MiRoamer Internet Car Radio: miRoamer and Blaupunkt introduced the purpose-built internet car radio with access to the diverse selection of Internet media content in 2009. The new devices are the New Jersey 600i and the Hamburg 600i.New Year, New Gear: Radio in 2009 Radio 2020 The product of this alliance is the world's first in-car Internet radio. It was unveiled at the Computer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.The device, which adds Internet access to conventional AM and M tuners, will give mobile access to the thousands of internet radio stations now operating around the globe. The enabling technology built into the radios was developed in Melbourne by miRoamer, formerly Torian Wireless, of Doncaster. It connects to the Internet through a 3G mobile phone network, utilizing a dedicated SIM card in the car radio or by using a mobile phone as a modem to feed data to the Internet browser built into the car's radio software.Melbourne firm to put net on road The Age The prototype head unit connects to a cellphone over Bluetooth to access the Internet, and uses the miRoamer service to stream thousands of stations on the service—which the company estimates will consume about 2GB of data a month.Blaupunkt shows off miRoamer-powered internet car radios Engadget Because so many radio stations that are available, the interface in the head unit isn't designed for users to search through stations. Instead, users create a profile on the miRoamer website with their favorite radio stations. When they get in the car, the head unit logs into miRoamer and shows their radio stations as presets.Blaupunkt and miRoamer bring Internet radio to the car CNET Blog
