Pure's Contour range, in the past, combined iPhone and iPod docking with its speciality - DAB and internet radio - but with the latest model, the Pure Contour 200i Air, the company has ditched radio features altogether.

And that's because the idea is to use your iPhone or iPad to hit the radio or music action and beam it across using Apple AirPlay. Pure obviously?recommends?using its The Lounge app, but AirPlay is capable of picking up a ubiquitous array of audio options.

Pocket-lint took a peak at the docking system at Pure's stand over in Vegas at CES and, if you liked the look of the 100Di, you'll like the look of this. The clock is gone, replaced simply with a dock, and there are less buttons involved, but it's essentially the same curved design that you hopefully love.

The Pure Contour 200i Air connects to your home network via Ethernet or Wi-Fi and can beam out your musical action at 36W. The DSP corrected, high-efficiency audio amplifiers and custom designed 3.5-inch dual full-range speaker drive units also deliver decent clarity. We couldn't form a comprehensive?opinion?after listening to it within the booming sounds of CES, but it sounded clear enough despite the heavy competition.

The dock on board is unneeded, due to the AirPlay support, but will come in handy for a bit of iDevice charging.

We'll obviously take it for a more detailed spin once we're back in Blighty.

Priced at ?199.99, the Pure Contour 200i Air will hit the shops soon.

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Pure Contour 200i Air pictures and hands-on originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:41:00 +0000

We at Pocket-lint are big fans of Pure and its ever-growing range of DAB and internet radios. But the Pure Sensia, so long the flagship of the range, left a slightly sour taste in our mouth.

It wasn't that we didn't like the Sensia. We loved it in fact. Well, we loved everything apart from the two key aspects that defined it as a device; its touchscreen and access to The Lounge portal. To say these were bad would be under doing it.

Luckily, Pure has got its act together on The Lounge front, with the latest version much more user friendly than before (and soon to include the excellent Pure Music) and, after a quick go on the just launched?Pure Sensia 200D Connect at CES, we're convinced our touchscreen woes are now behind us.

As well as the improved interface and controls, the 200D also brings USB recording to the party - making it easy to swipe your favourite tunes or podcasts direct from the airwaves - and the speakers have had a tweak too, now delivering 30W RMS of digital sound via its DSP tuned high efficiency class-D amplifiers.?

We laid eyes on the white and black versions, both packing the re-designed Pure logo, and we're told that there may even be extra colour schemes coming soon. Sound quality seemed good but it was hard to tell amongst the barrage of booth noises emitting around the Las Vegas Convention Centre's North Hall.

The Pure Sensia 200D Connect will be available in the UK during the first quarter of 2012 for ?249.99.

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Pure Sensia 200D Connect pictures and hands-on originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:46:00 +0000

Pure has revealed its update to the Sensia; coming in the guise of the Sensia 200D Connect, this followup should deliver some upgraded performance on the older model which Pocket-lint found to be just a little off the mark.

In short, the radio uses Wi-Fi to allow users to stream a wide range of audio including a shed load of songs through Pure Music; music stored on a home computer or network storage device, as well as internet radio stations and digital and FM content.

And there should be an? improvement in performance over the older model, which, we hope, will come from the processor which ups the power and should make things that little bit zippier. This is especially important as the user interface, once a slightly clumsy affair, has been redesigned which will hopefully make accessing the radios online features easier. This coupled with the power boost should give the Sensia 200D Connect the edge it needs.

In terms of sound quality, the Sensia 200D Delivers 30W RMS of digital sound via DSP tuned high efficiency class-D amplifiers and in-house custom designed full-range speakers. And all, or most, of the radios main functions can be controlled through a bundles remote.

You won't have long to wait for this one: it should be on shelves within first quarter of 2012 and will come in black and white finishes for ?249.99.

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Pure Sensia 200D Connect: The second coming originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:36:00 +0000