Saturday, January 15, 2005
Control Your XM Radio Via Your Pocket PC
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "SOFTWARE" @ 05:00 PM
http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000283025101/
If you’ve got a since-recalled XM PC Receiver (or XM Direct) and a Pocket PC just hanging around, you can use XMLobby to control your XM satellite radio via your PPC. (It will even show the album cover of the current song playing as well.) Unfortunately, the price is a bit stiff at $45, and with no trial or refunds, you’re pretty much stuck if it doesn’t work out well for you, so we’d just as soon wait for just a few reviews before plunking down our hard earned dollas on this."
There is additional information at the PocketPCTools.com site. $45 for a remote control on your Pocket PC? Even if it works perfectly, every Pocket PC takes a few seconds to get on the WLAN when you power it up, and even longer if you have WPA or WEP enabled, and you should of course. Who wants a remote that takes time to get going?
If you’ve got a since-recalled XM PC Receiver (or XM Direct) and a Pocket PC just hanging around, you can use XMLobby to control your XM satellite radio via your PPC. (It will even show the album cover of the current song playing as well.) Unfortunately, the price is a bit stiff at $45, and with no trial or refunds, you’re pretty much stuck if it doesn’t work out well for you, so we’d just as soon wait for just a few reviews before plunking down our hard earned dollas on this."
There is additional information at the PocketPCTools.com site. $45 for a remote control on your Pocket PC? Even if it works perfectly, every Pocket PC takes a few seconds to get on the WLAN when you power it up, and even longer if you have WPA or WEP enabled, and you should of course. Who wants a remote that takes time to get going?
