Comments on: Sirius SkyDock Turns iPhones into Satellite Radio Receivers — Sorta

By: GZ

GZ — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:28:48 +0000

i don’t think any 3rd party apps are allowed to run in the background. hopefully apple will change this.

By: c.b.

c.b. — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:36:38 +0000

tomtom dock has enhance gps signal strength booster i think…if it ever comes out. wish they could combine dock features as one would have windshield dock adapters for xm radio and one for tomtom. wish apple would organize these people into making a universal dock of some sort. i am glad more company are jumping on board the iphone to make products tailed to it. i also hope one could answer the phone and still hear the xm. maybe xm would just lower the volume when a call comes in.

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:50:03 +0000

There’s no mention on how that might or might not work, but I suspect it won’t. Wouldn’t the Sirius app have to run in the background while you’re using TomTom?

By: MikeP

MikeP — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:31:56 +0000

What I want to know is, does the Sirius app let you control the Docks XM output such that I can change to another app like TomTom and still have the XM playing while I use the turn-by-turn features of the TomTom app? It could then fade the music when the iPhone sends out audio too. That would be sweet.

By: Mike Klein

Mike Klein — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:38:26 +0000

If backgrounding of this app isn’t supported then fail!

I think most folks will want music in background while they’re checking email, etc.

By: Pam T.

Pam T. — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:35:59 +0000

This is going on my Christmas Wish List! For all the problems Sirius XM is having with subscribership, I’m still a fan of satellite radio. And this would mean only one device mounted in the car instead of the phone and the radio receiver.