Where's the XM radio?

playstat88 · 04-25-04, 01:12 AM

I'm just curious why some company hasn't made a program for a pocket pc to have XM radio? They can offer the reciever and their program and have the same $10 subscription fee. Don't you think people with a pocket pc would buy this far over a whole new piece of hardware? I'm sure it would be cheaper, instead of a $100 hardware deal with sirius u could probably get the program and some reciever from a company from $50 (ive seen gps recievers as low as $40, and i would think they would be more expensive anyway). Companies like mapopolis and tomtom made navigation software, why can't the next step be made?

playstat88 · 04-25-04, 01:14 AM

of course the company would also have to give you either a tape with a headphone jack or a FM transmitter, forgot to put that in, but that shouldn't raise the price that much anyway

Handy · 04-25-04, 03:29 PM

I'm not sure I understand your suggestion. You would need to have a CF or SD card which provided an XM radio receiver. I doubt that there would be enough demand to make that affordable.

Also, I think you would need an external antenna with a view of the sky. Otherwise, you would have to stand outside with your PDA to listen to the radio. All in all, I don't think it would be very practical.

playstat88 · 04-25-04, 06:33 PM

or u could just have a serial connection instead of a CF or SD card. There would be a car plug that would have two wires coming out of it, and one would go to the serial connection, while the other would go to the reciever, just like many pocket pc GPS systems work. The company would also provide the software necessary for the XM that would be transmitted out of the external speaker or the headphone jack. I don't see how the XM recievers would be that much more expensive than a GPS reciever. If u ask me, its nothing more complicated than the pocket pc navigation systems out today.