• Personal Digital Assistant - PDA

iBIZ Technology Corporation has unveiled The pocketRADIO, the first FM Radio SD card for PDA handheld computers. Pop the secure digital expansion card into your PDA and poof: it's a portable radio.

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The card's software provides the user with up to 18 station presets along with a search and seek function. The pocketRADIO multitasks which means it will go about its business while you work within other areas of your PDA. You can listen to the radio with either headphones or external speakers.

You can order the pocketRADIO directly from IBiz for $49.99

• Satellite

Delphi Product & Service Solutions, a division of Delphi and XM Satellite Radio have unveiled a plug-and-play satellite radio. It's called SKYFi and it lets a user listen to XM's 101 channels anywhere.

It's billed as an "...attractive, compact unit that has the most advanced user features of any satellite radio on the market today. The receiver, along with vehicle and home accessory kits, will be available at major retail outlets beginning in October. SKYFi will retail for $129.99 (MSRP) for the receiver and remote control A required home or vehicle kit for $69.99 (MSRP) will complete the SKYFi system for under $200."

Delphi and XM have also introduced the "Delphi XM SKYFi Audio System". This is a PORTABLE audio unit. It "integrates with the SKYFi receiver. The SKYFi Audio System (excluding the SKYFi receiver) will be sold at retail stores later this year for $99.99 ((MSRP). The SKYFi Audio System is a "boombox" that contains a pair of high quality speakers with an integrated high gain antenna and a dock for the SKYFi receiver. It can be powered by an A/C adaptor to create a high quality countertop/bookshelf XM system for the home or office, or used with batteries to experience XM in virtually any location."

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