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Wednesday June 17, 2009
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Sirius XM Radio has announced that its service is now standard on 2010 Toyota Camry vehicles with the premium audio option. The service will continue to be available as a dealer-installed option on Camrys with standard audio.
In addition, Toyota plans to launch XM satellite radio as a factory option on other 2009 Toyotas, leading the two companies to predict that over one million Toyotas with XM satellite radio will be prowling the roads of America by the end of this year.
XM also announced that its NavTraffic service, which offers up-to-the-minute traffic updates for 80 major cities, will be standard on all Camrys with the navigation system option. That adds the Camry to the Corolla, Matrix, and Venza, along with the Lexus LS 460 and LS 600h L, the LX 570, the 2010 RX 350, and the upcoming RX 450h, as all having NavTraffic capability.
All XM-equipped Toyota and Lexus cars come with a minimum of three-month trial subscriptions; after that, a paid subscription is required to continue using the service--which remains the biggest obstacle to satellite radio option to date, given the plethora of HD radio and streaming Internet radio options that are beginning to hit the car scene in earnest.
Posted By:
Jamie Lendino
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June 17, 2009 4:34 PM
designers need to stop with the solo option (like a specific company) and start putting broadband in cars. Obviously they can connect (AT&T, Siruis, XM) and stream the "data" well... so, give them more choice through a broadband connection that provides unlimited data options. I typically use my mobile and it's data connection to stream whatever I want, from wherever and whenever... no limitations (hooked up to my car's aux input). Why not just stick a full on computer in the dash. Limitations, blah!