Sirius has made a small goof it seems. The Orlando Sentinel’s business blog is reporting that one of the Sirius radios they ordered on Monday from shop.sirius.com with ‘guaranteed two day shipping’ did not ship until today and is not arriving until 12/26. While he is getting the radio for himself instead of a present, you might want to double check your ship dates for the radio to make sure that it will arrive in time for Giftmas. The author, Mark Chediak, says Sirius is giving him three free months, although I am not sure if that is part of a package deal he ordered, or if it is a ’sorry’ from them. But, at least they spent that extra time wisely: There’s a really well-done note that explains the package will be late.

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*UPDATE*  SIRIUS Direct now has the Stiletto up for $349, they will begin shipping on October 4th.

Sirius.com now has the Stiletto up. The page shows a “Buy Now” button but Sirius Direct does not have it up yet.

Prices:
Stiletto: $379
Home Kit: $79
Car Kit: $79
Slim Battery: $29
Extended Battery: $49
Executive System: $149
Replacement Antenna Headphones: $39

There’s not really any new information to report.

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SIRIUS’ direct sales web store has halted all shipments of radios featuring built-in FM transmitters this week. The move comes after a NAB report [Download PDF] detailing out-of-band tranmissions caused by overpowered FM-modulators.

According to retailers, Directed Electronics, the distributor of most SIRIUS radios, has also stopped filling orders for certain radio models.

Other e-tailers such as TSS-Radio.com and Crutchfield continue to sell the affected radios.

No word on when SIRIUS will resume selling the affected radio models.

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Today SIRIUS unveiled a new capability that allows multiple-receiver subscribers to have multiple online streaming accounts. Subscribers can enable multiple streaming access by visiting the Manage Your Account section on the SIRIUS homepage. The option will only be available to subs with more than one active radio.

The username you have used in the past to Manage your Account online should be your Master account. Each additional radio in your account should have the option to add an Internet Radio username. These additional accounts will be labeled as Service accounts and only be used to access the Internet Radio service. The Master account should be the only account able to view account information in the Manage Your Account section of SIRIUS’ website.

The upgrade comes as SIRIUS prepares to launch Howard Stern programming online.

The authentication for some of the external players (SIRIUS Yahoo! Widget, etc.) may be broken in prepararation for a more secure streaming environment to broadcast Stern’s show.

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Having announced they would definitely have a wearable this summer in the 4th quarter Conference Call, Sirius seems to have accicentally released a side shot of the new portable to be released this summer as a small graphic. It was quickly removed though, and the picture changed to a generic photo of earbuds. The new live portable will apparently have a silver/gray front and has a small knob for tuning.

Thanks to candlebougie @ XM411 for the pic and Taylor from TSSRadio.com for the details.

UPDATE- Some members posted that the picture that was on Sirius.com is that of the Dell DJ. Looking at pictures on the Internet it is clear to see that the DJ has the same buttons, headphones, and size of the picture above. So, who knows? Hopefully we’ll find out more on the conference call Tuesday.

This morning Sirius launched a brand new website. It is very high-tech looking and uses lots of flash (so make sure you have that installed). Good job Sirius!

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