Sirius XM developing iPhone / iPod touch streaming radio app

My, my -- now isn't this something? Shortly after narrowly avoiding a dastardly collision with bankruptcy, Sirius XM is looking to connect itself with profitable enterprises in an attempt to build market share and regain interest from budget-conscience consumers. Just weeks after hearing that the sat radio company could be preparing a few Sirius / DirecTV bundles, CFO David Frear has now confirmed on a recent earnings call that the outfit is indeed developing an iPhone / iPod touch app. It's interesting to think that a satellite radio firm could be warming to delivering more content via the internet, but it's the apparent diversion from being a standalone offering that has us even more intrigued. It should be interesting to see how the pricing model works with this forthcoming app -- will users be able to get an iPhone subscription only? Will it be tossed in gratis with traditional subscriptions? So many questions, not enough patience.

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[yayankee Posted Mar 12th 2009 8:52PM]

that would be huge. You would never take the iphone out of your ear

[fr4nk1yn Posted Mar 12th 2009 6:54PM]

Wow! Go Sirius XM!

After years of making me type a 4 digit code for everything internet they're finally going to release an application I can't use do do what I've wanted.
Listen to Sirius on my phone. Oh wait there's already third party apps for that.

NVM, Go change around some more stations I don't have enough Oprah, Martha or Howard in my life.

[madcellphoneguy Posted Mar 13th 2009 10:13AM]

They GOT to get this out asap...

and they shouldn't freaking charge existing users to use it (like they do the blackberry app). The problem with XM/SIrius is they charge for EVERY radio you own. You should have to be charged for additional radios, but one subscription should be interchangable between media formats (ie: online, blackberry, iphone). Then they would MARKET this fact...and it'd be AWESOME.

Idiots...

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 16th 2009 8:34AM]

Why are they going to the expense of making an application to do it? Our SHOUTcast stream host already streams our radio station to the iPhone without an application. Try it for your self http://m.slinky.fm