XM Portable Satellite Radio Receiver with Hard Drive

daveplot writes "XM announced today the new XM MyFi. The hand-held MyFi gives users the personal freedom to enjoy XM Radio's Ultimate PlayList of more than 130 digital XM channels in two ways: a 'live' listening mode and a time-shifting "memory" mode. The MyFi's live mode enables users to listen live to all of XM's 68 commercial-free music channels, plus premier news, sports, talk, traffic and weather channels. MyFi's memory mode -- called 'My XM' -- allows users to store five hours or more of XM's outstanding content with the press of a button, even when the unit is not in use. The MyFi makes it possible to enjoy XM Satellite Radio anywhere, anytime, effortlessly. More information is at XM411.com." We had a story mentioning this a few days ago.

Comments

It doesn't have a hard drive, just flash.

[JoelJohnson]

http://www.gizmodo.com/archives/xm-myfi-by-delphi- 024234.php

MyFi already trademarked?

[SeaEye420]

I believe that the people at neurosaudio might take issue with that "MyFi" name, since it is their trademark according to their fact sheet.

Read about the feature here

I think I'm done with Sirius now...

[Kunta Kinte]

There are a lot of people that enjoy either one or both services; But I am beginning to realize XM is more my style.

If you are looking at getting either services, here are a few lessons I learned over the last year and a half....

(i) XM seems to be going for the "deep playlist" crowd whilst Sirius is going for the "I would like to hear my favorite song many times a day" crowd. both approaches are valid. Depends if you are the type of person who likes pounding hits all day or, if you are the type of person who likes to listen to the "B" sides of records.

(ii) XM's pricing approach is to have a cheap base price $9.99 but charge for services after that ( premium channels, online streaming is extra ), etc. Sirius has plans for premium channels, but have so far resisted the effort, they trying to have a hefty base package. I use streaming, but I would like for it to be optional, since I may what to go with yahoo launch ( once they start supporting Mozilla ) or real radiocast.

(iii) Do not depend on the FM transmitter. Those things produce horrible sound. If you live in a city, forget it; you're going to be dodging stations on even short commutes.

(iv) They both have less than CD quality sound and expect it to get worse as they try to cram more and more obscure stations in very limited bandwidth.

(v) Do check xmfan.com and siriusbackstage.com to find the problems current users are having.