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Associated Press Not Impressed By MyFi

Posted by timothy on from the like-musical-mannah-except-not dept.

prostoalex writes "Michael Regan from the Associated Press started reviewing MyFi, a portable satellite radio receiver, by treating it as a competitor to iPod, but then admitted the two devices are quite different. For $350 and a $10-a-month subscription the buyer gets access to XM satellite radio stations and ability to record the stream to 128 MB of built-in flash. There's no way to transfer the recorded content to the computer or vice versa. The review recommends waiting for lower price and better features."

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  1. Uhh by fredistheking · · Score: 5, Interesting

    >There's no way to transfer the recorded content to >the computer or vice versa.

    Except to connect the headphone jack to your linein. Why is the analog solution usually overlooked so quickly?

  2. Re:SIRIUS IS WAAAY BETTER by Triumph+The+Insult+C · · Score: 2, Interesting

    O&A the best? best at coming up with unoriginal shit maybe =)

    Stern's show, OTOH, will be included in the monthly fee, along with being able to listen to a stream over the net ... another additional fee w/XM

    I have XM now, but am planning on getting new stuff for xmas (by way of selling my xmpcr for a highly marked up price)

    also, sirius has 3 satellites vs xm's 2. both use repeaters, so same difference

    AM and FM are so out of business in 5 years. i've driven to lake tahoe and denver (from phoenix), and with satellite radio, it was nice. if i didn't have it, i would have gone nuts ...

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  3. Re:Maybe useful for Flyover-country by Chrontius · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Really? I live in Disneyville, Florida and I can only think of one radio station (NPR excluded) that's not owned by ClearChannel.

    With all the formats, there's only 3 palatable commercial stations between them. (again, NPR excluded)

    Two of them are rock stations, and have irritatingly similar playlists at times. Down to those times when they're playing the same song at the same time.

    Sure, there's 40 odd stations I can recieve, but if they all suck...

  4. Opportunity for Apple? by PapayaSF · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Combine satellite radio reception with an iPod and you'd really have something! Much cooler and more useful than the much-rumored "video iPod". Of course, there might be licensing issues with this idea as well: will satellite radio services be upset if their broadcasts are recorded and saved?

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  5. explaination needed by solosaint · · Score: 2, Interesting

    can someone please tell me how xm radio knows you have a subscribtion or not, i dont see how it works since its one way wireless...

  6. Re:Disagree by Concerned+Onlooker · · Score: 2, Interesting
    What does Sirius have going for it? NPR.

    They may have NPR but XM has Bob Edwards. Bob Edwards rocks. NPR blew it when they let him go.

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  7. I am a Sirius subscriber by WCMI92 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    And here's why:

    1. No commercials on music channels. EVER. Never have had them. XM had to change from commercials to non commercial BECAUSE Sirius wouldn't air commercials.

    2. Lee Abrams.

    Lee Abrams runs the programming at XM. He is the architect of Clear Channel's "cookie cutter" formats.

    3. Cost.

    XM is $9.99 a month.

    But you don't get:

    1. All the channels (some are premium)
    2. Internet streaming access (costs you $5 a month extra)
    3. No discounts offered if you pay annually OR add other receivers to your account.

    Sirius is $12.95 (or $9.95 if you pay annually)

    For EVERYTHING.

    No wonder Sirius is the service that TALENT seems to be gravitating to. Such as Mel Karmazin. Howard Stern.

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