Comments on: Sirius XM to Release FREE iPhone Application

By: Judd

Judd — Tue, 05 May 2009 04:33:58 +0000

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.

By: Charles

Charles — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 05:01:21 +0000

Sirius XM had nothing to do with this application.

By: grandba

grandba — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:46:48 +0000

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.

By: Dr. Fryer

Dr. Fryer — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:35:13 +0000

Get it done already!!!

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:40:46 +0000

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.

By: JazJon

JazJon — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 06:30:03 +0000

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)

By: James

James — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:51:31 +0000

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.

By: Ron Goldman

Ron Goldman — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:30:27 +0000

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!

By: Michael R

Michael R — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:21:03 +0000

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.

By: Radio Play Kid

Radio Play Kid — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:33:14 +0000

so are there gonna be 2 different Apps Sirius XM and Starplayr