Sirius XM to Release FREE iPhone Application
Today it was announced that the uSirius, Sirius XM application for the iPhone, had been rejected by the app. reviewers at Apple. The guys at Nicemac put up a release on their website earlier today that paints a pretty clear picture of what has recently happened.
Sirius XM has clearly moved to take action with Apple to block the release of arguably the most eagerly anticipated iPhone application ever. Now why would they do such a thing? The only possible answer is they have a free application which they developed in-house, that is most likely days away from being approved.
With the 4th quarter earnings and the March 11th price increase only days away, the excitement is so thick that you could cut it with a knife. The sly dog that is Sirius XM has had this in their back pocket all along but, one has to wonder why they have sat on such great news for so long now? Surely this company could not be so incompetent that they would move to block an application which could do nothing but add to their own bottom line without a plan of their own. Could they?
Is it possible that the management at Sirius is so frighteningly ignorant that they would get down on their knees and beg for a $530 million loan one day, only to block the only decent piece of new technology that could allow them to repay that loan the next?
For once, the answer is no. Sources very close to the situation have verified that an official Sirius XM iPhone application is in the works and will be released “very shortly.”
so are there gonna be 2 different Apps Sirius XM and Starplayr
I’m curious as to the sources. We’ve been hearing about the othe player for almost a year, and nothing about an app from Sirius XM themselves.
And even if they do have their own app in the works, why stop NiceMac’s app from coming out? Why not give people a choice of which app they want. There ae at least a dozen iPhone apps for AIM and you don’t see AOL trying to stop it. Perhaps NiceMac’s app will have features I like better and I’d be willing to pay for it. More ways to listen to Satellite Radio can only be a good thing.
Once again, Sirius XM has made a horrible business decision. I feel the day coming soon where my main sources of entertainment, O&A and Howard Stern, will no longer be available. Very sad.
We have all been duped. There is no app coming (from anyone). Sirius would have said something by now and it’s a huge bunch of nothing. If they continue to play these games with the customers, and investors, they will fail.
It’s called respect, and I have had it!
I’m really starting to wonder about apple. How can this be good for the consumer? Even with Sirius/XM coming out with an app maybe??? Why block one that is here now. I’ve gotta say I’m frustrated.
Wow this has been quite the love/hate fest, waiting game. Let’s hope this all ends on a positive note. (a real, working, released to the public Sirius XM app)
It kinda makes sense, the guys at Nicemac wanted to charge $12.99 for their Starplayr app. It makes sense for Apple to reject that application for Sirius/XM to put out their offical app out first (for free). I assume alternate satellite radio apps would soon follow.
Get it done already!!!
Well I am grateful that Sirius finally got their act together so I can access SiriusXM from my iPhone through “Pocket Tunes”.
But could they have made the interface any more clunky?
Come on guys, first thing you need to know if you want to be successful in the on-line world is you got to make a user-friendly interface… If I wasn’t such a statesman I would say the interface stinks, but let’s just say it needs a lot of work.
The StarPlayr interface (before Sirius was so kind to shut down for this work of art)was significantly more user friendly. I hope you guys consider on moving to a better interface in the future, but I guess this will do for now.
Sirius XM had nothing to do with this application.
The app will be here sooner or later.
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/af.....62196.html
The bottom line: it’s over a year late. It boggles my mind how a few Sirius/XM fans over at Nicemac were ready to release the app before Mel Karmazin’s team and then for them to squash the deal?! I’d call for Mel to be fired, but it really doesn’t matter: satellite radio is dying and the captain will go down with the ship.
Howard Stern will not resign with Sirius, but create his own app or form a partnership with a service like Pandora to stream his show to mobile devices. Pandora already has a great footprint on mobile devices: http://www.pandora.com/on-the-go
Radio will make a comeback in 2010 and beyond. All thanks to the internet and mobile networks.
hey charles i sure hope your right, you guys gonna do a a show next week?
‘Better Do A Show’, mark……………………..