Leave it to the hack with the both the time and desire to get the corporation’s attention. While I do not condone ‘back dooring’ anyone like this, I do see the advantage of being able to listen to satellite content on our mobile phones.

Fans of U.S. satellite radio have been waiting eagerly for nearly a year to get XM or Sirius onto their cell phones.

But as the two satellite radio providers carefully ponder their mobile strategies and chew over business plans, a small group of technically savvy devotees are taking matters into their own hands.

Grass-roots software and web developers have found ways to tap into XM Satellite Radio Holdings’ and Sirius Satellite Radio’s websites to stream music channels onto Windows-powered smartphones and other devices.

Most have given their work away for free to other fans since late last year — running into conflict with the wireless business strategies of the satellite radio providers.

“I’m not always near a PC, but I already have a cell phone,” said David Bressler, who wrote a piece of software to listen to Sirius in his office, which blocks satellite radio signals. Source: Wired News

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