Apple Leads Digitial Music Downloads
- The first to take on Apple was BuyMusic.com in July. It expected 1 million daily song downloads. "We're not achieving that at all," says BuyMusic CEO Scott Blum. "I've spoken with my competitors, and we're nowhere near (Apple's) numbers."
The article cites first mover advantage, ease of use, the iPod and Apple's marketing as reasons for the success of the iTunes Music Store.
More players will be entering the market in 2004, however, and the article cautions that Apple's closed model (iTunes<->iPod) could backfire in the longrun. According to one analyst, "They've got to keep the mindshare of the public and keep them believing they have to have an iPod. That's the only way they can stay ahead."
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The first to take on Apple was BuyMusic.com in July. It expected 1 million daily song downloads. "We're not achieving that at all," says BuyMusic CEO Scott Blum. "I've spoken with my competitors, and we're nowhere near (Apple's) numbers."
http://www.technewsworld.com/perl/story/32389.html
hehe.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2003-12-14-apple2_x.htm
HAHA WTF is that? Talk about lame reporting.
1) some company makes an mp3 player that is cheaper, more feature rich and better designed than the iPod.
AND (this is important)
2) that company collaborates with M$ and a download service (could be M$) and makes the mp3 above to work "seamlessly" with Windows.
right now, apple is the only one with an elegant mp3 player AND an integrated music store/jukebox software...
Originally posted by TwitchOSX
Thats the EXACT same article as the USAtoday article thats a few posts down:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2003-12-14-apple2_x.htm
HAHA WTF is that? Talk about lame reporting.
Welcome to the world of syndicated journalism :mad:
What really sucks is when one reporter gets the story wrong. It gets put into several news reports, then the unwashed masses take it as gospel... "I read /heard it in ABC and XYZ, so it must be true"
Originally posted by jxyama
2) that company collaborates with M$ and a download service (could be M$) and makes the mp3 above to work "seamlessly" with Windows.
From Article
Adds analyst Leigh: "They've got to keep the mindshare of the public and keep them believing they have to have an iPod. That's the only way they can stay ahead."
Must... have... iPod...
Must... have... iPod...
etc.
What I find interesting is that while I have been a Mac user from the beginning, I have yet to invest in an iPod (I still think it is too pricey). I do buy songs from iTunes convert them to mp3 and use my three year old Rio Player with it's colossal 64 MB of music.
However, I have four friends, all Windows users, who have purchased iPods. One of whom is now buying an iBook based on his Apple experience.
Has anyone look into if the iPod/iTunes success has increased Apples desktop/laptop market share?
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