Comments on: Satellite radio chipset http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9241 p2pnet.net - reader powered Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:43:11 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9241/comment-page-1#comment-58512 Reader's Write Tue, 04 Jul 2006 19:37:09 +0000 #comment-58512 Yeah, it seems MP3 NewsWire gets this wrong ALL of the time. XM is now well into its SECOND generation of live reception on portable units. Sirius would LOVE for consumers to compare the S50 to the Inno/Helix in print, but not in practice. The S50 is comparable to the cheaper Samsung XM unit, the "Nexus." What you pay extra for in Pioneer's Inno or Samsung's Helix is LIVE radio! That's why the reviews tend to call the Inno a category killer, because it's live satellite-meets-the-Ipod, kind of. Since the two companies' inception, Sirius has been at least a year behind XM in technology, but Sirius' marketing does a good job of muddying those waters. But seriously, go to a Best Buy or Circuit City or whatever and really spend some time playing with the radios... after a few minutes it's pretty easy to tell which satellite company is innovative and which one tends to have radios that are heavy and clearly reverse-engineered. As for the Apple piece, I'm sure they're waiting to see how the RIAA thing works out. That's a mistake, because if XM survives the onslaught they'll emerge as a much bigger fish; that's generally what's happened historically to companies who've fought and won for consumer rights for electronics, no? Yes. But whatever. I've tried posting over at MP3 NewsWire, but couldn't find an e-mail to get in touch with those guys. They're pretty wildly wrong on this one. Yeah, it seems MP3 NewsWire gets this wrong ALL of the time. XM is now well into its SECOND generation of live reception on portable units. Sirius would LOVE for consumers to compare the S50 to the Inno/Helix in print, but not in practice. The S50 is comparable to the cheaper Samsung XM unit, the “Nexus.” What you pay extra for in Pioneer’s Inno or Samsung’s Helix is LIVE radio! That’s why the reviews tend to call the Inno a category killer, because it’s live satellite-meets-the-Ipod, kind of. Since the two companies’ inception, Sirius has been at least a year behind XM in technology, but Sirius’ marketing does a good job of muddying those waters. But seriously, go to a Best Buy or Circuit City or whatever and really spend some time playing with the radios… after a few minutes it’s pretty easy to tell which satellite company is innovative and which one tends to have radios that are heavy and clearly reverse-engineered.

As for the Apple piece, I’m sure they’re waiting to see how the RIAA thing works out. That’s a mistake, because if XM survives the onslaught they’ll emerge as a much bigger fish; that’s generally what’s happened historically to companies who’ve fought and won for consumer rights for electronics, no? Yes. But whatever.

I’ve tried posting over at MP3 NewsWire, but couldn’t find an e-mail to get in touch with those guys. They’re pretty wildly wrong on this one.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9241/comment-page-1#comment-57606 Reader's Write Mon, 03 Jul 2006 20:32:14 +0000 #comment-57606 The XM Pioneer Inno/Samsung Helix DO get a live XM satellite signal in portable mode. Only Sirius is still without this capability. XM and Samsung do offer the neXus, which is a portable unit like the Sirius S50 that only gets a live satellite signal when docked. The new player shown by Mel looks similar in size to the Delphi Myfi, the FIRST GEN XM portable that is almost two years old, and ALSO WAS ABLE TO RECEIVE LIVE XM SATELLITE SIGNAL ON THE GO. While it's very likely the Sirius unit will be better than XM's first live portable, it comes nearly TWO FULL YEARS later - demonstrating Sirius' clear technology lag behind larger rival XM. The XM Pioneer Inno/Samsung Helix DO get a live XM satellite signal in portable mode. Only Sirius is still without this capability. XM and Samsung do offer the neXus, which is a portable unit like the Sirius S50 that only gets a live satellite signal when docked.

The new player shown by Mel looks similar in size to the Delphi Myfi, the FIRST GEN XM portable that is almost two years old, and ALSO WAS ABLE TO RECEIVE LIVE XM SATELLITE SIGNAL ON THE GO.

While it’s very likely the Sirius unit will be better than XM’s first live portable, it comes nearly TWO FULL YEARS later – demonstrating Sirius’ clear technology lag behind larger rival XM.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9241/comment-page-1#comment-57566 Reader's Write Mon, 03 Jul 2006 18:57:05 +0000 #comment-57566 SIRI and XM will be gobbled up by other companies. I suspect SIRI will be part of Apple. SIRI and XM will be gobbled up by other companies. I suspect SIRI will be part of Apple.

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