According to “The Motley Fool”,approximately 10% of the lost subs were from automaker related issues, the remaining 90% were from the retail front which untill last year accounted for most of SatRad’s listener base.

Ask just about anyone who has subscribed for 2 years or longer and ask if they are honestly satisfied with the way Mel & Co. have handled things.

Have Mel or Greenstein ask me why I should renew my multi-years subscription when it runs out or if I would suggest anyone to subscribe with the way things are going. Give me a reason to besides the lame old chesnut “Well, its better than terra radio” to that I would answer which type of terra radio are you refering to? The great stations I now access via internet because Mel & Co. screwed up so much that I upgraded to DSL?

I’m a stockholdert AND XM subscriber I knew this merger would come to no good and that’s exactly what is happening.

The stock is going to have to go up approximately 1000% to get me back to where I was let alone my opinion towards this company as a customer.

Sure buy it while its cheap, make some money, and sponsor a crappy product & service while you are at it.

What goes around comes around.

I just hope that they finally do give us Sirius subscribers the MLB. I got the Best of XM and then found out it was baseball-free. So what do I get – Oprah??? I don’t think so.

I know one thing that ticked me off, on my recent visit to NYC I didn’t need my Stiletto headset antenna to receive the signal, as apparently NY has much better coverage than we have in the LA area where I live. I was surprised when I was able to listen to my radio with just regular earbuds. How about spending some of the potential new income on getting better signals elsewhere like they have in NY. I still get some occasional dropouts on my home antenna and that’s not good.

Sirius can’t start offering TWO ways to become subscribers with ONE being cheaper then the other.

The iphone App will be FREE….but to join the service will be their regular rate for new subscribers and an additional internet fee for their current subscribers. Thats just the way it’s gonna be. If you are an investor, this is what you want to hear.

Remember, Sirius has the CONTENT and service that warrants this. Yeah, Pandora and it’s ilk are FREE….but you don’t get nearly the same level of content or control.

Between SiriusXM’s continued internet exposure and the eventual car market recovery, they are well positioned to finally fulfill their merger synergies. As this happens, the stock will rise as Wall Street is FORCED to do a complete 180.

But it’s going to take time. Several more quarters at least of uncertainty fueled by bashers and negative bias from Wall Street. Anyone long this stock has weathered the worst when we hit .05 cents when all the analysts were screaming BK. Well…THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN. So now they are screaming LOST SUBS!!!….even tho those lost subs were promotional in nature, and Sirius actually BEAT the street. The shorts and bashers still have the Reverse Split card to scream about too this year. Trust me, they will continue to take advantage of the bad economy to help drum up FEAR.

But the longs have held during the worst and aren’t being shaken out now. Things bode well for longs and worse for the shorts as time goes on.

Long and Strong baby. Long and Strong.

I’m a current iPhone owner and Sirius XM subscriber who has downloaded a good number of apps to date — including Pandora. There are three keys to help propel sub sales for both the iPhone and car SatRad platforms.

1.) Make the app download available for FREE (just like Pandora). It’s like opening millions of car (iPhone) doors and letting everyone in to check out the dash (app display) and get ready for the test drive. How great is that!?

2.) Give all app downloaders a FREE test drive (3 to 7 day trial period) so they can experience the range of quality content that differentiates Sirius XM from ALL the other competitors. If they “try it, they’ll like it” – just like Mikey (a 40-50% conversion on the app trials would be HUGE!). Most people will be willing to pay once they hear what they’ve been missing. It’s analogous to dial-up vs. high speed internet – once you’ve experienced the difference, you pony up the cash to avoid the frustration of going back. The extra dollars will be justified after trial subs experience the CONTENT quality and diversity that NO OTHER RADIO ALTERNATIVE OFFERS TODAY!

3.) DON’T SUCK! All iPhone apps give downloaders the ability to submit up to a 5-star rating and text review. If the Siri app scores at or above Pandora and eventually ranks in Apple’s Top 25 Free apps — THE LAUNCH RESULT$ WILL BE $TELLAR!!!

A GREAT SIRIUS XM APP WILL GO A LONG WAY TO HELP PROMOTE (FREE ADVERTISING VIA APPLE’S IPHONE APP LISTINGS) AND EXPOSE PEOPLE TO THE SIRIUS XM EXPERIENCE! Sirius “ka-ching, ka-ching” if it becomes viewed as iPhone app “bling”

“In the suburbs, people tend to drive more, and thus, get a chance to listen to music, satellite radio subscription, etc. on their commute. These people, in my humble opinion, are less likely to make the jump.”

Perhaps the iPhone app is an attractive option for those that want satellite radio in their vehicle but are reluctant to purchase an after market radio and either install it themselves or pay for the install.

These folks might already listen to their iPods in the car through a cassette, fm or – even more prevalently now – a direct line in. However, instead of the iPod, more and more they will be listening to tunes through the iPhone of iPod Touch. Once the SIRIUS XM app comes out, all they have to do is download the app, pay for a sub, plug in and listen through the car stereo system.

No need to buy a retail satellite radio! This was one of my major hangups before I finally folded and bought a Stratus 5. Fortuntely, I used to install car alarms and car radios, so it wasn’t a big issue. But I can see why it might be intimidating for some people.

Being able to listen to your Sirius XM app through your Iphone that is attached to your car sound system will be huge. The only issue with this, I imagine, is whether the sound quality will be good or whether it might cut in or out or be choppy as you ride along. However, considering that I can usually stream other things on my phone while I drive – it should not be an issue.

Of Course, once there is much much great penetration in new vehicles of course this work around will not be necessary. But we are a long way from that and in the meantime, I think people will indeed buy subs on their iPhone in order to listen to SIRIUS XM in their car while driving in the ‘Burbs! That’s just my humble opinion.

My apologies for only getting to this now, but I have been traveling and in meetings all day. I am now at the aiport again, but wanted to make a few things clear.

1. The price for the iPhone app is unknown. However, the $3 monthly fee is in addition to the $12.95 that a subscriber currently pays.

2. Currently an Internet only subscription is $12.95 per month. Because this app promises to have more content, the price may be higher.