If you think that your radio can listen to music or talk, think again. new technology, HD Radio, brings the ability to send SMS messages of all kinds.
In fact, text messages can be as simple as the song title and artist, or as complex as a warning to traffic, weather report, or important news.
Ultimately, it will be up to each station HD Radio to decide what he wants to do with SMS messages. Some May choose to charge for services such as traffic alerts. Other May decide to stay with the name of song and artist playing. However, other stations may decide to give away traffic alerts and weather updates, but with a short text advertisements - to offset the cost of free texting
.As one example of the fabric, Amy Gilroy recently reported on two occasions (This Week in Consumer Electronics) by the end of the year, Clear Channel will be delivering real-time traffic data via HD Radio.
According to Clear Channel, a new HD radio service will launch in 48 markets this year with about 100 stations broadcasting HD traffic information. The company will eventually develop this service to all its HD channel.
greater bandwidth in the HD radio signal is expected to provide enhanced services, including weather updates and points of interest (POI) updates.
Clear Channel says a significant number of suppliers already offer real-time traffic information, including Audiovox, TomTom, Garmin and Cobra
HD radio is now more expensive than conventional radio. One reason for this is because they must be designed to display text messages, and because some of the digital components are more expensive than analog components found in conventional radio ..
However, as manufacturers such as Sony to ramp up production, the cost of these radios are expected to become much more competitive - with a price of $ 100 or less
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