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Tivoli NetWorks Radio Going Into Production
Posted by Mark Wilson at 3:30 AM on May 8, 2008
Tivoli's awaited NetWorks Radio is finally going into production this week and it's looking quite different from what we saw previously. The US$600 unit features a Global Portal accessible via the system's Ethernet and Wi-Fi, allowing you to listen to music from all over the world. In addition, the unit can interface with PCs (for DRM-free WMAs, MP3s and Real Audio) and features USB for reading music off of various mass storage devices. The inclusion of a stereo speaker or CD drive will cost extra—which is a Tivoli standard. And while we're sure it sounds great, US$600 is still a lot to pay for an internet radio...even if it comes in various "furniture grade" styles of wood casing.
Tivoli is offering a limited edition version of their Model One from Scandanavian glass artist Per B. Sundber. Surrounded in hand-crafted crystal, only 30 models will be sold at $4,200 a pop (about $4,100 of that is for the decoration). Oh, and we don't expect you to buy it. We're simply offering further evidence as to why people generally stick fruit, flowers and candles in their crystal. [
Today in New York, Tivoli Audio founder Tom DeVesto unveiled plans, what he called "five years worth of work," for two Internet radios modeled after the company's successful Kloss Model One and SongBook radios. The Kloss Model One look-alike will be called NetWorks, and the SongBook-styled one, shown above, will be the NetWorksGo. Price has not been announced, nor has a ship date, but the company is aiming for this fall.
