from XMRO websites FAQ section:
Why have you changed the online listening product?
The Online listening platform has been upgraded to a higher quality digital audio and is no longer included as a part of a base subscription at no charge. The upgrading of this service allows for customers to listen at near CD-quality sound (128k) for a better listening experience. In the future this will also allow customers to access the online listening platform from a variety of electronic devices.
Now will Sirius be bastards and make all iphone users upgrade to the premium feed to enable playback on it or will users be able to use the "free" feed?
Aren't we all here to make money? Why would we not want Sirius to generate revenue from all possible sources? I hope they are bastards if it will help our collective bottom lines.
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Who is John Galt?
http://seekingalpha.com/article/1282...l?source=email
Apple (AAPL) should quickly take 20% of China’s smartphone market once the company launches a deal with a carrier to sell the IPhone in the country, says Scott Craig, an analyst at Bank of America/Merrill Lynch.
In a research note this morning, Craig took a look at the prospects for distribution of the phone in China, given recent reports indicating that a deal with China Unicom (CHU) could be in the works.
“Our Asia supply chain checks seem to indicate that Apple believes it can achieve an initial penetration rate,least on a sell-in basis, similar to the iPhone launch in the U.S.,” of about 20%, he writes. “In fact, given our channel checks in Asia, Apple likely believes it can easily meet (and likely exceed) this and/or believes in other scenarios that result in much higher unit sales levels.”Craig writes that his checks find that iPhone production levels are incrementally higher than he previously thought, “reflecting an expectations of continued strength in demand.”
Craig upped his EPS estimate for the September 2009 fiscal year to $5.31 from $5.26 on a GAAP basis, and to $7.28 from $7.04 if you ignore subscription accounting. He raised his target on the stock to $120, from $110.
Craig is estimating that Apple can sell 1.5 million iPhones in China in calendar 2009, assuming a mid-year release, with 4.6 million in calendar 2010, and 5.8 million in 2011. He notes that this assume a price point of $500-$600; he says the forecast could prove to be conservative if Apple is willing sell the phone more cheaply.
Apple today is down $3.19, or 2.9%, to $106.68.
I understand that AT&T has a 5 GB cap on the data. Given that you suck approximately 1 MB for every minute of music you stream on your iPhone, listening to Sirius or XM on your iPhone will be expensive if you're not careful.
Ouch thats gotta hurt.
Data Plans (Mobile Internet)
To find which iPhone cap best suits your mobile internet needs, simply slide the data slider to the desired data usage on the results page.
The following Mobile Internet Plans are available for iPhone on the Vodafone Contract Cap for iPhone.
$69 Cap: 400MB per month
$99 Cap: 500MB per month
$119 Cap: 500MB per month
$149 Cap: 2GB per month
http://mobile-phones.cnet.com.au/MobilePhones/Carriers/Vodafone/Cap/Vodafone-$69-iPhone-Cap?phone=iPhone-8GB
Australia's Iphone through Vodaphone plan