Mel Karmazin of Sirius Satellite Radio, said he's talked recently with Apple about " Monday know as "Cell" that could disrupt Intel's dominance of the computer industry and change the nature of digital entertainment.
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you'll never be able to get a signal inside!! and you'll have to wear an additional antenna if you wanna keep the ipod in your pocket or a bag.
sorta like an itrip but with the ability to get an xm feed would be pretty cool. then again whats to stop sirius from making something like that as a add-on type of thingie....
.... downloading blocks of streams and/or particular shows (like Stern).
Apple already supports this thru Audible's NPR radio stream subscriptions.
A receiver doohicky for the ipod is a lame idea though. Just write an iTunes plugin for Sirius stream bundles.
Do it Apple. Sirius on iPod would be the ultimate! There are already portable satellite radios on the market, so there shouldn't be much of a technical issue (unless it makes the iPod prohibitively large). I think Sirius would be a perfect companion for the iPod (all NFL games, College football, NPR, ...)
http://www.thetechzone.com/?m=show&id=180
Cool idea for the streams for NPR and other news, but it won't really work for sports events (it won't be live).
I want an iPod, not a brick. Look at the success of the iPod, iPod mini, iPod shuffle, and tell me that the form factor is not one of the biggest selling points, especially considering how bulky and unattractive competing models are.
I'd be happy enough if I were able to podcast Stern's shows to my iPod.
There are already portable satellite radios on the market, so there shouldn't be much of a technical issue (unless it makes the iPod prohibitively large).
And how well are those devices selling?
The number of all satellite radio subscriptions is less than the number of iPods already sold.
I'm not against the idea, but XM or Sirius better be prepared to pay Apple for the privilege.
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Apple should really study this. There's a future back door potential here for direct satellite data links/or downloading to your G5 via your iPod. Whether Apple does it or not, I'm pretty sure someone's going to tap this potential, so it's a bird in the hand for Apple to lose.
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Satellite Radio on iPod
That's because they are going with XM! :-) I think this would be a nice complement to the already populare iPod.