Slacker Markets Updated iPhone and Blackberry App
Slacker’s new app speeds the song-to-song transition, allows the user to read emails without interrupting their music listening, and still delivers high quality stereo sound that Slacker fans have come to expect. With four times as much variety as their nearest Internet radio competitor, Slacker is fast becoming a musical staple of iPhone and Blackberry users.
Sirius XM radio is nearing a launch of their own iPhone application, and with it a serious entrance into the Internet radio side of the audio entertainment world. Services such as Slacker can not afford to rest on their laurels, especially if Sirius XM markets their application aggressively. Slacker boasts that the application is free, and then up-sells consumers to a Slacker Plus services that eliminates commercials, allows unlimited skips, and lets users see album art, artist information, and song lyrics.
With the OEM channel slumping, Sirius XM’s iPhone application is taking on an importance for the company. Should the satellite provider gain traction with this application, their live non-music content such as news and sports will deliver a distinct advantage.
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Sirius is getting beat to the punch line. Obviously Slacker knows of Sirius intentions with the iPhone ap and other possiblilites and they are getting to it before Sirius is. I would surely hope to see some tv commercials regarding the new Sirius ap but I am highly doubtful of it. Perhaps the cost of such advertisement will not give enough return with the extra jump in people signing up for the aps and if thats the case I am wrong. Somehow some way, Sirius needs advertisement which to this day I have NEVER seen.
As a longtime Sirius/XM subscriber, I am sadly starting to think of dropping my subscription(s). I have been using my iPhone for music, and patiently waiting for the iPhone app. Unfortunately- even though independent developers already HAD apps ready and/or in development, Sirius/XM put a halt to that. And it is now the second week of June, and I finally tried Slacker.
Guess what? The quality of the music, the programmability, the ease of use- opened my eyes now to the fact that Sirius/Xm just may not be worth the subscription price. Had the iPhone app been release a month or so ago, I would be content, and maybe use both Sirius/XM and Slacker.
Sirius- you are blowing the opportunity. You are showing that you can not change with the market. I’m not quite ready to bail yet- but I am pretty darn close. And I don’t say this happily- I have gotten much enjoyment over the last several years from satellite radio.