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XM SkyDock available to purchase

By Shane McGlaun on Monday, Nov 2nd 2009 No Comments

We first heard about the XM SkyDock back in August when it was unveiled. The device was pegged at the time to have a launch date “this fall.” Since it’s already cold in many parts of the country and the leaves are falling, fall is officially here.

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SlashGear Week in Review – Week 35 2009

By Shane McGlaun on Sunday, Aug 30th 2009 1 Comment

Another week has come and gone leaving us with memories and a hoard of cool stories to throw your way for weekend reading in case you missed them over the week. An Asus 900HA netbook was hacked into a touchscreen slate on Monday and we really liked it. DIY gear is so cool, especially when it turns out this good. Monday also brought some details on the Blackberry Storm 2 piezo touchscreen tech. We really hope its better than the original Storm.

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Sirius XM reveal XM SkyDock iPhone and iPod touch satellite radio system

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Aug 27th 2009 No Comments

Sirius XM have announced their first radio dock for Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch, the XM SkyDock taking advantage of OS 3.0’s third-party peripheral integration to add a satellite radio tuner to the handheld and have it controlled by the new companion app. The dock slots into a car’s power point, supporting the PMP with a flexible arm and custom cradle, and not only allows for listening to Sirius XM radio but for tagging tracks that you later want to buy on iTunes.

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SlashGear tests out a Lincoln MKS-Part 1

By Steven Grady on Tuesday, May 19th 2009 No Comments

In addition to the daunting task of testing out a FyreTV, I was also given the assignment of test driving a Lincoln MKS on my vacation in California. Yes, I am that dedicated. The Lincoln MKS is the mid-size luxury sedan with all of the fixings. Hand-stitched leather seating, duel climate control, a powerful engine, All Wheel Drive, and most importantly (to this publication anyway) Microsoft Sync and the GPS.

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Sirius XM price increases confirmed: extra subs $9 as of March 11th

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Jan 21st 2009 2 Comments

19735143 19735146 slarge The rumor of Sirius XM price increases has been confirmed, with customer services representatives apparently informing users that as of March 11th 2009 there will be an increase of $2 for additional subscriptions, while the online internet radio service will now cost $2.99. For that $2.99 all internet radio users will have access to the 128k stream, which previously was the “premium” feed.

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Sirius XM rumored to raise pricing by spring 2009

By Staff Editor on Tuesday, Jan 20th 2009 3 Comments

All of you long time Sirius XM satellite radio subscribers may have something more to worry about starting in spring. According to “ken.muise” at the Digital Radio Central forums you may have more expensive fees as well as some changes to the service they provide by springtime.

The person who is starting this rumor claims to be an employee of the Sirius XM Activations Department, if anyone would know these new policy changes it would be the activation department. The first rumor outlines that each additional radio added will costs $8.99, which is a $2 increase from standard pricing today. The second string of bad news is that online streaming will now cost you $2.99 for most packages rather than being entirely free. This service can also range up to $8.99 a month for the Mostly Music and family Pack.

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Sirius SUB-X2 Boombox pics leaked

By Brenda Stokes on Monday, Oct 13th 2008 No Comments

If you’re anxiously awaiting the arrival of the Sirius Sub-X2 Boombox, you’re going to have to wait a bit longer. But to further whet your appetite, a few new photos of the device have leaked out today.

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Pioneer AVIC-F car entertainment – voice recognition, Bluetooth & XM radio

By Chris Davies on Monday, Apr 21st 2008 No Comments

Pioneer have released a number of high-end in-car entertainment systems for their AVIC-F range. The three models – AVIC-F700BT, AVIC-F900BT and Premier branded AVIC-F90BT – all feature XM and satellite radio compatibility, Bluetooth with conversational voice recognition that can be used to control navigation, voice control of a connected iPod and a 5.8-inch WVGA touchscreen. The latter two models also have DVD playback and a built-in MSN Direct tuner.

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Sirius and XM merger has made it through the Justice Department

By James Allan Brady on Tuesday, Mar 25th 2008 No Comments

The merger of the only two satellite radio companies has been approved by the Justice Department who determines whether or not it would negatively affect consumers or not. The only hurdle left is the FCC.

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NHS-130C Rack Mounted home theaters system from Sony

By Milena Glimbovski on Tuesday, Feb 26th 2008 No Comments

You would think that if someone was going to put out the money for a system like this, it would be a bit more practical than this particular system is. However this thing is loaded with all HD and SD goodness that you could possibly want from top to bottom.

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