This was apparently a recent policy change and i think they will lose money on it; there are a lot of people who aren't going to buy a radio when all they want to do is use the app.
-- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Dec 28, 2012, at 12:18 PM, Robert Stigile <rstig...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello All, > I called Serius xm this morning, because I would like to sign up for an > account so that I can use the app on my i phone. > They told me that in order to use the app, I have to purchase a satellite > radio. > I am wondering why this might be, as the rep could not tell me, she just said > it was necessary to use the app. > If anyone can help me with this I would appreciate it. > Thank you, > > > Robert Stigile > phone: 818-381-9568 > e-mail: rstig...@gmail.com > Skype: robertstigile1 > Twitter: rstigile > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kyle Seitz" <wolfpac...@live.com > To: <viphone@googlegroups.com > Date sent: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 01:33:04 -0500 > Subject: Re: Sirius and XM radio apps > > I agree with you Robin. I use the app on a regular basis. I do have one > question though. Do you know how to get to the settings from within the app > itself? There are a couple of settings which I want to change, but I can뭪 > seem to get to the settings area of the app. Any ideas? > > From: Robin Frost > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 10:36 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Sirius and XM radio apps > > Hi, > with all due respect I beg to differ with the statements that the app is > nearly unusable and that voiceover doesn뭪 work in the player. I뭭e used it > for hours on end this week. While it뭩 true that not all buttons are labeled > and there뭩 definitely room for improvement by no means did I find it unusable > at all. > I think it뭩 always best to give an app such as this a play for one뭩 self as > one person뭩 inaccessible is another뭩 a bit quirky needing improvement but > definitely workable. > Just my two cents no one asked for. > Robin > > > From: BBS > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 9:10 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Sirius and XM radio apps > > Hi Jim. Personally, I wouldn't listen to Sirius XM on an iPhone because > of several reasons. Firstly, as others have said, the app is almost > unusable. Sure, you can navigate to a station, but when you're in the > player, Voiceover doesn't work. Secondly, I certainly wouldn't > unsubscribe your radio receiver because if you want to listen to it > longer than 90 minutes, you'll need to be constantly at your iPhone to > start it up again because it times out every 90 minutes. That was my > biggest turn-off with the app and I like to sleep with the radio on and > when I had the app, it would always kick me off after 90 minutes. So > yeah, you're better off with your radio receiver. > > -- > Shawn > Sent from my white MacBook using SamNet > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.