Apple and Sirius Satellite Radio Comments

[swissmann]

I don't think I would use the satellite feature if my iPod had it. It holds so much music as is - and I have control over what I am listening to I don't see much of a need for a radio broadcast.

 

[tom5304]

One thing that keeps me interested in satellite radio is the un-random random shuffle on my 4g iPod Mini. I have a collection of 3,000+ songs, with about 600-800 loaded on my iPod at any given time. When I play my songs on shuffle, the same songs keep popping up very early in the shuffle. Even more un-random is the artist selection in shuffle. My shuffle virtually ignores several artists, and plays others at a way-more-than-random rate.

If I have 700 songs in my random shuffle, there should be a 1 in 700 chance that any one song will play each time a song ends. And no, I don't have any songs listed as favorites, so that's not it. The iTunes shuffle just isn't even close to random, so, playing songs on my iPod becomes boring very quickly with the repetition. Thus my interest in satellite radio. Sirius may have a problem with repetition, but their library is a lot bigger than 700 songs...

 

[Kid Red]

Please, please, someone explain to me how you could have a negative reaction to news like this. Satellite radio in the ipod? Let's see, combine an mp3 player that kicks the crap out of all alternatives with a radio that kicks the crap out of FM, all in the same small unit with the same easy-to-use interface - man, that is the biggest no-brainer since the iTMS.

I would instantly buy one and sell my current ipod on ebay.

Exactly, I'd buy my first iPod if it played not only mp3s but was also a satellite radio turner. The UI is there, slight mods and the turner hardware and it's ready to go. This would be huge for Apple because they'd sell iPods to the satellite radio crowd as well. I can't fathom why anyone would react negatively to this. If you don't want to buy one (like the cube, the mac mini, the original iPod) then don't??