StarPlayr for iPhone discontinued on March 10 2009

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StarPlayr for iPhone discontinued on March 10 2009

Posted on 09 March 2009 by Wayne Schulz

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Sad news for Sirius radio fans who hoped to listen to Sirius on their iPhone. The still in testing uSirius StarPlayr for iPhone is now on the “discontinued” list before even getting started. This notice posted on their web site indicates it is “in our best interests to discontinue the StarPlayr project”. Can Sirius really have enough money left to sue these guys?

To all of our fans and customers:
NiceMac has decided it is in our best interests to discontinue the StarPlayr project. NiceMac will be issuing refunds for purchasers of StarPlayr for Windows Mobile on a first come first serve basis until corporate funds have been exhausted.
To request a refund simply copy and paste your StarPlayr for Windows Mobile PayPal receipt via the Contact us Email form.
We would all like to thank you for your support, kind words, understanding and patience throughout. We deeply apologize for the inconvenience.
Sincerely,
The NiceMac Team
p.s.
This has been the greatest privilege and honor working with this fantastic NiceMac team. Never in my wildest dreams we would have accomplished so much together. In my book, you are all heroes. Good luck in your future endeavors and enjoy the success in everything you do. I hold your programming abilities and entrepreniual spirit to the highest regard. Thank you. Sincerely, goodtime

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Wayne Schulz - who has written 2131 posts on Gear Diary.

Wayne is a diehard Blackberry user and consultant specializing in Sage MAS90 Accounting Software. He lives in Glastonbury CT with his two children. When not helping them with their homework or pushing the latest school fundraiser off on his co-workers, he is active hiking, Scuba Diving and investigating all manner of technology.

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http://intensedebate.com/people/cgavula cgavula
This is unfortunate. I wonder if it's the potential for a lawsuit or the potential for SiriusXM to go into bankruptcy?
http://intensedebate.com/people/mas90guru Wayne Schulz
The way I read it "in our best interests to discontinue" — I assumed that they were threatened with some type of lawsuit or were told if they continued that Sirius would change the login methodology so as to break their app.
I know this app has been around on the desktop (and I think WinMo ) for quite some time.
I'd been testing for the past month and loved it.
I think Sirius has made many strategic errors not the least of which is to ignore the mobile market (and I don't count their overpriced limited channel offerings via ATT), tie their success to the auto industry and create what I believe is a billing scam that makes it tough to leave the service once you've signed up.
http://intensedebate.com/people/cgavula cgavula
I think you are probably right – it's still kind of sad, though.