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AOL Radio with XM Preview for Mac
Aaron let us know that AOL Radio Featuring XM is now available for Mac testers, as of August 25, 2005."Have you wanted to be able to listen to the radio stations available on AOL? How about those new XM Satellite Radio streams? Well, now you can! We are happy to present AOL Radio Featuring XM, providing more than 150 AOL Radio stations plus more than 20 popular, commercial free XM stations. Please review the FAQs and Known Issues, and then visit the Test Instructions to begin testing."
The service itself is still in Beta, even for Windows users. Although I am already a proud and very happy XM subscriber, I would be interested in test-driving AOL's implementation. Unfortunately, it won't let me.
I have an AIM account, which allows me to log-in to the beta site, but I am unable to access the AOL Radio tester page. Instead, I am presented with
"This area can not be accessed by your account. This usually happens because:
- Membership or Special permissions are required.
- Availability is limited by geographic region.
Since I don't really feel like registering a new AOL account only to have to jump through hoops to cancel it when I am done testing (although my own NY State AG just made it a lot easier), I thought I'd leave the testing to you. If any of our readers are AOL subscribers and you'd like to take AOL Radio for a spin, please report back with your experiences! If you whip up a full-scale review, with screenshots and all that jazz, you might even gain fame and fortune if we're inspired enough to feature your review right here on this site. Leave your comments below or use the contact form to point us to your review.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Joseph T. said 12:38PM on 8-27-2005
I think a lot of people feel similiar to how I feel. I will never use another AOL service again.
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Brad said 12:41PM on 8-27-2005
Here's my mediocre review and screenshots:
http://fallingbomb.blogspot.com/2005/08/aol-radio-review.html
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Van Daniel said 8:55PM on 8-27-2005
I must say, I am rather impressed. Slick interface, nice selection, interesting feature set - if a bit basic. iChat integration, iTunes integration (click-throughs to the music store), and drag-and-drop pre-sets. A nice OS X program.
As a side note: I keep my old AOL account around in a five dollar, striped-down version - not a horrible sum.
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Johnathan Grant said 3:56AM on 8-30-2005
I think the screenshots look nice, but what I want to know is when they'll open it up for AIM SNs. The Windows version doesn't require a paid membership.
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