A very interesting new radio set was announced today.

The huge jump forward is that the Pure Sensia is a very visual radio. The large 5.7” colour screen displays a touch-screen user interface including “slideshow” images from broadcasters. Listeners will now see what’s playing in colour text and pictures as well as hearing it.

Many of the UK’s biggest broadcasters have signed up to make the most of this new display. They include Classic FM, Heart, Capital, Planet Rock, Absolute Radio, Fun Kids and more.

Better again the method employed to get pictures to the screen, RadioDNS, is a free open standard. Now that stations are actually broadcasting this visual information it can be used by any manufacturer in any receiver.

The Sensia goes much further and truly makes this a “radio for the Facebook generation” by including apps which allow your Facebook or Twitter accounts to be displayed on the screen also. Pure will open their SDK shortly to allow for a multitude of third-party apps similar to iPhone or Nokia.

This wi-fi enabled beast lets you listen to stations broadcasting on FM, DAB or online in addition to playing podcasts without a need for a PC. It also pumps out a very respectable 30w of thumping sound!

If you’d like to see it in action, here is a rough’n’ready phone video from Nick Piggott or a glossy studio video from Hi-Fi Magazine. There is also loads of information on the radios official website touchmyradio.com

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