Posts Tagged ‘songs’
iTunes DRM-Free Songs Available In May For $1.29
Good news from Cupertino, as apple announces that EMI Music’s digital catalog (and some other major labels like Virgin, Sony BMG, American Recording) will be available for purchase DRM-free from the iTunes Store in May. The tracks will be offered at higher quality 256 kbps AAC encoding for just $1.29 per song with an option for second tier songs for only $0.69. The meaning is that you will be able to transfer your non-protected songs to other computers freely, as we are talking about 8 million DRM-Free songs to be available for a purchase from now on. Additionaly, iTunes users, will be able to upgrade their entire previously purchased EMI content to the higher quality DRM-free versions for just 30 cents ($0.30) a song. The rest of the songs will be offered in the same versions as today, 128 kbps AAC encoding with DRM at the same price of 99 cents ($0.99) per song. If that’s not enough, Apple has also announced that music store downloads are available over 3G connectivity (without the need for a WiFi around)with the same price and sound quality, which means your new iPhone is capable of downloading iTunes tracks directly - Kudos !
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Tags: apple, cupertino, drm free, DRMFree, iphone, iphone 3G, iphone3g, itunes, itunes plus, itunes store, itunesplus, songs, tracks
Amazon MP3 Service Goes Internationally
Amazon is heating up the competition with iTunes by announcing a new international MP3 downloading service that will be available somewhere this year. The new service will be offering MP3 DRM-Free songs from Amazon’s digital music catalog that includes more than 3.3 million tracks, due to a strong partnership with all major music studios, such as Sony BMG, Warner, Universal and EMI. This service will enable global consumers to purchase MP3 format songs, encoded with 256Kpbs, for a competitive price and without the iTunes’ limiting DRM protection.
[via gmp3]
Tags: Amazon, apple, Audio, global, Internet, itunes, MP3, Music, News, songs, tracks
Hot Stores
There’s a big race, running this days, the race for the online store. Today, you’re not just buying an mp3 player or a multimedia player, you buy a complete package of a player and an online store, related to the player’s brand.
Apple’s store, iTunes, was the pathfinder to all the other companies, regarding selling online music and videos. So far, iTunes managed to sell over 2.5 billion (!) songs and aplenty of movies, and ready to go on strongly.
The big corporations smelled the big money, coming from Apple’s direction, and when corporations notice new money generators, they want to be there.
Tags: apple, Archos, consumers, Internet, Media Players, Microsoft, online, songs, stores, videos, WiFi
Archos Gen 5 - New Players On The Block
Archos released, worldwide, its new fifth generation players, and they are already becoming one of the best portable players distractions money can buy.
The new shiny serious comes with some novel traits and very attractive price tags.
- Archos 405 (2GB) : $149.
- Archos 605 WiFi : (4GB) $199, (30GB) $299, (80GB) $349, (160GB) for $399.
- Archos 705 : (80GB) $399, (160GB) $499.
As a result of a limited storage capacity (8/16 GB) and a mediocre screen and video capabilities from the new Apple iPod Touch, many consumers have turned to search for other alternatives, and realized there is a very strong iPod buster in the market - the Archos Gen 5 players.
Despite its bulky body, compared to the iPod, the Archos fifth generation present stellar abilities (specially the 605 series).
With a stunning 4.3 inches touch screen and an amazing resolution of 800 x 480 - pixels, the Archos is without any question, the big winner.
It has a built in WiFi, an optional Opera browser with flash 7 (plugin cost 30$ and can ran youtube and google maps easily), supports many music/video formats, and even has an optional DVR station to record any TV or DVD movie with a simple push of a button from your couch.
The new generation supports UPnP technology which allows the 605 unit to stream files and videos from your own PC, directly to your player/TV.
For more about the new Archos 605, read the following review from ArchosLounge.
[via engadget]
Tags: apple, Archos, consumers, General, Media Players, PMP, songs, Video, videos, WiFi
Dizzler Media Player
Dizzler free downloadable application allows users to search online and play free music, videos, games, and radio stations on their desktop or mobile device. Dizzler even allows people to embed their player in various social networks such as Myspace, Facebook or any weblog, by simply adding a code line.
With Dizzler, all you need is an internet connection to access millions of songs, videos and games, free and legally. The player is fully adaptable, and Dizzler offers tons of skins in its website.
Tags: dizzler, Internet, Media Players, media-player, online, radio, songs, videos