSHARK can record scheduled radio events or as a way of ‘pausing’ live radio. Recordings are automatically synchronized to iTunes so you can transfer files to the iPod.

RadioSHARK retails for US$69.99.

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Close Name:AFCdtLoeb Posts: 2533 Joined: 20 Jul 2004
Wed Sep 29, 2004 10:52 am Subject:

Griffin is so far ahead of everyone else, now its a matter of who in the R/D department can come up with the craziest idea.


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Wed Sep 29, 2004 3:22 pm Subject: Is the tuner any good?
Close Name:jfbiii Posts: 108 Joined: 06 May 2004
Wed Sep 29, 2004 5:05 pm Subject: iBidet

This iPod plug-in provides a warm stream of water for after-BM cleansing.


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Close Name:pyxl8 Posts: 171 Joined: 24 Dec 2003
Wed Sep 29, 2004 5:57 pm Subject: RadioShark revue

I ran into this initial review a few days ago:

http://www.powerpage.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/powerpage.woa/wa/story?newsID=12404

I'm breathing a sigh of relief, since I ordered one at Griffin's MaWorld NYC booth waaaay back in July of 2003! I HOPE it's been worth waiting for, after all the delays! I'm still curious why this was such a complicated build... it's only a friggin' FM radio with time-shifting recording software after all!

They contacted me today to say that it's shipping, so stay tuned for an update.

-Ken P


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