Sirius Confirms iPod Satellite Talks

An anonymous reader writes "Remember those iPod Satellite rumors last December? Mel Karmazin, the CEO of Sirius Satellite Radio, announced at the 2005 Media Summit that he had discussions with Steve Jobs about the possibility of putting Sirius' technology in future iPods. Steve's response? Not interested."

Ladies and Gentlemen

[suso]

Steve Jobs, the Prince Charles of the tabloid computer industry.

Re:the irony

[Anonymous Coward]

Oh the irony of someone who doesn't understand irony.

Not interested

[weighn]

they're NOT doing anything. Why is that newsworthy?

M$ buys an anti-virus firm and decides NOT to integrate AV technology into Longhorn.

Now that would be news.

Uh oh.

[JessLeah]

Is Steve gonna sue Sirius now? ;) (Hint: What happened to the last person who revealed Apple's short-term plans? OK, so this is more of a lack of one specific plan, but...)

One Word

[Pwned]

iSatellite

Looks like...

[MasterOfUniverse]

Steve is not that serious about sirius.

Re:Even Steve Jobs Makes Mistakes

[1_interest_1]

No, I think you're wrong.

Stern's primary market is blue collar workers, not the young "hip" generation. The hip generation is just that, the hip generation. They won't have any hips left soon you see, because they shake them too much to that hip hop music. This is much like what happened with Elvis and his fans.

People wonder why there is so much hip replacement surgery going on these days. Personally, I'm considering starting SternWalkers and SternWheelchairs, since we all know that Howard Stern is the hip hop king of the hip generation.

Re:Jobs is his own worst enemy

[Anonymous Coward]

If you believe that Apple's renaissance since 1998 has happened despite Jobs' decisions instead of because of them, I have some magic beans to sell you. And a rock that keeps away tigers.

iPods cost $10,000

[Aqua OS X]

No... it will cost you $10,000 to put music on your iPod. I saw that on a TV commercial. TV doesn't lie.

Re:A song not downloaded off iTunes is a loss

[Ohreally_factor]

I think you've gone beyond Apple Zealot to become a MaCommunist. Look at the ideological tone of your statements!

Steve Jobs has again seen the correct path

in the long term I think it will be a boon to everyone to have a strong Apple Computer company

it makes sense that we support them by buying our portable music at iTunes rather than listening to radio. . . it benefits Apple in a way that mere words cannot

I hang my head in abject shame. I thought I was a great zealot, but you are orders of magnitude greater than I, comrade. You're obviously getting higher quality kool aid than I am. =)