PURE DIGITAL THE BUG WHITE REVIEW

I bought it because I wanted to record and download tracks from the radio and for this you will need to buy an SD card to record on to. Some SD cards have compatibility issues with The Bug and I was directed by their tech support to use a SANDISK card which works fine.

I also use an Apple Mac and wasn't sure if it was compatible but it is - you can't download software updates on to 'The Bug' via a Mac though so bear this in mind. Itunes works fine with the MP2 files The Bug stores tracks as too.

The Bug is very user friendly to anyone who uses computers or mobile phones and can do lots of useful things. It can act as an alarm clock so you can wake up to music and it also has the capacity for you to set recording times like you would a VCR. If you have a favourite radio show you can set it to record every week, or every night for example. It also has a pause and rewind feature which is brilliant for when you hear a track and you want to record it - simply rewind the radio to the start of the track and press record!

This is the kind of machine that has been built and designed for music lovers and I can't see the recording industry neccesarily enjoying the fact that you can now record tracks off the radio and have them on your computer or MP3 player in almost real time!

Only flaw is that the central navigator button 'rocks' up and down, left and right but also has to be depressed to select an option. This means it is easy to turn the volume up or down when you really wanted to select a different station. It's a minor grumble but I expect later models to have a separate button for 'select'. A better screen would be nice too but these are just small quibbles when you consider the amazing things this radio can do.

I believe it's the only one on the market that you can record the radio on and then download to your computer and it's worth every penny just for that feature alone.