so.... XM Radio...
ANy of you use it?
Because I've been slugging, and several of these guys have XM radio. It's really cool. I keep hearing really cool music that I haven't heard in ages. With 120 stations, I'm sure to find a few that match my interest (heck, the classic rock stations are doing pretty good for it so far, and I know there are regae, modern rock, classical, and news stations that'd work for me).
So I think the service is great.
It's just, i have this resistence to paying $13/mo for my radio. I guess it'd be worth it. FM radio is so disappointing that I'll only listen to it if I have no other choice. AccuRadio is getting old really fast, and I'd use it for at least 8 hours a day at work, so I'd certainly get money out of it.
The other thing is that the minimum you have to pay to get into this gig is $150 for equipment (there are receivers for $100, but they need an adapter to a stereo that costs $50). That'd also be easier if they had a deal like cell phones where you can commit to 2 years and get a free receiver. Besides, the one I covet it actually $350.
Maybe I should just wait till they strike a deal with Apple and we get an iPod with 80GB storage and a portable XM receiver combined. Then, if I needed the $13 that month, I can just listen to my electronic music.
How cool would that be?
/me writes a letter to Steve Jobs.
edit: oo! and throw in a PDA for good measure. All it'd need would be a telephone to be the ultimate geek toy (though I'd think it'd be too big to be a practical phone)