Sirius XM app now live at the app store
As expected Sirius has released the free iPhone/iPod touch app so satellite radio fans can listen wherever they go if they have an online subscription. The Sirius XM [App Store] offering is said to include 120 channels. The write up on iTunes does not mention Howard Stern, but says nothing definitive one way or the other. That's a bit ominous.The app also allows you to purchase songs you hear at the iTunes store, and has a favorite channels setting. The app runs on OS 2.2.1 but has been tested on the just released iPhone/touch 3.0.
The channel selection is set up for both Sirius and XM subscribers. Sirius is offering a 7 day free trial for non-subscribers to try the service and see if they like it. This app has been expected for a long time, ever since the iPhone was first announced. A lot has changed in satellite radio since then, and it will be interesting to watch the dynamics of people getting their satellite radio with an Apple product rather than a dedicated satellite receiver.
Happy listening. (Update: Readers are telling us no Howard Stern, no MLB or NFL games. Oh my.)
Thanks to reader John Mackay for the tip.
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Anyone know when this is coming out on the Canadian iTunes?
July 07 2009 at 5:04 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI love the Sirius App.
One BIG Question: WHY DON'T I SEE HOWARD STERN ON IT??!!
the fact that i can listen to XM online but not through this app is rediculous! i am getting an error message saying that basic accounts are restricted on the iphone!? it's an extra $2.99 a month just to listen on my phone? WTF
any way around this?
They obviously left off howard because if they had it all we would have to subscribe to is internet radio. They would have just lost a ton of radio unit subscriptions. This is a great app and i am happy it finally got released.
June 20 2009 at 10:53 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyEveryone should calm down a little... to assume that Sirius is just about Howard or Sports games is crazy... there are lots of people out there that have Sirius or XM for music (I am not one of them) and some of the other channels out there. For me its worth the monthly fee just to listen to NFL Radio (no games but NFL talk ALL YEAR).
I'm just saying... just because it doesn't have Howard doesn't mean it's not worth anything to anyone... to me this just means I can easily listen to my NFL talk radio on the move!
I'm sure that the main focus here is to head off the home grown sirius apps and to give paying users who have the web subscription another way to listen to Sirius or XM.
Sirius recently released a free iPhone/iPod touch application for satellite radio fans. The Sirius XM offering includes 120 channels but Howard Stern is not present. Please sign this twitition that I created.
http://twitition.com/f52k7
I am requesting that Sirius add Howard Sternâs programming to the iPhone/iPod touch application.
another fail from Sirius. Exactly what I mentioned in another post: Sirius always fails at hardware and software. See ya at 2 cents, stock price!!
June 18 2009 at 12:12 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI signed up for the internet feed (2.99 a month) this morning without knowing it did not include Howard 100. I am now canceling the internet option as Howard Stern is the only thing i listen to on Satellite Radio. If i want music odds are it is on one of my ipods. Thank You. Dry Oatmeal. At the end of Howard's contract he should go his own way and get a tech savvy partner and deliver his show via the internet and through Iphone, Blackberry Apps. I would gladly pay 5-10 bucks a month for the show. Ba Ba Booey.
June 18 2009 at 12:00 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyShouldn't be a shock to anyone that there are channels "missing"... it has all the channels that were able to be streamed online previously. Personally, I'm already paying for the online streaming (great at work), so the iPhone app is a welcome addition.
June 18 2009 at 11:11 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyfalse. you can stream howard on their website but not on this ap.. total complete FAIL..
thanks sirius
Perhaps it's the fact that I'm an XM subscriber (w/ Best of Sirius) that skewed my vision. I can stream the other channels I get from Sirius (e.g. Playboy, NFL Radio, etc.) but have never been able to stream Howard - only through my radio can I get that channel. Every channel that I can access through XM online seems to be in the app.
June 18 2009 at 1:44 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyTo Clueless Person Running things at Sirius:
How excited I was today to finally be able to load a Sirius iPhone App! Yaaaay! A life goal of mine can now be checked off the list!
Unfortunately, it became apparent VERY quickly, that Sirius has finally drawn the very last straw from my clenched fist that held onto hope for the company to succeed. No Howard Stern for iPhone App users? No "Premium" content for iPhone App users? Are you Sirius? What greedy idiot in that board room made this decision?
What makes you any different from other services like Slacker, AOL Radio, Pandora, iHeartRadio, etc.? Oh that's right, they are ALL FREE services, exactly like yours, and in most cases, provide better content. So it's your "Premium" content that sets you apart from others. Which is NOT available to customers who already own at least one Sirius Radio, pay a "Premium Price" for "Premium" Internet Services, pay a newly added "Royalty Fee" and decide they want to add the iPhone App as well?
Here's a little inside information for you, it's the iPhone and Apple that's going to save your ass! Everyone that was going to buy a radio has bought one by now! Wake up and join the new form of content delivery! To alienate the fastest growing device on the PLANET from your "Premium" content might be one of the biggest BONE HEAD moves I've seen!
So why should I keep Sirius if they want to continue to nickle-and-dime their most loyal customers? Plain and simple ... I'm not. I will wait a few weeks to allow thousands of others hammer you over this ridiculous decision. If Sirius chooses to hold onto this stance, I will immediately cancel my 4 Radio and "Premium Internet" subscription. I will then look to join, or create, an Internet campaign to encourage subscribers to cancel their accounts with this clueless company who just doesn't "Get it." The Internet is such a great place to get the word out isn't it?
You have a good thing going and you are blowing it! Either get with the real world or fold and get out of the way!
Note to Customer Service Rep reading this:
Please make sure the appropriate people see this. If they keep making dumb decisions like this, you'll be out of a job very soon.
You should cancel them all now to make a point, at least temporarily. I cancelled mine this morning first thing before the reps even knew what was going on. It was hilarious to hear them scramble. They were just as shocked as I was that 100/101 wasn't included.
I'm boycotting until they add it. They only respond to cancellation, not blogs! And at the very least you'll get two free months of service if you call and complain!
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