XM's "official" word is that the Pioneer AirWare XM2go unit will be released in "Spring" of this year. But rumors have been flying around that the new AirWare XM2go unit will be out in late-March. This is probably fueled by CNET's coverage of the AirWare (see video for the mention of March). Incidently, CNET can't seem to decide whether to call it the "AirWare" or "AirWave" - just to set the record straight, it's the Pioneer AirWare XM2go unit. See the word mark recently filed a few weeks ago here:

Word Mark: AIRWARE
Goods and Services: Satellite radio receivers, and parts and accessories thereof, namely headphones, batteries, adapter kits connecting to car audio apparatus and/or home audio apparatus, hard drives for audio and video data storages, and computer software for converting and editing audio and video data
Serial Number: 78554974
Filing Date: January 27, 2005

Now, the fact that Pioneer added 'video data' to the Word Mark brings up a lot of speculation, but I wouldn't get alarmed over it just yet. Just lawyers preparing for all scenarios in my opinion.

Our guess is that if the AirWare was going to be released in March, XM would've said so. When a company sets a "Spring" release date, it almost always means April, so you still have time to save your lunch money. (UPDATE: No more guessing, the Pioneer AirWare is available in-stores now - so there you have it.)

In case you needed to know, the Pioneer AirWare is in fact based off the innards of the MyFi, or more precisely all XM2go units will share the same platform. User interface and form factor will vary from unit to unit.

The main question people have been asking is whether the black-stuff around the unit is an exposed antenna. To be honest, we don't know yet. Once we get our anxious hands on an AirWare unit, a full dissection will be done and we'll document the gory procedure for everyone to observe. For now, you can just oogle over the hi-res picture we have here:

[Pioneer AirWare XM2go Hi-Res Image]

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UPDATE:
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