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Sirius in Negotiations With Apple

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the howard-stern's-new-haunt dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Sirius Satellite Radio Chief Executive Mel Karmazin announced that his company is in talks with Apple about bringing satellite radio to the iPod. Karmazin met with Steve Jobs Monday and he says the technology is the easy part. The hard part is negotiating just how they will split the profit from equipment and monthly subscriptions." We've covered this before, but now it seems they are getting "more Sirius," or something.

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  1. more Sirius by Barryke · · Score: 1, Funny

    "more Sirius"

    that's the best wordplay on /. since januari 1970.

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  2. Re:"the difficult part" by ari_j · · Score: 2, Funny

    Satellite antennas in my pocket scare me. I don't care how safe "they" say they are, I'd just rather not take my chances. And besides, I prefer XM to Sirius.

  3. Let's Get Sirius Here... by MisterLawyer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Gee, I don't think I've ever seen that incredibly hilarious pun anywhere else...

    1. Re:Let's Get Sirius Here... by HillaryWBush · · Score: 3, Funny

      Pun? That was another misspelling in the submission.

  4. Let Me Summarize the "Negotiations" by Cr0w+T.+Trollbot · · Score: 5, Funny
    Sirrus: Please, please put us in the iPod!

    Steve Jobs: Nope.

    Sirrus: I'll be your friend!

    Steve Jobs: Nope.

    Sirrus: If you don't put us in the iPod, I'll sign an exclusive deal with RealPlayer!

    (pause)

    Sirrus & Steve Jobs: AHAHAHAHH!

    Sirrus: That's a good one. But seriously, how about putting us in the iPod?

    Steve Jobs: Nope.

    -Crow T. Trollbot

  5. Ipod plus Sat radio by eclectro · · Score: 2, Funny

    Equals battery time of about three minutes. Now we know that Apple would not sell such a device, so that must mean that they have developed a nuke-battery pack that can last a couple of hours.

    This advancement in batteries is the breakthrough the planet earth has been waiting for. I hope Steve gets a Nobel for it.

    What's also amazing is how Apple has been able to keep it under wraps and out of the blogs for so long.

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  6. Re:"the difficult part" by Murphy+Murph · · Score: 2, Funny
    Satellite antennas in my pocket scare me. I don't care how safe "they" say they are, I'd just rather not take my chances.


    I was going to post an insightful reply dispelling your unfounded fears.
    I was going to post a funny reply making fun of your unfounded fears.

    But, honestly, I'm so taken aback I don't even know where to begin.
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  7. Soof! by spirit_fingers · · Score: 1, Funny

    I'll be so happy if Apple's macsot, Moof! the cow dog, finally gets a playmate. He hasn't had much to do since OS X was released.

  8. Re:Has to be said... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yes, we all know that sattelites are in space, where it's a vacuum, making any sattelite radio service suck.

  9. Terrific! by nolaf · · Score: 2, Funny

    I hope they agree on something soon and get the technology to us.

  10. Mindless jerks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Sirius? Bunch of mindless jerks who will be the first against the wall when the revolution comes, if you ask me.

  11. First rule about talking with Steve Jobs by cosmicrob · · Score: 3, Funny

    ..is that you *don't talk about talking with Steve Jobs* seriously.. it pisses him off.

  12. Sirius you say? by Ino · · Score: 0, Funny

    Sirius as in Sirius Cybernetics?! I can see that happening with Apple!

    Ino!~

  13. Re:Content is not King by Rick+Zeman · · Score: 1, Funny

    Work for XM, do ya?

  14. Re:Sirius and Apple together - could be good... by lowrydr310 · · Score: 2, Funny
    Bart: "Look at me, I'm a grad student! I'm 30 years old and I made 600 dollars last year."

    Marge: Bart, don't make fun of grad students! They just made a terrible life-choice...

    Any Simpsons fans on /.? :-)