The company went to great pain to design a system that would meet all the legal requirements of an existing over the air TV receiver, even going as far as creating limitations for customers in terms of geographical areas in which they can use the service.

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Sure, we've got satellite radio in the U.S. But the Brits have DAB digital audio broadcasts that are free over the air as long as you've got a DAB receiver (America's answer to DAB, HD radio, has a long way to go before it even comes close to DAB in terms of reach).

ENGADGET: Sonus 1XT DAB radio with voice navigation