XM Radio Online available with Windows Vista
Monday, January 29, 2007 at 5:18 PM
Tags: 2, XM
The XM Satellite Radio and Microsoft partnership will continue with the inclusion of XM Radio Online in the new Windows Vista (being made available to us lil' people tomorrow).
XM Radio Online (XMRO) will be part of Windows Vista's digital music hub delivering +80 channels (including O&A, Bob Edwards, and Oprah) to Vista users.
As usual, users can either register for a free 3-day trial, or get an XMRO stand-alone subscription for $7.99/month. If you're a regular XM Satellite Radio subscriber, guess what, it's available at no additional charge (and hopefully you knew that already).
"Microsoft is pleased to be working closely with XM," said Mike Sievert, corporate vice president, Windows at Microsoft Corp. "We are thrilled with XM's support and excitement for the launch of Windows Vista and the 2007 Office system."
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Oh good, now all 10 people who will be buying Vista will hear XM!
hehe :)
Posted by: Tyler ? | January 29, 2007 5:49 PM
Vista will be sold world-wide. So with this news I must ask a question ...
Can someone in Italy actually open an XM web account and listen to XM radio on-line? In other words,does XM market their Internet stream world-wide ? Why not ?
Doesn't it make sense for XM to market this bigtime - worldwide ? What are they waiting for?
Apple sold 21 million IPODs world-wide last quarter !
Posted by: Anonymous Coward | January 29, 2007 8:29 PM
If you're a Windows XP user, you can listen to XM inside of Windows Media Player 10 and 11 by selecting it as your streaming media store. It will ask for your user name and password, and then present you with the normal interface like listening on the web, but with no extra IE window!
Very handy!
Posted by: Dosman! ? | January 29, 2007 9:17 PM
Well, if Apple ever decides to work with any sat. radio company, XM just made it clear that Apple will pick Sirius.
Posted by: rjr | January 30, 2007 12:55 AM
RJR.... I thought the same thing anout Honda and Toyota, and that didn't happen. But I like your thinking.
Posted by: Pockpie | January 30, 2007 8:11 AM
Apple and Sirius getting together will happen right after the merger completes.
I think with Apple putting FM radios on their iPods made it pretty clear they don't need SDARS in their iPods (and they don't). You discover music on an iPod using iTunes Radio, not Satellite Radio.
Get an Inno or Nexus, smaller than an iPod, satellite radio built in.
Posted by: xzi ? | January 30, 2007 10:51 AM
Dosman: that tip rocked. Thanks.
xzi: not sure what you're alluding to... iPods don't have FM tuners (people make FM tuners for iPods, but Apple doesn't), and iPods don't work with iTunes radio, either, so nobody's discovering music that way, either.
But yeah, Inno and Nexus look cool.
Posted by: Dan ? | January 30, 2007 2:24 PM
"You discover music on an iPod using iTunes Radio, not Satellite Radio."
Yes but on XM you will discover more music because they have the largest music library in North America. More than iTunes, Napster, AOL Music, Yahoo, Sirius, etc.
Last time I got the official word it was over 3.1 million titles
Posted by: Danny | January 30, 2007 8:42 PM