The Sirius XM Radio App is now available (finally) for the iPhone. The app is for free and so is the subscription...for 7 days. Users will have to pay $3 a month to use the service after the initial 7 day trial period. Current Sirius XM users can log in using their Premium Subscription to use the app along with their other car or home kit satellite radio kit. Now, normally, a Sirius XM subscription costs $7 a month. So why would anyone pay $7 for something they can have on the go for $3? Well, because although the app brings Sirius XM to your iPhone, it doesn't bring Howard Stern and nearly the entire sports side of satellite radio.
Some select programming, including MLB® Play-by-Play, NFL Play-by-Play, SIRIUS NASCAR® Radio, and Howard Stern, will not be available on the iPhone and iPod touch. Listeners will continue to be able to access that programming through the platforms they are currently offered on.
What a bunch of bull! Without this programming, I might as well listen to my iPod! I would have totally paid $3 a month, but without the sports action and Howard Stern, this app became totally not worth it! [iPhone blog]
