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Sirius XM (SIRI) Officially Launches Blackberry App – Android app in the works?

By David "Newman" Phillips As announced in an article on February 4th, Sirius XM has now officially launched its streaming application for the Blackberry platform by Research In Motion (RIMM). The application is compatible with the Blackberry Storm, Blackberry Bold, Blackberry Tour, and Blackberry Curve models. Of course, Sirius XM already has an Apple (APPL) iPhone/iPod Touch application. According to sources, a Google (GOOG) Android application is also in the works, although a launch dat...

Sirius XM: The Week In Review

By Brandon Matthews This past week, there were several Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) related news items that did not make Satellite Radio headlines and may have been overlooked by some. So many in fact, that I thought a quick review might be in order. On the earnings front, Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) reported its third quarter earnings. The retail electronics giant reported strong year over year same store sales and Black Friday sales that resulted in double digit year over year increases. The ...

Apple And ATT Facing Potential Antitrust Suit Over Rejected iPhone Apps

By Brandon Matthews Things are heating up in Silicon Valley. Today we learned that Apple (AAPL) board member and Google (GOOG) CEO Eric Schmidt stepped down today amid competitive issues. I had recently suggested that Sirius XM Radio (SIRI)  should consider an app for Google's Android platform now that it had finally debuted on the iPhone. Apparently, the Apple / Google dispute is directly related to the two companies respective operating platforms. It seems Apple has not only rejected Google's...

Microsoft Should Buy Sirius XM Radio

By Brandon Matthews Yesterday, Microsoft (MSFT) announced its intention to enter the business of online music streaming. There are certainly enough players in the arena today, some more dominant than others. It's one thing to be first to market,  another to be number 200 or 2000. The market is saturated with more than enough players to meet current and future demand. With royalty rates now written in stone and further litigation off the table, it makes sense that others will soon join the fra...

Sirius XM Has Partnered With Apple; Could Google Be Next?

By Brandon Matthews Now that Sirius XM (SIRI) has finally put an Apple(AAPL) iPhone app on the market (after just two short years of consumers asking for it), it seems the company may finally be ready to commit to thinking outside the box. The immense popularity of the free app has taken many people within Sirius XM by surprise, and there can be no doubt that it will translate into added revenue as current subscribers upgrade and trial members become subscribers. As CNBC noted, this market co...