[BC] iPods, Sirius & XM

[R J Carpenter]

I was in a big box "general retailer" in Northeast Ohio just before 
Christmas.

They were completely out of iPods.
They only had the expensive portable XM.
They had plenty of Sirius radios.

The potential customer dealing with the "sales associate" by the display 
wanted an iPod.

My prediction is that Sirius will end 2005 with very roughly half as 
many subscribers as XM.  This represents a large percentage increase for 
Sirius, since they went into the year with far fewer subscribers than XM.

bob carpenter