PURE Digital gets a fair wallop of love when it comes to the DAB world, but we're changing feet today and having a look at a snazzy little offering from Roberts. It's the Gemini 31 -- aka the RD31 -- and while it's generally a fairly standard DAB/FM radio, it's got a hella useful 'PausePlus' feature that lets you pause and rewind live radio for up to 40 minutes at a time.

It's essentially the same deal as PURE's ReVu technology, which uses built-in memory to record 40 minutes of audio as you listen live. If you want to rewind, you simply backtrack what's been captured as the system continues to record the broadcast, meaning you can easily fast forward and resume live listening. Click here for more

British commercial radio company GCap Media has decided to axe two DAB stations -- theJazz and Planet Rock -- despite almost a million listeners, claiming that DAB was "not economically viable."

Together, the two axed stations had 927,000 listeners, but FM's retention of followers, combined with the growing popularity of Internet radio simulcasts, has hindered DAB's growth.

Last September, the British trade body DRDB -- Digital Radio Development Bureau -- forecast (.pdf) household DAB penetration to hit 40 per cent by 2009, and almost 60 per cent by 2011. Perhaps with the continuing rise of Internet radio and the increasing uptake of broadband in the UK, these figures could be significantly lower than anticipated. Click here for more

We're living in happy times right now. Happy, because the Internet is no longer restricted to devices with wires. Yes, in 2008 the wireless Web is maturing like the finest cheese or the the tastiest wine. Ready to exploit the growing ubiquity of a Web without wires is Intempo, whose portable Wi-Fi radio is designed to be used on the move, obviously with the intention of being used near Wi-Fi hotspots. All very well in big US cities, but is it too early for the UK?

You'll be able to use the new radio -- codenamed 'Daisy' -- with about 6,000 Internet radio stations, or with Real or Windows Media audio streams. But you'll have to connect to a hotspot first. Despite its growing popularity, Wi-Fi isn't commonly available out on the streets here in Britain, potentially posing a problem. Click here for more

So you're thinking about Christmas gifts? Perhaps on one hand you're considering a new DAB radio. On the other, you might be considering an iPod speaker system. It's time you put those hands together. Intempo's snazzy RDi iPod docking system is both a digital radio and a set of speakers for your iPod.

This sort of convergence makes sense, especially since the iPod is natively sans-radio even this many years into its life. The RDi dock has a price tag of £129, so it's only slightly more costly than DAB experts PURE Digital's promising Chronos iDock system -- a £99 setup that offers near identical functionality, and which we'll be getting our hands on soon.  Click here for more

PURE Digital's original Chronos bedside digital radio scored an impressive 8 out of 10 last year. It was also nominated for our prestigious 2006 Editor's Choice award. Its cute design, ease of use and good price point earned the Chronos our respect. Now we've got hold of its successor, the Chronos II.

At first glance you might not notice much difference between this and its younger brother: it's the same shape, same colour, same price and has the same button layout. But there are a couple of changes under the hood. Firstly, the Chronos II has FM radio in addition to DAB, something that lost the original model a few marks. Including FM means, obviously, your radio enjoyment needn't be sacrificed when you're out of DAB coverage. Click here for more

Let's finish our Cravetasitc week with something special for you radio audiophiles -- our favourite 'philes, we might add. We've got hold of the Onkyo T-4555 DAB/FM tuner and our first impressions are extremely positive. The solid construction is just what you'd expect from a £300+ separate -- the brushed-aluminium front panel boasts some sturdy metal buttons and a stylish dot-matrix display. Click here for more

PURE Digital, like Ron Burgundy, is kind of a big deal, keeping the digital radio market punchy with its stylish and easy-to-use equipment. We loved the Legato II and the chunky Oasis and now we're elbow-deep in reviewing the lovely Evoke-1S -- a simple and functional kitchen radio encased in an attractive maple enclosure.

The new Evoke builds on the design and feature set of the Editor's Choice 2006-winning Evoke-3, though this incarnation features only a single speaker. An additional speaker can be purchased separately and jacked into the main unit to provide a stereo output offering. We'd rather have stereo as standard, of course, but as many talk-radio stations broadcast in mono, this may not be a deal-breaker for too many people. Click here for more

Football season is upon us. It's time to raid Sainsbury's for Carling, ignore your wives and children and hysterically scream "THE REFEREE'S A BANKER!" Though why people insist on shouting such an obvious lie is beyond us -- referees are professional now, they don't have other jobs any more. Dumbasses.

Anyway, if you're lucky enough not to have to sit at home watching the game in glorious hi-def, with your feet up, sitting in an comfortable armchair in a centrally heated home, you may want a little radio friend to help you keep up-to-date with other games happening in stadiums across the land. We've got some Premier League digital radios for you to fantasise over, starting with one from British DAB wizards PURE Digital. Click here for more

Caring about the environment is trendier than ever in the tech world, with massive companies such as Apple and Dell at least paying lip service to the idea that our obsession with new products shouldn't take an unnecessary toll on old Mother Earth. Keen to jump on the eco-bandwagon is PURE Digital, whose DAB radios lead the digital radio pack. Its new Siesta DAB alarm-clock radio is squarely aimed at hippies people who enthusiastically aim to reduce their negative impact on the environment.

At £49.99, the Siesta is an affordable bit of gear and apparently uses less than 1W of energy when in standby mode. We've no immediate way of testing this, so we'll take PURE's word for it for now. Build quality feels lower than the company's usual efforts, but it's a pleasant design and PURE's comparison charts claim the Siesta is much less power hungry than the average portable DAB radio, using one tenth as much juice on standby as leading competing models. Click here for more

As regular readers will know, the first of the month is a momentous day on Crave -- it's the day we announce hot new products that we're giving away, completely for free.

True to form, we've just launched a brand-new competition on CNET.co.uk.

Seeing as summer is well on its way, we thought this month we'd give you gadget-lovers a taste of the great outdoors. But wouldn't we be the last people who'd want to drag you away from your digital living rooms? Not this time. We've spoken nicely to the guys at PURE Digital, who have kindly given us three of their weatherproof Oasis DAB radios, worth £120 each, to give away. Click here for more