Are you looking for a Father’s Day gift for dad, grandpa or dad to be? What about graduation? It’s just a couple of months away! I have the perfect gift idea ever!
For Grads: VTech IS9181: Whether it’s for listening to stations around the globe or to tune it to stations from back home, the IS9181 should be on every student’s checklist. Users can listen to a variety of music from more than 11,000 free Internet radio stations worldwide; wirelessly stream music libraries stored on their computers (PC/Mac-compatible); and connect any digital audio player using the line-in cord provided.
Ya see that? Heaven. Heaven on Earth, I tell ya!
Features
- Stream music across the 802.11 b/g WiFi network with “Best-in-Class” range. Broadband Internet service and a home WiFi network router are required
- Listen to Internet radio from the available 11,000 stations with no monthly fee
- Access Internet radio stations from our user-friendly online site or on the device itself
- Play music from any audio device (i.e. CD player, MP3 player, etc)
- Connect to any stereo system or powered speakers to access streaming Internet radio or music files stored on a PC or Mac
- Built-in FM radio tuner for local FM broadcast service. Preset your favorite stations
- Hi-Fidelity built-in 3W tuned stereo speakers and a 10W subwoofer with class D amplifier for each speaker that can fill any room with dynamic sound
- Digital alarm clock radio-wake up to your favorite Internet or FM radio station or the internal buzzer.
- Automatic clock set and adjustment via the Internet.
- Battery-operated option allows you to take the device outside the home or office.
- Convenient remote-browse, select and control your music from across the room using the remote control
- Access local weather and 5-day forecast
- Large full color display
- Product dimensions: 6.3″ x 12.4″ x 3.5″
- Giftbox weight: 4 lbs
Works GREAT in any area of your home.
- Bedroom | Digital alarm clock radio. Wake up to your favorite Internet or FM radio station or the internal buzzer.
- Kitchen | Access local weather and 5-day forecast with your morning coffee.
- Living Room | Browse, select and control your music from across the room using the remote control.
- Office | Access streaming Internet radio or music files stored on a PC or Mac.
- Outdoor | The IS9181 is truly wireless. Add 6 AA batteries for the perfect audio accent to any outdoor activity.
Picture this: We live in a small town and we have surrounding area radio stations, but we have nothing locally. We have NO radio stations here. Literally. None. Zip. Zero. Nada. When I was asked if I wanted to check out the VTech IS9181, I was beyond ecstatic!
Here are some videos to show you ease of set up. There is no sound, other than the radio station playing.
My initial set up. No sound/talking.. Just wanted to show you how easy it is to get started.
After set up, getting started!
All set up. Holy radio stations!
Set up was amazingly fast and EASY! I plugged the VTech IS9181 in, on a shelf in my kitchen, followed the step by step easy instructions and within 5 minutes I had thousands of radio stations from all around the world!
Start of set up. Took all of about 5 minutes, if that. In this picture, it is searching for your WiFi connection.
Found my WiFi Connection – asking for my PassPhrase for my network
Stations? What did you ask? Oh my gosh – are there stations? My first day with this bad boy, I scrolled through countless pages of stations, selections for genres, and yes folks, there is even a station for Michael Jackson! Like 80’s? There’s a TON of stations for that range. 90’s – gotcha. Current hits – oh, so many!
How is the sound? The stations are crisp. I am talking concert sounds.. minus the weirdo in front of you that is doing the air guitar.
What do I think about the price? Do you have to ask? The IS9181 WiFi Internet Radio is $149. Do I think it’s worth it? I can honestly say that I expected this to be more, but YES I think this is worth it. You don’t have to pay for satellite radio (PLUS!), you get a gorgeous radio for your home and all you have to do is connected it to your WiFi and walah – thousands of stations for you to listen to.
My only ONLY suggestion, and this is more like an ‘addition’ to the packaging/components, is to have the ability to mount the IS9181 WiFi Internet Radio under the kitchen counter. Think about it – how much time do we ladies spend in our kitchens? While this is a fabulous gift idea for a dad or grad, this is THE BEST gift idea for that stay at home chef, meal maker, snack maker, pantry organizer, kid chasing, internet working, house cleaning, boogar wiping, laundry folding mom. While the buttons are on the top of the radio, this could still be easily mountable sideways or under a cabinet, verses stand alone on a countertop.
Overall: LOVE IT! If you are techy, this is great! If you are not so techy, this is still fabulous! You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to be able to figure out how to work the IS9181 WiFi Internet Radio. All in all, great product, great price, great stations, great quality. Highly recommended!
Mommy Goggles gives this product:
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Why this rating? This is a star rating (1-5) that is based off our opinion on the product itself, use, wear & tear, price and how it fits in to our family’s lives (at home or on the go).
- Please visit http://www.vtechphones.com/IS9181. You can find a lot of helpful information about this amazing product!
- Price: $149.95
All opinions in this posting are 100% my own.
- One (1) winner will receive a VTech IS9181 WiFi Internet Radio, valued at $149.95
- I would love to hear from YOU how the Go to VTech IS9181 WiFi Internet Radio can help you!
- Twitter the giveaway (copy & paste text below to Twitter. Leave link on comment entry) -OR- You can click the TWEET THIS button on the top or bottom of this post, it will take you directly to Twitter & it will write your tweet for you. Tweet & bring the link back here! You can tweet daily, but be sure to leave your link here, but you must also have the initial entry as asked above!
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- Contest ends on April 12, 2010 at 11:59 pm Central Time
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About Tanya
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I tweeted!
http://twitter.com/_HeatherAnne_/status/12087493158
I could help me because I’d actually be able to listen to the radio! Yes, I too, can not pick up any radio stations where I live! This would be so awesome to have!
I will enjoy the variety of programs available on the various stations. Thanks for the contest.
This would be a great Father’s Day gift for my husband. The radio stations in our area are not very good. My husband loves to listen to world music such as African, Arabic, etc.
The Go to VTech IS9181 WiFi Internet Radio can help me by allowing me to conveniently listen to radio stations from my hometown.
I will enjoy the variety of programs from the many different stations. Thanks for the contest.
i’d use it in the kitchen like you suggested!
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This would be great for having music around the house – especially when doing chores like cleaning or else during parties.
Tweet:Swtlilchick
http://twitter.com/Swtlilchick/status/12085764263
The VTech IS9181 WiFi Internet Radio would help me by listening to weather reports to know
of storm and tornado reports.The music would be a great escape from my busy day and I could
learn different styles of music from around the world.
nice to listening to ty.
It would help me do chores while I listen to the radio. Reception on the radio isn’t the greatest around here.
I’d like to use this to keep up with my hometown stations. I’d like to hear the weather where my folks still live.
http://twitter.com/klp1965/status/12084228956
This would be so awesome we have a few music tations that love to play the same rif raf all the time i wanna hear some classic rock…ccr,def leppard,the eagles and ac/dc i would love this
I just tweeted this giveaway here
http://twitter.com/TimboSquad/status/12079297191
Tweeted: http://twitter.com/brianpiero/status/12077654648
Thanks for the giveaway…the ability to access streaming Internet radio and / or music files stored on my Mac are essential features that can help me get my daily dose of NPR programming from around the nation, especially the few programs my local public radio station does not carry, and allow me to listen to some music on the weekends…I cannot function on the weekdays without NPR as a constant aural companion connecting me to the wider world.
RT at http://twitter.com/ktwdg/status/12076707816
I blogged about the giveaway: http://slavetoacademia.blogspot.com/2010/04/win-vtech-is9181-wifi-internet-radio-at.html
New tweet: http://twitter.com/Elkaye/status/12036835035
I tweeted: http://twitter.com/guettel78/status/12076263176
The Go to VTech would be a huge help to me at my office in drowning out the constant chatter and background noise that always seems to be going on around me — I love to work with music as I’m at my computer, and I love the fact that the Go To would sync up with my favorite internet radio stations. It would definitely help me be more productive – and much more cheerful – from 9 to 5 at least!
This internet radio looks amazing. I’m going to be starting graduate school in a new city this fall. Being able to take my hometown radio stations would be awesome!
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Thanks!
I would like to be able to listen to these other phantom stations that I have heard about while I am doing chores!
It would help me because I’m SO tired of hearing the same 10 songs played over and over on the local stations.
I tweeted
http://twitter.com/ShesAnAngel417/status/12067799777
This awesome Vtech internet radio can help me cause I’m in too remote of an area to get a decent radio station and that makes me sad
If I had this I could listen to whatever type of music I wanted to and so could my kids! 
I hate advertisements during listening to music, I love that this eliminates that, thanks!
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nancyrobster@gmail.com
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mrsmchappell at gmail dot com
This would be perfect for keeping me entertained during those dreaded kitchen chores! Thanks for the chance to win!
mrsmchappell at gmail dot com
This is one cool device and one great giveaway! I would love to give this to my wonderful but harried, hassled and ever -so-deserving husband!
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I live in a rural area and we get lousy radio reception! I love to listen to music all the time! It gets and keeps me motivated to get a lot done during the day. I’m getting a little tired of all my CDs and would love to have a WiFi Internet Radio to have great reception, lots of variety, and great sound! There would be no stopping me!
I moved to Houston from Dallas and like to listen to the Dallas radio stations when I’m home! This would be so great!
Tweet: http://twitter.com/keithschul/status/12059265256
I would love to win this! We have satellite radio in both vehicles and one “extra” for the house but it’s hard to get a signal. This would be a great way to switch over and get rid of at least one montly subscription (which is about 10.00 a month!)
granthamkk(at)yahoo(dot)com
i tweeted @majameza
VTech IS9181 WiFi Internet Radio *Giveaway!* (4/12) http://bkych.th8.us @MommyGoggles
i hate tv and radio commercials. the reason while i don’t watch and listen to them. now, radio would be awesome to listen to without getting annoyed because of lame commercials
http://twitter.com/susan1215/status/12057908698
I don’t always get good reception on the radio so this sounds great!
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it would help me from preventing me from pulling my hair out due to commercials on the radio so i need this really bad thanks
I can not pick any thing up out here so I can never listen to the radio so this would be a big help
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http://twitter.com/fangirljen/status/12049246547 TWEET
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The feed my radio is not that great and this would be better so that I can turn up so that I can hear it in the kitchen which is where I would put it versus listening to a grainy station loud to hear in the kitchen and disturbing neighbors and its more convenient as a sahm
tbarrettno1 at gmail dot com
I would love to be able to pick up stations that aren’t really close to me. I can pick up some but they do not come in clear.
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thank you!
The only place I can pick up the radio here is in our garage. Of course, this is great for my husband but very quiet for me. I would love to listen to my talk radio during the day. This is awesome!!
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This internet radio would work out a lot better for me during the day with listening to music. The fact it’s portable means I can take it all over the house. I would love to be able to do that!
DT! http://twitter.com/WeeShare/status/12044844536
daily tweet http://twitter.com/kenziesmum2009/statuses/12043034831
Just having a radio with all of those staions available would be amazing, something for everyone
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http://twitter.com/tannawings/status/12035354931
Fingers crossed- this one would be so nice!
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http://twitter.com/ShawnaMichelle2/status/12033801652
This radio can help me stay connected in a new fresh way via the internet. Thanks for my entry and good luck to me!
I live out in the middle of nowhere as well and hard to get any radio station in. And I love finding new (to me at least) music – but the radio stations play the same songs over and over.
blogged giveaway
http://ardy22.blogspot.com/2010/04/vtech-is9181-wifi-internet-radio.html
I no longer have a radio in my kitchen since I had to replace my black and white tv/radio combo last June when the nation went digital. I have missed having radio access. This looks like radio on steroids!
tweeted
http://twitter.com/Ardy22/status/12028369182
This would be a great addition in our house. We don’t have the greatest of reception because of our location and this would insure we could get lots of stations!
\ardy22 at earthlink dot net
It would help me keep up with everything around me!
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http://twitter.com/fatmeatloaf1/status/12027810642
This can keep me up-to- date on the latest news while I am working in the kitchen. I don’t watch much TV so this would be a big help.
tweet http://twitter.com/Missy_wpg/status/12026778900
I was surprisingly suddenly ill (including eye surgery in one eye) and I’m sure this internet radio would keep me from being depressed!
Tweeted – http://twitter.com/tweet2sweep/status/12026324877
I like the size of it. It would be a great addition to our kitchen if we were to win this.
We live part of the valley that gets spotty radio reception. I think this is just what we are looking for since we do have a WiFi router on our internet. I love to listen to the radio but I hate the stations cutting in and out.
This would be soooo darn amazing to win!! We never have music playing in the house because we dont have a stereo, so this could make things so much more fun & interesting…The variety is mind blowing!
We also live in a rural town about 50mi. south of Chicago. We are just out of reach of TV and Radio signals except for a Spanish station and a country station and of course some boring talk radio and sad news. I would luv to have a wide variety for our family to listen to, like jazz, soft rock, classical and oldies. Music from other countries like Celtic and Brazilian jazz would be fantastic. It would widen our horizons…thanks.http://www.mommygoggles.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-monalisa/icons/wpml_yes.gif
It could help me listen to music as I don’t own a radio.
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I absolutely love music, but I’m not a fan of all of the talk on local stations. I have to assume, that of all the music available on the internet, I’ll be able to find stations that don’t talk all of the time. Thanks for the chance to win this.
My daughter is graduating in June and since she was in 8th grade she has had a ipod which she nicknamed her baby and she uses it daily and nightly.
Well it is going bad and she loves to have her music at night all night and when she’s in her room studying.
I can’t afford much because all the other expenses so this would be a awesome gift and will be so nice for her going off to college.
Thank you so very much for giving me a chance to be a winner
camper223[at]live[dot]com
I tweeted: http://twitter.com/Elkaye/status/12011042604
I’m constantly on the lookout for new music. The VTech internet radio would help me to discover new artists from around the world.
This would be great! Living in a rural area, the radio/tv reception is terrible, so I listen to music thru the satelite tv or thru my internet connection. Awesome giveaway, thanks
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It would help me giving me the opportunity to listen to genres not available on regular radio-like world music for example which is very important to me.
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nancyrobster@gmail.com
(in Canada)
I follow mommygoggles on Twitter as alexanernberg and re-tweeted:
alexanernberg
RT @mommygoggles VTech IS9181 WiFi Internet Radio *Giveaway!* (4/12) http://bit.ly/a5ONn6
Hi, I’m disabled due to a severe stroke in 2002. This would definitely help to pass time at home. Thanks for the awesome giveaway and the opportunity to participate.
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Let me listen anywhere!!!
i’m a subscriber
i love music.. play it all day, but my fav internet channels seem to be playing the same music over and over. this would give me a breath of fresh air.. and keep my sanity
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charmtime at gmail dot com
Tweeted: http://twitter.com/stowelljg/status/11990586927
I am a bookkeeper and it gets very boring. I think that this would make the days go by faster.
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I love listening to music. I usually listen from my computer but my dog keeps chewing my speaker wires so I just have my regular radio and can only listen to my local radio station. I would love to listen to different stations and that how this would help me. The music would also help me get my housework done quicker
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tweety sweety
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http://twitter.com/ShawnaMichelle2/status/11984989536
This would be great to have at work since I get terrible reception with my normal radio.
I would love to have this because I don’t have much room for a full stereo system!
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I just tweeted this giveaway here
http://twitter.com/TimboSquad/status/11982837278
The V-Tech Wifi Internet radio can help me find the syndicated shows I want to hear at different hours of the day. Some of those shows aren’t available locally or if they are, they are often on at a time I can’t listen. this radio would open up a whole new listening world.
My son is graduating from college this year and it would really be a wonderful gift for him. After reading above about giving this as a graduating gift if I don’t win one I will seriously look into getting him one. I am not sure where he will end up living and with this he will always be able to get the shows and channels he loves. He won’t have to miss anything that he has become addicted to.
This would be great to get up to the minute weather updates…plus we have very little selection in radio stations where I live so this would be awesome for more variety…Thanks for the giveaway!
It would help me because as of right now, we don’t have a radio in our home, this way I could listen to the news, etc.
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We moved to Arizona from Illinois and this would be perfect for my husband. He would be able to get all the Chicago sports team broadcasts on the radio. I know how he is going to miss many of the baseball games this summer. Thanks for the giveaway.
I follow your blog
It would literally open the world of different types of music to everyone in the family. Something for everyone from the wife to the grandkids.
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Tweeted: http://twitter.com/stowelljg/status/11936436127
My apartment walls are made of solid concrete so I can pick up only to stations–both pop music. I have heard Carryout by Timbaland and Justin Timberlake so many times I threw out all of my delivery menus. Carry-out is no longer in my vocabulary