After a week or so of enjoying the SKYFi3, I was impressed. Since I'm in my car so much, I especially liked being able to record live XM music and programming so simply, along with the simple button layout and bright screen. I was also really surprised by the excellent signal strength when using the indoor and portable antennas.

The one blaring weakness of the SKYFi3 is the FM transmitter, but this is easily defeated with an auxiliary input or an FM modulator. I was disappointed that I couldn't use the SureConnect to find out how well it addressed the problem. This is definitely something that XM will need to correct in the near future.

Would I recommend this radio to a friend? Absolutely. It's an attractive, well-built radio that really gets the job done. The big screen is exactly what I want when I'm on the road or trying to find out what song is playing from across the room when I'm listening at home. The fact that it has all the bells and whistles is just icing on the cake.