Interesting news/reviews/deals from the portable audio market
Review: Sirius S50: it gets a 6.7 out of 10, mainly for its insane recording limiations when hooked up with the sat radio stream. The fact that its controls are a bit tough to master and the battery life sucks doesn’t help things either. Read our post on the S50’s crippled recording capabilities. [via]
For curiosity’s sake—XM vs Sirius: how many subscribers so far? 6M for XM (2.7M new subscribers this year). 3.3M for Sirius with 2.1M new arrivals this year. (“This year” == 2005, we’re still in ‘05 mode.)
Reader David Speltz lets us know that the recording capabilities of the Sirius S50 seem to already be crippled. The Sirius S50 receives satellite signal only when docked and allows you to record it.
Now, we knew the RIAA was pissed at the potential of Sirius/XM devices that record songs (like the S50 and Samsung’s neXus [...]