Sirius XM’s New $120 ‘SkyDock’ Turns Every iPhone Into A Satellite Radio (SIRI, AAPL)
The SkyDock will be available in the fall for $120. It’s an iPhone and iPod touch accessory that plugs into the gadget’s base, acting as a car dock, satellite radio antenna, and charging station. When you pop open a free tuner app on your iPhone or iPod, it becomes a satellite radio.
This doesn’t just receive the Internet streaming channels that the existing Sirius XM app offers, but actually taps into XM’s satellite radio signal. This means it can access channels that the other Sirius iPhone app currently can’t, such as the Howard Stern channels. And it doesn’t require a cellular or wi-fi signal to operate, so it will work in the middle of nowhere, or with an iPod touch, which doesn’t have a cellular radio.
