Comments on: Sirius XM iPhone app released: No Howard Stern, MLB or NFL; Opie and Anthony make the cut

By: Eli B.

Eli B. — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:33:09 +0000

Hmm, I upgraded my free trial to the paid one, and they took Opie and Anthony / Virus off because I don’t subscribe to the best of XM. Since I have Stern on my Sirius (not to mention the hidden free web stream link of both his channels). So I’ll be canceling the web subscription. With pandora, and pocket tunes, I really don’t need to pay for my subscription, PLUS online listening fees, PLUS the best of XM fee.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:44:25 +0000

Wow Kyle, sounds like you drank the Virus Kool Aid.

Bottom line…he’s been more successful (and still is) than the VIRUS will ever be. I’d be pissed too knowing that fact, don’t worry, it’s cool, we all understand.

waaahhhhhh…Sirius doesn’t advertise us….waaahhhh

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:30:15 +0000

It is still worth the extra fee to have the this programming available via iPhone but not having Howard Stern’s channels is very disappointing. Just like when Sirius first launched web based access and didn’t have those channels.

By: Marc

Marc — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:55:17 +0000

O&A made the cut – sweet!

Oh wait, they want $12.95 for non-subscribers???

I’ll pass, thanks.

I was a long-time XM user who bought units for relatives and GF’s. XM’s blundering “customer no-service” wore me out with their mistakes and messing-up my family account, so I bailed, as did many of my relatives, years ago.

I thought this would lure me back, no cigar.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:57:28 +0000

incorrect.

By: Maj

Maj — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:47:42 +0000

Sirius XM for iPhone, now available with none of the content you want.

Guess I’ll have to keep downloading Stern from the Usenet binary groups.

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:30:10 +0000

It is only 3 bucks a month. I thought it was much more than that. I might actually get it now.

By: Max Cascone

Max Cascone — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:30:06 +0000

Seriously…. I’ve been waiting for this app for years and this is what they decide to do? With the stock in the toilet (I am a stockholder too), they decide to nickel-and-dime the people who are actually still subscribed? And they have the nerve to cripple it?? The last straw with them was a while ago and this is the kicker. This could have kept me as a subscriber but if they’re going to keep penalizing me for paying for their service, they can keep it. I love Howard and I love the music, but they can’t seriously expect to keep their customers when they treat people like this.

They were right about one thing… during their anti-trust hearings they argued that they compete with iPods etc for in-car entertainment. Well they do, and they’re about to lose.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:03:41 +0000

When you need to do that – can you at least re-start the app where you left off, or do you have to completely shut the app down and restart it?

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:02:48 +0000

The lack of Stern will piss off a lot of people.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:47:44 +0000

Depends on how often you listen to it. I am constantly listening at work and during lunch. For me its worth its weight in gold.

By: Jason Hansen

Jason Hansen — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:36:23 +0000

I have Sirius in the car… is the $2.99/month really worth it?

By: Road

Road — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:31:10 +0000

no MLB or NFL…you would think that Sirius would “get serious” and try to do what it can, to help the stability of the company, by putting on some of the channels that would cause people to want to pay for the service (even Howard Stern)..my gosh, it is trading at about .37 cents…I know I am not the only shareholder that realizes we need to do something to get this stock “back-on-track”…management obviouly wants to pussy foot around and doesn’t have a clue…this was the perfect opportunity to do something that would be a big “value added” addition for Sirius…guess we need to get used to the OTC scenario…we will be there soon enough….

By: Bart

Bart — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:01:37 +0000

Howard Stern and his fat fuck sidekick Artie are douchebags anyway! I am happy they are not on this app!

By: Kyle

Kyle — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:35:24 +0000

It’s awesome, I couldn’t be happier catching O&A and R&F at work now since I am not allowed to stream music on my work computer.

I am not going to lie that it makes me chuckle that there is no Howard available. I mean he invented the iPhone…

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:55:11 +0000

im still thinking of paying for the premium after the 7 days ends, im a big O&A fan

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:54:19 +0000

Im using it as we speak, well until I get a text and have to exit the app to answer the text, then go back into it, if there is an app that needs background access, this is it

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:47:57 +0000

yeah…I’ll stick with pandora…thanks