“It’s been widely discussed that Apple and Sirius met to discuss a potential satellite radio-enabled iPod, and that nothing substantial came of that meeting. Steve Jobs doesn’t add anything to the iPod that’s not bulletproof, and portability hasn’t been satellite radio’s strong suit so far. But now that Sirius has reduced the size of its satellite receiver chips, Jobs could change his mind,” Eliot Van Buskirk and Sean Michaels blog for Wired.
Van Buskirk and Michaels ask, “Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin recently showed off a digital audio player with a built-in satellite receiver at a conference last week, as Richard Menta recently pointed out. Could the satellite MP3 player player Karmazin says will be available by the end of the summer be a satellite iPod?”
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “mason” for the heads up.]
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Look at Sirus, they already have a MP3/radio device, what do they need Apple for?
To steal their iTunes user base?
What do people want to do with a Sirus/Mp3 player? Record the radio streams so they can get music for free.
The RIAA is already suing over this.
Yes, Apple should partner with Sirius.
No two companies have more loyal audiences (Howard Stern fans and Mac users). Even if you don’t like Howard you can’t deny the impact he has had on radio and other mediums. Sirius was struggling before his move. 6 months later, 3.5 million Stern fans have followed him to satellite, myself included. It is very likely that Sirius will surpass XM within a year and there has even been talk of a buyout of XM.
I often hear songs on Sirius music channels and add buy then from itunes wen I get back to my computer. Bookmarking from a Sirius radio or purchasing over satellite is a great idea.
Homer S,
Too freakin’ funny!!!
You people that support sirius are delusional. DELUSIONAL.
XM –
-way more subscribers
-way better technology (including a portable that can actually play LIVE satellite feeds)
third, howard stern has had his day and frankly, nobody cares anymore – what..maybe 10% of his fans followed him over?
oh right sirius is kicking xm’s ass….lets hear a counter argument you failures.
ipodG8TR–
Sirius was never in a position to “buyout” XM. At one point there were talks of a merger between the two, but the F.C.C. nixed it.
why don’t they instead just integrate pandora into iTunes? If Apple doesn’t buy Pandora – someone else (like m$, shrug) will. It’s much more of a revolution than some sat.radio. just check out pandora.com and see for yourself. Oh and BTW, every 3rd post at pandora.com forum is asking them to work with iTunes. Doesn’t change squat as long as Apple doesn’t listen.
TheConfuzed1 and dudeman are correct. ipodG8tr, get your information straight. Sirius will not catch up with XM. Sirius and Apple doesn’t make sense. Why would Apple offer a device with Sirius to pull away money from iTunes? Who would buy the music they’re listening to if they can record their music for free. I have XM now and they use Napster as a download service. I think the service stinks and iTunes makes much more sense. If anything, iTunes should be offered to both Sirius and XM. That way Opie and Anthony, Rush, Howard, and other shows could be offered for download instead of Audible.com or Napster. It stinks and I don’t like it.
There are other satellite radio services in the world, Tommo (f’tard)
http://worldspace.com/
There is even coverage for most of the UK.
They also supply content to XM.
I have been an XM subscriber for 3.5 years, back when they only had 300,000 subscribers. Getting tired of the lame stories (or is that FUD?) from Sirius fanboyz.
Hey guys, still looking for Sirius Radio on your Mac? Give StarPlayr a try.
http://starplayr.com/
A New Breed of Sirius Radio for your Mac™
Sirius Radio on your Mac! Powered by Mplayer, LAME & Flip4Mac WMV, only for Mac OS X.
This version includes mplayer build in playback, recording, and introduction some new iTunes Playlist features with StarMP3.
StarMP3, as recordings are finished (the user presses record a 2nd time in the UI), it is added to an iTunes playlist and also exported to MP3 format. Users can take their recordings with them on the Road via the iPod/iPhone or any other PMP device that supports MP3s.
StarMP3s are created in the background using LAME after the recording is finished when the user presses the record button a 2nd time to conclude the recording.
SimoCasting: the user can record one station and listen to another at the same time. 32/sec. recordings are recommended for SimoCasting. You can also play and record at separate bit rates. For instance if you recording a talk radio show, you can record it at 32k/sec.
If you are playing or recording a quality music station, you can set that to 128k/sec. 32/128k setting can be changed on the fly prior to playing or recording. 128k/sec requires a Premium Sirius SIR Acct. from http://www.Sirius.com.
Requirements:
· Sirius Satellite subscription or Sirius Radio account