Sirius Canada on the Playbook

[Nethervue]

Hi,
Searched the app store and tried Simple Browser and native browser, no luck finding an app that streams sirius or using the browsers. Anyone have a solution or is it just not possible as of now? Hopefully Im missing the obvious!

[Goldwing07]

I found after checking with Sirius that it is only available for some BB phones and not playbook at this time.I wanted it in my 9780 ,but it does not qualfy.

[m_rkus]

Works great, can't wait...

[baldo]

If you update to the os 2 beta (or wait for the official update in a few weeks) you can load the android version. It works perfect.

[Nethervue]

awwww nice!! Great news, ill wait and see if os2 comes tomorrow If not, maybe ill give beta a try. I havent tried any Android apps yet

[OriginalLucy]

I emailed Sirius about the lack of app for the Playbook and they responded with, they are monitoring the demand and will notify me if and when an app becomes available.

[wxmancanada]

Unfortunately, the active user base is significantly skewed towards the iPhone and Android platforms, hence, the focus and development investment is targeted to these operating systems. I can tell you there are no immediate plans for new Blackberry development.

However - as mentioned above - there is a bit of hope for support on the PlayBook via the android player.

[Scotter75]

I am sure someone will write an App for it soon.

[wxmancanada]

Originally Posted by Scotter75

I am sure someone will write an App for it soon.

Unlikely/not legally.

[joshb902]

Originally Posted by baldo

If you update to the os 2 beta (or wait for the official update in a few weeks) you can load the android version. It works perfect.

if you dont mind me asking how did you get the sirius player to work? i have it on my playbook i log in and select what channel i want to listen to but i keep getting an error saying Unable to acquire data, ive tried restarting the playbook any suggestions?

[weirdg]

Hey,

I also fired up the Sirius Canada app and it loads fine, but it doesn't play anything. It just keeps trying to connect to a station and eventually it times out with an error message saying "Unable To Acquire Data Connection: Check Network Connection And Try Again". Has anyone else run into this error? How do I get around this? My Playbook is connect to my wifi network, and everything else works fine.

WG

[macpcp]

XM/Sirius Canada, Have been an XM subscriber for a number of years prior to the merger and after. Frankly I'm about done with the company as a whole. They need to get back in touch with their customer base, at those of us who still pay for our digital needs and music as a whole. (Yes I still buy CD's) A year ago I asked about altered payment plans for combined XM/Sirius hardware in the same household after the merger took place in Canada yet still I wait for a solution, their lack of support for the Playbook will further push me towards other companies that are willing to support the platform. Really I have to wonder how costly can building an App really be? If you get just some of your current customers, along with a number of new customers does it not make it cost effective. I recall paying a few dollars extra just to have my account on my BB phone on top of my home system really how much is enough? I fully understand that companies are in business to be profitable but come on really?

[joshb902]

i finally got it to work, what i did was i upgraded to the official 2.0 and when it loaded i did a security wipe and then re installed the app and works great! picked up the channel in under 30 seconds!

[Nethervue]

Originally Posted by m_rkus

Works great, can't wait...

Originally Posted by joshb902

i finally got it to work, what i did was i upgraded to the official 2.0 and when it loaded i did a security wipe and then re installed the app and works great! picked up the channel in under 30 seconds!

Where you guys getthe Sirius Canada .bar file? I found a Sirius one, it installs, but when I load it, I just get a black screen. Any help would be appreicated!

[Nethervue]

Well.. I found a Sirius Canada bar file here..I was searching the wrong sub-forum, however when I install it, I dont get an icon. I'm going to keep trying