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SIRIUS Radio - Partner For My iPod
SIRIUS Radio is a satellite radio service operating throughout the United States and Canada , first launched in 2002. It now provides 69 channels of music along with 65 channels of sports, news and original content. Conventional radio may be the first thought that comes to mind when you want to hear music on the way to work, but SIRIUS Radio actually expands the listener's options of radio with its satellite technology. SIRIUS can broadcast 24 hours of commercial-free music every day of the week.
Unlike radio, this brand of satellite technology does not have limitations imposed upon by local stations. Instead, musical genres are varied; in fact, however many genres you can think of is how many genres that satellite radio can provide. Listeners can choose their genre favorite from pop hits to rock to electronic dance and country. Channels, or streams as they are less commonly known, can devote an entire day's worth of programming to one type of music or even one type of musician who has defined his or her own genre.
For example, right after sampling the latest 90's hits from The Pulse Channel, you can tune over to 010 E Street Radio, which is 24/7 of Bruce Springsteen programming. You may love SIRIUS Gold, celebrating the 1950's, but if you need your Elvis fix daily, then try the 013 Elvis Radio Channel. There are also multiple genres within rock, hip-hop, Christian, blues, classical, and Latin and International genres.
This is the dawn of a new entertainment age. With SIRIUS satellite music you no longer have to buy CDs of all your favorite musicians, nor do you have to resort to downloading MP3s illegally. You can subscribe to SIRIUS radio and download all of your favorite songs directly to your Apple iPod player. The iPod is of course, the very popular portable media player designed by Apple, first launched in 2001 and as of early 2008, having sold a record 141 million units. The iPod technology, with its internal hard drives and flash memory, only complements the wide selection offered by SIRIUS Radio.
One of the newest Sirius receivers is the Stiletto 2, a smaller version of the original Stilleto portable system. This system makes iPod downloading easy, as it has a microSD slot behind the battery allowing for easier iPod MP3 or WMA storage. The receiver is also Wi-Fi connection compatible, along with WPA and WPA2 and passcodes. The Sportster 5 is another popular product since it is a plug and play radio with a color screen added. It also has one hour of storage independent of media players.
SIRIUS Radio and the Apple iPod represent the future of radio programming?customized and infinitely portable. Radio is no longer confined to a limited area, since digital satellite programming is available from any location. The iPod also offers a much more convenient playback device than a portable CD player or an analog radio. You could say that SIRIUS radio and the iPod are the perfect match for the music lover who wants everything just so.
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