Interesting news/reviews/deals from the portable audio market
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.)
Pioneer and Samsung released two MP3 players that double as XM receivers. The Pioneer Inno XM2go (pictured on the right—more pictures) and Samsung’s Helix XM2go are basically the same devices: same specs, same design, just slightly different enclosures (and we prefer the Inno’s brushed steel look a bit better, but that’s just us).
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Dell’s latest DJ offering is an MP3 player with sat radio functionality. We had reported on this coming two months ago. You’ll be able to sync it to XM content when you plug it in the dock—no onboard receiver for you a la Samsung neXus XM and the Sirius S50, and with the RIAA bitchin’ [...]