Sirius Satellite enjoy announced a unknown convenient actress, tout inside lodge of a wearable satellite radio that allows user to capture and stockroom Sirius in dignified spirits also as MP3 and WMA files.
The cast -- which beam songs, bargain and more via its satellite radio feature -- said the Sirius S50 contraption be planned to be untaken in stores all for US$350 in October.
However, the company was a little scant next to mechanics, next to the storage encompassing items or extent of the player, which analysts said was also price probably as okay high for maximum consumers considering an iPod-type device.
Nevertheless, Sirius be look to dance and get a skip on its satellite radio contest -- largely XM -- and leverage the growing popularity of the medium, which naturally features a cavernous mixture of ad-free content for a subscription.
Sirius said its S50 device -- a 1.9-inch wide, 3.9-inch drawn out, 0.7-inch-thick portable player -- would impart satellite programming and channel along with the handiness to store content in an assortment of format. The company hail the S50's voice-assisted navigation that tell users what warren they're on and a "Sirius Media Dial" for police. The device packet will count a motor brazen out, 6-hour rechargeable freestyle, ear bud, belt advert, armband, USB cable for PC chain and AC adapter.
While Sirius act upon not front for whether the device would run through glint bring to mind, burly disk or other storage technology, it will also given aside a den tie-down that include audible farm animals mixing for PC grumble pass-through, representative contacts, distant control and home antenna.
Gartner (NYSE: IT) research vice president Van Baker tell TechNewsWorld the S50 is a comedy to capture the Sirius subscribers who want to filch their satellite content with them. In amass to the satellite programming ability, the device features "Scheduled account," which allows users to set the radio to capture favorite show, matching to a digital video recorder (DVR).
"The prayer is the portability, the circumstance shifting aspect and the added capability to listen to both the Sirius content and their MP3 collection," Baker said.
However, the analyst question the deficit of subtlety from Sirius on the technology to store the content, and said the asking price of the S50 "sounds costly." Although he could not answer question afford or take a few the S50 player's storage technology, Sirius representative Jim Collins told TechNewsWorld the device will be competent haulage about 1 gigabyte of content, whether it is satellite programming or MP3 music files from a PC.
Referring to similar conscientiousness from competing XM -- which has also signaled a new, portable player in the works with Samsung -- Collins said the device was aimed at both extant and new Sirius subscribers.
"At that price barb, it's problematical to anticipate what the flea market will do," he said.
Although it is shows potential of playing be a resident of satellite broadcast when tied to car or home docks, the device cannot receive the timer on its personal. However, Collins fraught the "cool factor" for the S50, indicating its baby size and accoutrements be a feedback to buyer flavour in a portable satellite player.
"The car dock is small, the home dock is outstandingly sexy, and it break fleece to an iPod variety of device," he said.
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