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

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

19735143 19735146 slargeThe 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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XM XMp3 satellite radio PMP: record 5 channels at once

By Chris Davies on Monday, Sep 15th 2008 No Comments

XM’s upcoming portable digital satellite radio receiver, the XMp3, has turned up on Best Buy, complete with pricing and more details about the PMP’s functionality.  Now confirmed as being made by Pioneer, the XMp3 will have access to up to 170 channels of XM satellite radio for $12.95 a month, together with MP3 and WMA playback.  Most interesting, however, is the XMp3’s ability to record up to five different channels simultaneously.

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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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Clear Channel, FCC, XM, and Sirius in massive pile up, but there may be an end in sight

By James Allan Brady on Monday, Feb 11th 2008 6 Comments

So ever since XM and Sirius even mentioned the possibility that they might be merging they have had to battle the FCC, the NAB, and Clear Channel to the death. Well apparently they got past the FCC (sort of) and past the NAB and now their last opponent is Clear Channel.

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XM – Sirius Merger May Bring About Choice

By James Allan Brady on Wednesday, Jul 25th 2007 No Comments

Which is always good right? Apparently the deal is $6.95 per month for the first 50 channels of your choosing from one provider. From there it goes up to $14.95, but you get to choose up to 100 channels from either provider.

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Doubts cast on Sirius & XM merger; are they the only winners?

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Mar 8th 2007 1 Comment

XM & Sirius mergerMergers, eh?  Some might say they’re bad news – big companies getting even bigger and squashing out the little guy – whilst others think they’re a good thing.  XM and Sirius are the latest big boys to do the dance of the frotting assets and they’ve pushed the company line that consumer-experience won’t be negatively impacted, most notably through price rises.

It might, however, be a case of what’s not said being more important, as Gene Kimmelman of the Consumers Union suggests:

“The heads of XM and Sirius want consumers to believe that prices won’t rise after a merger, but that’s probably not the case. By highlighting a price freeze for the old package of services, they leave the impression that’s what consumers will pay for the new, combined offerings. But they haven’t really said what the new prices will be”

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