I used XBMC on my Xbox for years, and I remember when Boxee first started out, they sent me (And I assume most of the XBMC forum users) an early invite to try their app on Linux & Windows. I blew it off because, hey, why bother with another media player? After some hype I resurrected the email invite and they were nice enough to still let me in on the alpha, and I've used it ever since. Glad to hear they're about to hit the big time!

I wonder if they're hiring for Windows sys admin work...

I'll be so happy if this actually happens - My Pre is so painfully slow to open ANYTHING, even after a full reboot. It takes so long to open apps that you think, "Maybe my press didn't register" and you press again, but then that second press registers after the app has launched and now you're accidentally calling Grandma, and since the hangup button takes another five seconds to register you're screwed and now you're stuck on the phone for 45 minutes talking about Uncle Steve's sex change.

@Kevin,

I seriously installed my SkyDock and activated it in the Best Buy parking lot. It used the same antenna connector as my Sirius radio so I just plugged it in and called XM. I installed the XM app before I left the house.

XM obviously didn't train their reps well enough - He told me at least 3 times, "ok, now go on the web and finish your registration" and I kept telling him I was on an iPod, not an iPhone, and had no internet access.

At any rate, by the time I got on the highway I had Opie & Anthony playing on my iPod.

Err, I should have said that the SkyDock is available for nothing but XM, not "FM".

I picked this up as well, I'm running an iPod touch. It's really nice. I had 3 radios on Sirius and had to cancel one and set up a new XM account - According to the online FAQ and the Sirius person I spoke with, there is no plan to introduce a Skydock for anything but FM.

The interface is very nice but not OMGAWESOMER!!!!! nice that the 5-star ratings make it out to be. The station name icons are small and hard to read from the driver's seat (I have a Ford pickup), and some of the functionality isn't obvious until you read the manual. Still, it is very good and extremely polished for a 1.0 app.

I've needed a dock ever since some asshat stole my 60GB iPod classic last year, and since then I've been switching from iPod to sattelite by pulling the line-in cable from the Sirius radio and plugging it into my iPod. Since the SkyDock is, well, a dock, switching between satellite and iPod love is now MUCH easier.

I'm happy with the dock. Crutchfield has it for $99 if you don't want to pay the $120 retail price.

Here's what I want in an OS update:

* The ability to change my SMS tone (Yeah, the Pre doesn't have this)
* The ability to go a full work day without needing a charge (Via software optimization)
* Speaking of software optimization, make the phone less slooooooow. I took a pic of a GT40 today and it took over two minutes for the "Send via MMS" button to actually register, and another 30 seconds to bring up my contact list. And I reboot the phone every freaking morning.

My Palm Pre costs less than an iPhone and the (ad-free) nav is included in my plan.

What the heck, there must be tons of prior art to squash this idea. Mythimport + RSS feeds comes to mind.

Weird that some people are seeing lower starting prices... The no-options Vostro for me started at $917.

BurningBeard I completely agree! Try being in a room with 4 Pre's and now knowing whose is beeping at any given time.