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Sirius XM iPhone app expected very soon
Update 6/18, 9 AM EST: Sirius XM indeed launched its iPhone app early this morning. Alas, Howard Stern, MLB and NFL aren't available as part of the package but you can listen to 120 channels on an iPhone over 3G and Wi-Fi (and on an iPod Touch). We'll have full commentary up shortly but needless to say, some folks are already expressing their disappointment.
Rumors of the impending arrival of an Sirius XM iPhone/iPod Touch app have been circulating for several months, but there's now some hard evidence that the app will be arriving as soon as tomorrow, June 18.
TUAW, the "unofficial Apple Weblog," is citing a customer service e-mail that has gone out to Sirius subscribers who've inquired about an app:
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Thank you for contacting SIRIUS regarding whether or not there is a SIRIUS iPhone application available. We are here to help! We appreciate the time you have taken to contact us in regards to this matter! We are happy to inform you that beginning June 18 a SIRIUS Internet Radio application will be available at the Apple iTunes App-Store for the iPhone and the iPod Touch! All Premium SIRIUS Internet Radio subscribers will be able to download the application from the Apple iTunes App-Store for free on their device and access the service at no additional cost! Subscribers who are listening to the Basic Online Service for free must first upgrade to the Premium Online Service for $2.99 per month to access the application on the iPhone or iPod Touch.
We assume XM subscribers will be offered a similar package, but we're in touch with the Sirius XM PR folks to get all the details, including what channels will be available, as soon as the company is willing to release them. The obvious appeal of all this is the ability to get XM Sirius on the go--or bring it to your home audio system via your iPhone or iPod Touch.
Anybody excited to get their hands on this app?
Additional reading: Sirius XM tuning in to iPhone application.
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Those satellites are better off defending our planet from zombie unicorn and robot dolphin.
If people don't buy (many will though), then they will drop the monthly charge...
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Donna Hill
Thats about the gist of it. If you need more help, you can message me or one of the cnet editors.
The single biggest complaint, however, about the iphone has been the service. People are for the most part not happy with AT&T's policies, coverage, and voice quality. Its all up to you though.
I'll download the app to have more forehead slapping moments listening to our ******* politicians come up with evermore creative ways to lie to the people. This will be my last renewal with XM though. I have faith that within three years someone will have for me to get Cspan in my car w/o having to pay a sat subscription for it.
I also tried downloading to my iPod touch 1st gen. It states that the App only works for 2nd gen Touches? Anybody now why? Upset about this too......:(
Once Howard's contract with them is up, so is mine.
Epic fail.
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by yabimocheez
June 18, 2009 8:20 AM PDT
- With the multitudes of free music options available (Pandora, Slacker, AOL Radio, etc), limited channels, competing applications that offer more channels (Public Tuner Radio), and $2.95 (or $12.95 if you are not a subscriber) monthly fee, I cannot comprehend why Sirius would think this app would be a huge hit. They believe it so much so that it's advertised on their home page as a pop-up. When Sirius first came out with Internet radio it was free to all subscribers. Throughout it's years Internet listening turned itself to a premium service. If Internet radio was still included for all Sirius (and now XM) subscribers then I could totally see this being a huge app even with the channel limitations.
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by johnny_ray3g
June 18, 2009 9:15 AM PDT
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Showing 1 of 2 pages (35 Comments)As of current, there really isn't any need to download this app unless you are already a premium subscriber (which only adds Internet listening capabilities), otherwise all the alternative music programs should fit your listening needs.
I agree. I don't think this will bring too many new customers but, for someone like myself who already has an online subscription this is a better alternative to buying the bulky recviever unit for the car....