A couple of years ago, I wrote an article about how I was able to listen to Sirius radio on a Pocket PC.  Around the time of the Sirius/XM merger, the SiriusWM5 application that I used on my Pocket PCs stopped working.  A few months ago, I discovered and installed a new Windows Mobile application for Sirius internet radio called SXRadio2.  I've installed SXRadio2 to the following Windows Mobile devices:

• IPAQ rx1950 (runs WM5.0): The application installed okay, but won't play.  I think this is because the rx1950 is memory constrained.  You might have better luck with a more powerful WM5.0 device.
• IPAQ Voice Messenger (runs WM6.1 standard - no touch screen phone):  Runs great! The screenshots you see below were taken from the Voice Messenger
• HTC Fuze (runs WM6.1 professional phone): Runs great!
• HTC Touch Diamond2 (runs WM6.5 professional - touch screen phone):  Runs great!
• IPAQ Glisten (runs WM6.5 professional - touch screen phone): Runs great!

SXRadio2 is free and supports Sirius and XM subscription and guest accounts.  Additional features include:

• What's Playing (with mode selection)
• Album Art, when available
• Lyrics, when available
• Twitter Integration: If activated will post 'What's Playing" to your twitter stream
• Presets: You can save your favorite stations
• Plays Standard and High Quality Streams

SXRadio2 does not circumvent a required subscription to Sirius - you still must subscribe to Sirius internet radio before you can listen to the radio:

• New subscribers can try out Sirius' 30 day, free evaluation subscription.  If you like what you hear, you can subscribe to Sirius internet radio for $12.95/month.
• Current Sirius Satellite Radio subscribers already get free, standard internet radio (32 kbs), but you can upgrade to the 128 kb, CD-quality premium service for an additional $2.99/month.

Sirius internet radio includes many of the same channels as Sirius Satellite Radio - you can review their channel guide to see the channels that are included with internet radio versus the channels that are included with satellite radio.

Start Listening Now!

Listening to Sirius internet radio on your Windows Mobile device is easy:

• If you don't already subscribe to Sirius Satellite Radio, go to the Sirius website to sign up for your 30 day trial.
• Download and install .Net Compact Framework 3.5 to your windows mobile device if it is not already installed.
• Download and install the SXRadio2 cab file to your:
  • Windows Mobile Standard (non-touch screen) phone
  • Windows Mobile Professional (touch screen) device 
• Connect your Windows Mobile device to the internet, either through WIFI or GPRS/Edge/3G connection
• Set up SXRadio2:
  • Select/Tap Start > Programs > SXRadio2
  • Select/Tap SXRadio2 > Settings
  • Input your Sirius username and password in the space provided. If you want to automatically post a tweet for what's playing on your phone (spamming your twitter followers relentlessly, risking being unfollowed by everyone who really doesn't care to know what you are listening to every minute of the day), you can also input your twitter username and password on this screen.

• Select/Tap Save.  The first time you log on to Sirius internet radio on your phone, it will take several moments to load up all the channels. 
• Now any time you open up SXRadio2, you can resume listening to the last channel or select a new channel and ENJOY!

You can see from the screenshots shown below (taken from the HP IPAQ Glisten) that the windows mobile professional version of SXRadio2 is practically identical to the windows mobile standard version.

NOTE:  If you use a GPRS/Edge/3G data connection, you'll definitely want to be sure you subscribe to an unlimited data plan through your cellular provider.

Tomorrow I'll post another article that shows how I've extended my use of Sirius Internet Radio to listen to it all over the place.

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