I'd like to say this comes as a surprise, but given that the SIRIUS app for BlackBerry already works in Canada to have an XM app show up is well, less then stellar news. Starting April 12th, XM listeners will be able to download the dedicated BlackBerry application to get XM on the go. Sharing the same subscription based model of it's counterpart SIRIUS app, you can expect to pay $7.99 a month for XM online+ or only $2.99 a month when bundled with an XM Canada subscription. A 14 day free trial will be included so you can check out the services and decide from there if you wish to sign up further. I hope some of the SIRIUS channels excluded from their app make the cut for XM otherwise, I'm not sure why this app in particular exists.
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