StarPlayr for iPhone discontinued on March 10 2009
Posted on 09 March 2009, at 10:41 am, by Wayne Schulz
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 Teamp.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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March 9th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
This is unfortunate. I wonder if it's the potential for a lawsuit or the potential for SiriusXM to go into bankruptcy?
March 9th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
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.
March 9th, 2009 at 7:02 pm
I think you are probably right – it's still kind of sad, though.