Here we have a wonderful example of the market telling service providers they're moving too slowly. Some enterprising programmers, irritated with not being able to listen to Sirius or XM on their cell phones, have written applications to do just that. A program called SiriusWM5 has appeared, allowing PocketPC users to listen to their Sirius subscription ("I GOTTA HAVE MY HOWARD!!!") on their PocketPC phone (or PDA). Naturally, Sirius has a beef with this: "Our lawyers are diligently pursuing this," says the #2 satellite radio company, whose subscriber base just passed 4 million. There are also programs to receive XM broadcasts, such as Pocket Satellite Radio and MiniXM, and of course XM has released the Hounds of Law on their makers. Currently, a few Sirius channels are available for an extra cost on Sprint Nextel phones, though Howard Stern shows are not available.

[via Reuters]