Is this the end of XM/Sirius? I've been seeing these slacker devices popping up everywhere and coudn't quite understand the need for them until today. I just got a new blackberry storm from Verizon Wireless and noticed while searhing for apps online, that Slacker released a blackberry storm version of their application. I also noticed it was 100% free, so I installed it and to my amazement, the software/service rocks! I am so impressed that it's got me contemplating cancelling my xm service all together.

Let's be realistic... since the merger of XM and Sirius, the channel selections went to crap. I personally have been less than thrilled with the programming changes and miss some of my favs. I'm also finding that channels like Lithium and Octane must have playlists now because when listening every afternoon, I hear the same Janes Addiction song every afternoon. That's really annoying, I mean with that much music out there, I shouldn't hear the same song one day after another. I'm not talking about 1 - 2 day periods of back-to-back plays.. this happened everyday last week and pretty much the week before.

The only thing making me hesitate a bit is the mlb offering on XM/Sirius. Now if I can get the Mets somewhere on the net for free,  through slacker, I'm completely sold of cancelling XM. I've been a loyal XM subscriber since they opened their doors back in 2001, but I'm tired of the high pricing, the problems with radios losing activation, the abrupt changing of quality programming, etc... XM/Sirius, if you're listening, you need to make your servicemore appealing to people. You've simply "lost that loving feeling" among most of your subscribers. It's simply evident by forums such as the XM Defections discussion over at slacker.com.

Does anyone out there know of any alternatives to XM's offering of MLB so I can listen to the ball games, or even NFL games for next season? Please help a fellow "slacker" out :)