Blaupunkt and miRoamer have teamed to release what they claim is the first in-dash car stereo able to go online wirelessly and play internet radio stations. Blaupunkt has put together two prototype devices, the Hamburg 600i for single-height dash configurations and the dual-height New Jersey 600i, that utilize your 3G phone's Bluetooth connection to get online and access miRoamer's thousands of internet radio stations. In addition to these already compiled stations, you can have the radio pull playlists you've put together and hosted online, pointing to MP3s and other music files found across the internet.

Since you'll need a 3G phone to take advantage of these radios for now, you could always just access internet radio feeds directly from your handset, piped through to your speakers, but Blaupunkt is banking on the feeling that people would rather access in-car music selections straight from the dash. The radios will first be available only as options for new vehicles, though there should be a way soon to get one of the devices installed in an existing car.

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