Posts Tagged ‘premium’
Sirius XM Radio App Now Officially Available for BlackBerry
Last month, we heard a rumor that an official Sirius XM Radio application was going to launched for BlackBerry by the end of January [last month]. It appears the tipster was off by a few days, as the application is now officially available with over 120 channels. Unfortunately for many of you, it appears that the Howard Stern radio show won’t be available. The reasons are unknown at the moment.
The Sirius XM Radio app is supported by the BlackBerry Storm/Storm2, Curve 8500-8900, Bold 9000-9700, Tour 9600. The app requires a premium subscription from Sirius XM, though there’s a free 7-day trial available. All of the content, as you may be aware, is ad-free.
If you’re interested, you can grab the application form the Sirius XM for Blackberry website. Additionally, you can go to siriusxm.com/blackberry on your BlackBerry smartphone.
Rumor Alert: Official Sirius XM Radio App Coming to BlackBerry This Month
What would a day be without our awesome Rumor Alert sign. We’re guessing a pretty dull one. Luckily, we have a nice rumor today for BlackBerry users who subscribe to Sirius XM Radio. According to a comment left on Orbitcast, a Sirius XM Radio app will be released for BlackBerry smartphones in the month of January. The application is said to be similar to the iPhone and to be available for the following BlackBerry models when it’s launched: More »
Leaked Survey Shows Possible PlayStation Network Premium Services
According to a leaked survey by IPSOS Online Research, Sony could possibly be thinking about charging PlayStation Network users for premium services in the future. The survey details many of the features that could be offered to paying customers. The potential subscription prices shown on the survey range between $20 - $60 a year and $6 - $9 a month.
These are some possible features and their respective definitions that might be included as part of future PSN content:
- Customer Service Priority Access
Priority access to PlayStation’s customer service both online and via phone should you need technical help or have questions about your products. This feature gives you support with little to no waiting. - Exclusive Experiences with Sony Brands
Get member-only access to attend exclusive Sony events and experiences throughout the year, including those offered by PlayStation, Sony Pictures, and Sony Music. More »
Reminder: Erictric’s CopyTrans 4 License Giveaway Ends Soon Today
Just a quick reminder to everyone, our CopyTrans 4 premium license contest ends in less than 2 hours. If you have not entered yet, be sure to send an email titled “Contest Entry” with your first and last name to copytrans [at] erictric [dot] com. Make sure to use a valid email address, as that how we will inform you if you’re a winner. For more information about CopyTrans 4 take a look at our review of the application here.
Contest ends at 12 PM Eastern Time – 9 AM Pacific Time. That’s pretty soon! So you better hurry.
Premium Japan Twitter Service Not Happening, Just a Misunderstanding
We were quite shocked ourselves yesterday when we found out Twitter would become a premium service over in Japan. Today, we learn that they whole report was a big misunderstanding, and premium accounts will not be coming to Japan after all.
TechCrunch is reporting today that according to a press release put out by Twitter’s Japanese business partner, Digital Garage, there is essentially no plans to begin charging for Twitter in Japan in the foreseeable future.
“The recent media reports are likely a result of a misunderstood presentation by a
DG subsidiary, DG Mobile, about potential business opportunities that it could
explore as a third party. DG Mobile’s presentation was unrelated and separate
from the Twitter and Digital Garage partnership.”
Why the confusion? From what we can make of this fiasco, the talks about premium service were applicable for mobile monetization plans for the future, reports The Next Web. The misinterpretation originated from an employee of Digital Garage’s DG Mobile division.
Well, we’re slightly embarrassed for reporting a misinterpretation, and we’ll admit that we’ve been caught with our skirts over our heads!
Twitter Japan Introducing Premium Service in January [Updated]
UPDATE: You can take everything we’ve written in this post and forget it. Please see the updated post on this matter.
Apparently, Twitter Japan will start introducing paid premium accounts beginning in January next year. It’s no secret that the Japanese branch of Twitter has always been a bit of a rebel compared to its few other counterparts. I mean, it’s the only subsidiary to have launched different services, including Twitvideo. Twitter Japan is also the only Twitter service to run ads.
Anyway, there aren’t too many details about the premium service said to start in January. According to Japanese IT Media [rough Google Translation], by introducing the premium service, Twitter aims to charge users just to view tweets from those with premium accounts. The fees will vary from 100 Yen or U$1.15 to 1,000 Yen or about US$11.5 a month. User will be able to pay those fees using credit cards, using a pre-paid ticket, or by asking their mobile carrier to add the charges to the monthly bill.
There have been rumors for a while now about Twitter rolling out premium accounts. It’s nice to see that it’s finally starting to test such services. We doubt the system will be introduced to the other Twitter branches any time soon though. We’ll just have to wait and see.
Two screenshots of the premium service after the break. More »
Spotify Premium Subscribers Will Now Be Able to Play Music Offline on Their Computers
Today, Spotify will be releasing an update that will allow premium subscribers to be able to set any of their playlists as “Available offline” on their computers. This feature, as the name suggests, will allow users to listen to their favorite playlists offline on the desktop
version, just like the Spotify application for the iPhone.
With this new feature Spotify might become a bigger threat to Apple iTunes. Although, as I mentioned before, it is available to premium subscribers only. Meaning you have to pay £9.99-a-month or £120 annual subscription, at least in the UK. As we’ve reported before Spotify is not yet available in the US, but a US launch is planned by the end of 2009.
Netflix comes to Windows Media Center
Those subscribed through Netflix now have a new method of streaming your content directly to your computer; Windows Media Center. According to the TV on your PC blog, the new Media Center feature is available on both Windows Vista Home Premium or Ultimate. If you’re already a Netflix subscriber, you will be able to set up within minutes. For those who are not Netflix subscribers, start your free trial now!
You can read more here.