XM Passport ship date moved to August (and many goodies are to come)

TWICE is reporting that Audiovox has pushed back the ship date for the XM Passport to sometime in August. The delay is because Audiovox, the supplier of the XM Passport and Connect-and-Play technology, is waiting to clear out inventory of the previous gen Connect-and-Play units - which is expected to occur in August.

The Passport tuner, which will retail at a incredibly cheap $29.99, will be accompanied by a whole entourage of XM Passport capable devices in the months that follow and will also get the time-table shift.

Goodies like a CD player and a CD/DVD player will ship in August, followed by a mini-system in September or October. Three mini-systems and a boombox are slated for Oct or Nov. In Sept or Oct, expect to see three under-cabinet LCD TVs as well.

Oh but wait, there's more. Audiovox also plans to have a half-DIN flat-panel controller with Passport slot to connect to XM-ready head units in August; and a portable DVD player with Passport slot for September.

Audiovox's Jensen brand will have a handheld navigation system with an XM Passport slot in September, which will include XM traffic-data reception, audio/video playback, and roughly 2.5-three hours of satellite-reception time on its rechargeable battery (whoa). Jensen will also have one of the first in-dash CD players to offer SecureDigital (SD), USB, iPod control and charging, and XM capability, bundled with an iPod charger.

Just in time for the Holidays. That's all I care about...

[TWICE]