Comments on: StarPlayr for iPhone Officially Waves Bye

By: OneAngryMoth

OneAngryMoth — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:05:41 +0000

Pocket Tunes app works great on the iphone for streaming Sirius and it’s been available for some time. Who needs the Starplyr app for $20?!

By: Ifone

Ifone — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:31:26 +0000

Post starplayr to cydia!!!!

By: BigMac

BigMac — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:53:56 +0000

It's March 11th, and Sirius XM has not made any announcements for their own iphone or mobile solution.

Sirius XM as of today is making $3 x 19 million subs per month for the streaming service.

By: zswman

zswman — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:18:21 +0000

The terms of service are very clear: you can’t develop a third party app that accesses their service – period. I don’t know how this development went on for so, but I’m glad it did.

The people running this company are Sirius idiots – have been for some time, and will probably continue to make shortsighted moves that eventually bankrupt them.

By: JJ33

JJ33 — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:09:19 +0000

Could someone please explain how starplayr violates Sirius’s terms of use? It seems to me that this is just another (much better!) way to listen to content I already pay for. I just started using Starplayr a few weeks ago on my PC and I LOVE it!! Now they are shutting it down without giving any reason!!! It does not make sense!! I’m pissed – F*** Sirius, they really suck since the merger!!

By: Erik

Erik — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:44:13 +0000

I simply cancelled two out of three accounts I had. I have been waiting for this application for MONTHS, and the idiots running Sirius quashed this. It's BS.

Im inches away from cancelling my remaining sub.

By: Hainesy

Hainesy — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:38:08 +0000

This is why Sirius is going bankrupt. Since you need a subscription to make StarPlayr work, this is something that would drive revenue for Sirius. Now we won’t see an app at all or will see a crappy one made by Sirius in about 6 months. Assuming they are still around.

By: Jay Bienvenu

Jay Bienvenu — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:18:11 +0000

Why doesn’t Apple just come up with an “iRadio” player that works with all forms of Internet/streaming radio? I have three separate apps on my phone just for streaming radio. And one of them comes from a major radio station owner, but doesn’t play all of their stations–not even one from a major market! Furthermore, because they are apps and not part of the package like iPod is, you can’t play them in the background. I think that with such an application, Apple could easily make a deal with Sirius/XM to let their subscribers stream through the iPhone.

By: Matt Walker

Matt Walker — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:11:26 +0000

The StarPlayr app for Windows is great, but it DOES clearly violate the Sirius terms of service. I think Howard Stern discussing the iPhone app on his show probably brought enough attention that it got lawyers involved, hence the end of StarPlayr.

By: cgraf

cgraf — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:10:42 +0000

I received an Email from sirius last week saying something big is coming in 10 days I hope its an iphone app

By: chr14

chr14 — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 04:41:15 +0000

this is total corporate BS…. someone post this app on the torrents.. we know there are testers out there.. I was willing to pay top $$ for this and now it’s gone.. post it now!!

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 02:00:39 +0000

Yes. Just reminding those certain few for next time.

By: Jeremy Sikora

Jeremy Sikora — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:34:30 +0000

@Steve, if I recall correctly *certain people made it out to be Apple’s fault while *most said it was Sirius XM. Just to be fair.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:24:18 +0000

Hmmm… all of a sudden the Apple bashers are nowhere to be found.

By: Jeffdc5

Jeffdc5 — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 21:52:32 +0000

Siri/xm should have come out the same time as firmware 2.0. We now have to many streaming radio options that are free !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Radio is always too slow to catch up with the times

By: Jeffdc5

Jeffdc5 — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 21:52:17 +0000

Siri/xm should have come out the same time as firmware 2.0. We now have to many streaming radio options that are free !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Radio is always too slow to catch up win the times

By: Sting7k

Sting7k — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:02:56 +0000

Well I hope that this means Sirius XM will be launching their own iPhone app. Even if it’s still $20 that is cheap for turning my iphone into another radio. Sad though that they got driven out of business.

By: Blake 2

Blake 2 — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:33:55 +0000

Figured…