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Sirius XM’s Howard Stern Comes to Apple’s iPhone

by Demian Russian Sirius XM's (SIRI) full internet content offerings are now available on Apple's (AAPL) iPhone and iPod Touch, including Howard Stern, via the Pocket Tunes Radio app available on the Apple iTunes Store. In an exclusive interview on Satwaves Radio, Senior Vice President at Normsoft, Dave Jones discussed new updates to the company's Pocket Tunes Radio app. Normsoft's app now sports many new incredible features. Users can now record streaming content for later listening. This ne...

National Television “All Shook Up” By Sirius XM (SIRI)

by Demian Russian Sirius XM (SIRI) shook up the nation's televisions this last weekend with the launch of what CEO Mel Karmazin referred to during the company's Q3 earnings conference call as "the most aggressive national ad branding campaign in our history." The new Sirius XM thirty second ad spot, seen on millions of televisions across the country, begins with vintage footage of Elvis Presley from his '68 Comeback Special singing a rousing version of "All Shook Up." While the song continues...

Sirius XM’s SkyDock Receives Awards

by Demian Russian Sirius XM’s (SIRI) SkyDock is getting some glowing praise from the Consumer Electronics Association. The XM SkyDock was showered with many accolades. Awarded one of the highest scores, the XM SkyDock was a 2010 Best of Innovations Honoree in the In-Vehicle Audio product category and a Innovations 2010 Design and Engineering Award honoree. Sean Gibbons, Vice President, Product Marketing, After Market Division, SIRIUS XM Radio said that “SIRIUS XM continues to be recognize...

Sirius XM’s Game Changer is About to Rock

by Demian Russian Sirius XM (SIRI) is about to rock. Several months ago, when I first wrote about the possibility of Sirius XM turning all of the iPhones and iPod Touches out on the street into full-fledged satellite radios with a simple accessory dock, it was pure speculation. My speculation was based on the technological capabilities of Apple's (AAPL), then yet to be released, iPhone/iPod Touch OS 3.0 update. While researching the OS 3.0 SDK released to developers, it suddenly hit me. I rem...

Sirius XM iPhone App Critics Are Missing The Bigger Picture

By Brandon Matthews It would seem to be so simple. Pull up the most popular iPhone and iPod applications on Apple's (AAPL) iTunes and you will see among other things, a list of the most popular free downloaded apps. Several weeks ago, Sirius XM Radio (SIRI) introduced a music application that rocketed to the top spot of the most popular free downloads in both the overall and music categories. In just two weeks we learned that the Sirius XM application had been downloaded over 1 million times....