Sirius Radio

[Ed Zachary]

Originally Posted by ID10T

Anyone have issues streaming via the application that has a Sirius Lifetime account w/
online streaming? I had no issues at all w/ my wm6 sirius application.

Gonna test out Skyfire now = No luck did not work for me

Even if you have a lifetime subscription (as we do), you still have to have the 2.99/mo Premium online streaming subscription for the app to work. We have the lifetime FREE online streaming locked in with our lifetime subscriptions but the app doesn't work. I called Sirius and talked with "Mike" who confirmed that the app requires the Premium 2.99/mo streaming subscription.

Sorry about the redundancy in the above section, but there seems to be a lot of confusion among the lifetime subscribers.

[ID10T]

WOW that totally sucks! I do not feel that is fair to charge for an application to allow me to use something that I can already use on a wm phone or pc. Oh well guess I will just wait it out for another solution.

[mrbook]

Like someone has already posted you will not hear howie on the app, you might be able to stream through Skyfire but I haven't tried. There are other ways you can listen to your boy with some searching through the internet streams. As far as alternatives, currently there is none right now.

[Dsh897]

someone get to work on porting that wm6 sirius app for android plz....
=) thankyou

[uranidiot]

Originally Posted by Dsh897

someone get to work on porting that wm6 sirius app for android plz....
=) thankyou

R U KIDDING ME! NO ONE HAS PORTED THIS TO ANDROID YET!? WTFF MAN! what happen? 1st skyfire then slingbox but where Sirius app for android. we got hundreds of sexy apps but no free Sirius app yet!

[Das1978]

Originally Posted by uranidiot

R U KIDDING ME! NO ONE HAS PORTED THIS TO ANDROID YET!? WTFF MAN! what happen? 1st skyfire then slingbox but where Sirius app for android. we got hundreds of sexy apps but no free Sirius app yet!

bump.

[Ed Zachary]

I don't think this is ever going to happen. Reason being, past developers of apps that could access the no-additional-charge internet stream from Sirius/XM had to rely upon the cooperation of Sirius and XM.
Around the time of the merger, cooperation from Sirius/XM pretty much ceased.
Now it seems Sirius/XM is getting even more hungry for cash.
Last night, someone from XM called to urge me to re-activate the XM radio that came in my car. I told him that:
-I already have a lifetime Sirius subscription.
-Sirius/XM repeatedly refused to convert that subscription to XM.
-In my experience, Sirius reception has always been much better than XM.
-For the above reasons, I removed the factory head unit and installed an aftermarket one and the Sirius tuner I already had.

He then told me I could:
-Go ahead and get a lifetime XM subscription (no way! A LOT more expensive than the Sirius lifetime).
-Sirius and XM will combine at the end of the year, making only one company.
-After the end of the year, I could (get this!) combine my Sirius lifetime subscription with my XM lifetime subscription "with the new company." (What!?!?)

Bottom line, sounds like Sirius/XM is getting too desperate for money to cooperate with anyone who would try to give people the ability to stream their broadcasts for free, thus reducing the demand for their pay-by-the-month streaming.