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Napster Gets in on the XM Radio Deal

By: Grahm Skee on July 27, 2005 8:46 AM

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A day after Samsung announced that they would be working with XM Radio to bring listeners XM content to portable music devices via an online service, Napster and XM announce they will be working together to create “XM + Napster”, which is most likely related to the Samsung deal.

Other major news reports that Apple is locked out of the XM deal. Back in February Sirius sat down with Apple to discuss a partnership, but Steve Jobs said that he did not see the point of combining the two. I’m going to agree with Steve on this one. Satellite radio and portable MP3 players are two different market segments. XM radio must be feeling the pressure from the booming digital audio player paired with cheap unlimited music services to make such a bold move.

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hello on July 29, 2005 11:03 AM

I'd have to disagree about two different market segments, at least as far as I am concerned! I have XM, love it, and have a 20 gig, and a 1 gig dap and a minidisc thingy. I am very excited about a player that does XM and holds my mp3s.

Tod on July 29, 2005 11:31 AM

That’s the problem though, it doesn’t receive XM directly. The player must be docked to download selective XM content. They are so close to a good product.

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