Comments on: SkyDock – The Best Satellite Radio Made Yet

By: Chris Jones

Chris Jones — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:09:42 +0000

Great display of Sirius XM Skydock in a Radioshack store in Bergen, County, N.J.. Big poster. Nice layout in the front of the store! Excellent exposure!

By: Chris Jones

Chris Jones — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:22:36 +0000

Sirius XM SkyDock is listed on the Apple-Store website finally. It’s my first time finding it. It’s Sunday, October 25. Good news – a slick, innovative Sirius XM product in position to be a part of a 40,000,000 + pipeline of consumers using their iPhones and iPods every day…

By: George

George — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:53:17 +0000

Actually, the XM SkyDock is useful to play your iTunes library, watch and hear downloaded videos and movies, listen to others on your iPhone through you vehicle sound system and charge said iPhone or iPod Touch.

By: Recondo72

Recondo72 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:23:26 +0000

My trusty ‘lil ‘ol SkyFi had about 4 happy years of providing the best in radio broadcasting since the golden era of “Underground FM radio in late 60’s-early 70’s. It was my darling.

Now it wears a sad face and apoligzes profusely for transmitting sub-par programming.

I’ve told it it’s not its fault that a bunch of no-brain suits got too greedy and ahead of themselves and were the cause of the decline in programming and other shit for brains programming suits gutted what once was such a great thing to tout to non Sat-Rad (and potential subscribers)types. It dosen’t seem to understand all of this but it is such trooper that it is ashamed anyway.

Poor little fella……………

By: Recondo72

Recondo72 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:13:51 +0000

If it transmits to your FM radio, the audio quality will likely suffer. Aux jack from my trusty “lil ‘ol SkyFi generation 1 plugged into my Aux input in my car stereo is the best fidelity for me. I can always tell a difference betueen using my old FM modulator tuned to 88…/107… and Aux input. I had to turn up my volume a lot to hear anything decent with the FM modulator.

USB maybe????

Then again, what difference does it make you’re still getting piss poor programming compared to pre-merger/acquisition? Basically its like a pile of shit in a gold-plated gift box. The box has more value then the content.

I ain’t buying one. Too much trouble for me.

By: Recondo72

Recondo72 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:04:46 +0000

Ah, “There lies the rub”

Is it better to have a device that kinda does a number of things OK or a device that does one thing really great?

For me, I’ll take the Inno (if I WAS gonna upgrade..I’m still using my trusty ‘lil ‘ol SkyFi generation 1 that is working fine after 7 years between vehicles,office docking station & a sat rad “boombox” I bought at a Circut City close out for $50). I’m not really interested in buying anything new because the quality of programming has decreased since the merger/acquisition and I don’t want to transfer my account to another device since I have about another year on my multi-year subscription and I really think Mel’s actions are gonna be the downfall of SiriusFM and I ain’t gonna support anything that Mel & his minions (like VP & Chief of Programming Mr. Greenstein).

It’s not my trusty ‘lil ‘ol Skyfi’s fault that it has to transmit shitty programming so what is the point of buying something new that will still offer substituted channels, yakking/banal DJ’s and piss poor programming?

Plus, looks like the Skydock is just another device to distract the shit out of you while you are driving. At least my trusty ‘lil ‘ol SkyFi has buttons and even the little remote that work just fine while I’m driving and is no more distraction than the dashboard radio. Probably less when you use the little remote cause its by my side.

By: spencer osborne

spencer osborne — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:09:37 +0000

Rich….

The inno is a fine unit. However, the Skydock in concert with the skydock app provides a much better user interface, and you have combined your satellite radio, adreess book, emails, internet, etc.

The Inno could not accomplish this

By: Rich

Rich — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:38:08 +0000

Forgive me if I’ve said this before. Didn’t the Inno already do all of this? Oh, and it has a home dock.

By: BahBah Booey

BahBah Booey — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:20:09 +0000

You really need to learn the definition of slander.

I simply asked a question based on your utterly ridiculous posting regarding the SkyDock.

Not once have you even mentioned that the device is only useful to those with an XM subscription.

By: Steve O

Steve O — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:18:53 +0000

I just got back from my local Best Buy here in Appalachia north, otherwise known as upstate New York. I walked into the store with no preconceived notions; I walked out feeling frustrated and depressed. I wanted to see if they had the Skydock, and whether it was drawing any attention from the assorted nerds, geeks, and smattering of white trash hillbillies who were lurking about. I walked into the store, and proceeded to the very back of the store, seemingly miles away from any life-form – that special area where nobody under the age of 30 ever wanders near. The sales person, a pleasant young guy named Levethian… or Tyronius… or Brocribbian… I can’t remember exactly, asked me if I needed help. I told him I didn’t, and then I picked up one of the 4 Skydocks from the shelf, held it in front of me, and asked him if they were selling very well. His response was “What is that thing?” He had no idea what it was, what it did, and then explained to me that he works in alot of different departments… and doesn’t get back to the barren wasteland region of the store very often. It was so lonely where the Skydock was stocked, with so few customers milling around, that I thought I was going to have to start a fire so the rescue planes might notice me. No decent displays, all of the Skydocks on a low, barely visible shelf, and of course just about as far away from the i-phones/touches as humanly possible.

This Skydock might be the greatest thing since the invention of the wheel – or at least sliced bread. Too bad so many people will never find out. Those marketing geniuses at Sirius/XM are up to their old tricks, I’m afraid. God help us all!