A CUT-PRICE aerial that will allow people to listen to digital radio on their
computers goes on sale next month. The Wavefinder, which is being marketed by
Psion, the British pioneer of hand-held computers, will cost
£300—nearly half the price of a digital radio tuner.
The BBC began the world’s first regular digital audio broadcasts in 1995, and
several commercial broadcasters have followed suit. But consumers have shown
little interest in digital radio because receivers cost so much.
Two years ago, the British company Radioscape proposed fitting a radio tuner
inside a PC and using the power of the…
