So I have been testing my new toy - my Christmas present - the Sirius Stilleto 2 hand held satellite receiver. It has a lovely design, fits in the palm of your hand, has a great interface, and gets both satellite and internet radio (assuming you have wi fi and pay for the service). And when it works, it's great. It records oodles of hours of play, and you can load mp3's on it if you wish (bye bye iRiver).

That brings me to the drawbacks...if you don't have a PERFECTLY clear sky (no branches, birds, roofs, etc.), you lose your signal. That sucks. You have a "booster" set of earphones with a proprietary jack - that sucks too - but they may help the signal (will try tomorrow). You can't listen to them inside the house without another receiver - no signal - although as soon as I figure out the MAC address of the device, it will be added to the home wireless network so I can pick up internet radio.

Literally - I walked 2.5 miles today and I lost the signal 46 times. Crazy! Couldn't even put it in a pocket - walked around like a dork with my arm straight out in front of me!

But...I love gadgets. I'm sure I can figure out a way to make this work for me - although I can tell you that the Polk in house audio system and antenna are coming soon to a kitchen near you!