Some hopefuls were praying that XM Radio Mobile, which provides 25 XM channels to AT&T wireless, would be an included application in the upcoming Apple iPhone. Details were shady on whether AT&T's MEdia Mall would be included which then left open the possibility of XM Radio Mobile being included. But...

It turns out that a (supposedly) leaked Sales Training Workbook reveals that MEdia Mall, MEdia Net, MobiTV and Cellular Video will not be included. So that closes the book on that one.

Hope you weren't surprised.  

Besides the fact that the iPhone is only EDGE enabled, and XM Radio Mobile requires a large amounts of bandwidth to be usable. That still leaves the door ajar for XM Radio Mobile inclusion in the next 3G enabled iPhone (which is rumored to already be in the works).

[Engadget] 

NPD Group reports that music enabled phone sales, and the usage of the MP3 player functionality of these phones, is up dramatically since Q2 of last year.

Sales of music enabled cellphones has grown from 18% in the second quarter of 2006, to more than 38% in the first quarter of 2007. That's a growth rate of 111% in under a year.

Of course, simply selling an MP3-capable mobile phone means nothing if no one is using it. But that's not the case either. MP3 player functionality usage is now at an all-time high – up 82% since the second quarter of last year. In Q1 2007, about 7% of subscribers used their phones as MP3 players.

If the behavior of the market can grow this quickly in just under a year... what will it be like in 2010? Sirius/XM, are you watching this?

[The NPD Group]
Thanks Tim!