Are you really Sirius? Streaming radio iPhone app expected this week
In what may be one of the great anti-climax stories of all time, it looks like Sirius/XM is finally releasing an iPhone/iPod touch app this week, probably on the 18th.Subscribers who asked about the app are getting the following email... apparently Sirius support team members are paid! by the exclamation point!
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 18th 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.It's been a long and tortured road getting here. Competing players were stopped dead by Apple, and the Sirius player has been talked about ever since the iPhone came out. A couple of weeks ago we reported the app would appear 'real soon' and now it looks like this is the week.
No word as yet on how many channels will play on the app, but this is a highly anticipated release. We hope it's fully compatible with iPhone 3.0.
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In what may be one of the great anti-climax stories of all time, it looks like Sirius/XM is finally releasing an iPhone/iPod touch app this...
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I love the Sirius App!
One BIG Problem - WHERE IS HOWARD STERN ON IT??!!
If you miss Howard Stern on the Sirius app, you can get all the Stern news you need right on your iPhone at http://howardstern.ifthensoft.com.
June 24 2009 at 9:39 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThe app is available. Quite slick and considerably faster load times than Pocket Tunes.
June 18 2009 at 8:36 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWhat about for lifetime subscribers??? I usually listen online for free b/c lifetime subscribers didn't have to pay the fee if I'm not mistaken.
June 17 2009 at 8:09 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyPeople who talk about Sirius not being good, I just don't understand. But, I will not rant about you, SIRIUS is the best radio around. Hands down!!
June 17 2009 at 12:15 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThis is a great example of shooting yourself in the foot. They killed the free app that was already created and ready for release so I canclled my Sirius account and quickly discovered podcasts and torrents; now I can listen to Stern on my own schedule and I've got a million other cool shows that "get" the new culture (unlike Stern who refuses to podcast).
I'd actually pay for just a Stern pod cast... maybe that's what he'll do instead of re-upping with Sirius. He could do the show at any time then and Artie could get high on Heroin and no one would know.
I'm pretty sure you can get it for less than 16. I subscribe to the music only service for 9.99. Since most news, smut, and sports I want I can get from terrestrial radio. Another 2.99 might be worth it to get the music I want wherever I am.
My problem with Pandora is, I like a DJ. A real person talking about music, concerts, albums leaked to the internet, band drama, etc.
my 2¢
~dino~
So, with this internet streaming stuff, you just sign into it with a username and email right? So would it be possible for multiple people to share 1 account?
June 17 2009 at 8:42 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplySirius currently signs you out of the first location if someone signs in from another, so no, this likely won't work for more than one person.
June 17 2009 at 12:28 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyooTunes for iphone streams xm for free
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