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Is Sirius working on its own iPhone app?

by Mel Martin Mar 2nd 2009 at 9:00PM

After all the bad news about the NiceMac StarPlayr application for the iPhone, Sirius Buzz, a web site that tracks the goings on in satellite radio, says they have it on good authority that a free player is coming from Sirius/XM directly.

Without citing specific sources, the author of the post says the player is going to be released 'very shortly'. The article implies that Sirius/XM, knowing their own app was coming, nixed the NiceMac solution.

That will be welcome news for the hordes of people who want an iPhone-based solution to listen to Sirius and XM. In particular, a lot of Howard Stern fans want to listen on the go, and an iPhone solution would be just the ticket.

With new car sales falling off a cliff, and the Sirius/XM merger not the financial panacea it was supposed to be, the nation's only satellite radio service could use a little positive buzz. Thousands of subscribers signing up for streaming could be a good thing for the company and subscribers.

Of course, all this could be a baseless rumor, but keep watching this space for more.

Via Sirius Buzz

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J

Didn't Sirius go belly up?

March 03 2009 at 11:04 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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mr. O

Nope. They're still in business.

March 03 2009 at 4:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Alex

Neither Sirius nor XM have a great track record with their hardware or software, would have been nice to have an alternative - likely with far better support

March 03 2009 at 2:53 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
crfceo

Absolutely true. Now in beta.

March 02 2009 at 11:09 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mr. O

Wow...assuming this is true, it's gotta be STUNNING to the StarPlyr guys.

But it's a saavy move by Sirius/XM to make a direct play for iPhone users. God knows they need to do something.

March 02 2009 at 9:40 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mike C

ridiculous, Im waiting for a sirius app, but this is totally uncalled for. Starplayr looked like a great app that is now all for nothing. Sirius is now looking like it should go down in flames.

March 02 2009 at 9:34 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
darb8413

I'm a xm member and I use my sub. the most at work while I'm streaming it on my pc, about 2-3 weeks ago I noticed a memo of sort in the login page saying that the online streaming capability would no longer be free starting march 11. So maybe that is a realease date? I can only hope

March 02 2009 at 9:26 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Rich Beischer

My brother works for SiriusXM, the short answer is yes, plus 2.99/m to listen....

March 02 2009 at 10:06 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Fuzzmanmatt

I've bought a lot of Sirius devices for my cars, and I love them. I don't have anything that I can use indoors at work. If this is true, this might be the push I need to get an iPhone, despite it not meeting many of my other needs (however shallow and unimportant they may be).

March 02 2009 at 9:22 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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