WOOHOO! Satallite radio walkman's available soon!

[Fleshdancer]

I hope the sound quality is good. I want one for Xmas.

http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/ns/news/story.jsp?id=2004102207460002605881&dt=20041022074600&w=RTR&coview=

LOS ANGELES, Oct 21 (Reuters) - XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc next week is expected to unveil a "wearable" device, marking the satellite radio industry leader's latest effort to woo audiences to the nascent format, analysts said.

A spokesman for Washington, D.C.-based XM declined to comment beyond saying a major product announcement was planned for Oct. 26 in New York with automotive parts and consumer electronics products maker, Delphi Corp.

"XMSR is also likely to announce its wearable device next week. There is a good shot this 'Walkman' type device, in the near term, will differentiate XM's hardware from Sirius," a rival satellite radio system, said Kit Spring, analyst with Stifel, Nicolaus in a note for investors

[tridim]

1. Battery life will be a major problem

as well as the antenna. I'm interested to see how they approach these problems.

[Fleshdancer]

4. I didn't even think about the battery issue....

I'm curious about the antenna issue as well. :shrug: Would be pretty cool if they figured it out.

[AndyTiedye]

2. Sirius is the one that carries AAR, isn't it?

are they coming out with one too?

[tridim]

3. Yes, XM carries a bastardized version of AAR

Sirius carries AAR 24/7. It's no contest as to which has better programming, not to mention the XM/Clear Channel relationship.

[bbernardini]

6. LESS THAN 2%!!!

For the love of god, Clear Channel owns less than 2% of XM, and they're getting rid of it. Hardly a controlling share.

[jdots]

5. whats the cost per month ?

no including batteries whats nice is not much audio compression what sucks= radio was supposed to be free