Apple Looking to Acquire Music Streaming Service Lala?
Talks are very advanced, said the sources. One of the sources said that the sides have already agreed on terms and have only to sign a final agreement.
Steve Dowling, Apple's spokesman, said the company doesn't comment on rumors and speculation. A representative from Lala was not immediately available.
Lala recently partnered with Google to offer music samples in Google's search results.
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...that is, to all their products except the iPhone in the US, because obviously ATT would NEVER allow anyone to do anything cool with their iPhones like this. :p
I just tried LaLa today after hearing about this story, and it is easy to use, and fun to discover and preview full songs and albums by many artists.
The online iTunes "store" is utterly useless.
lala is the model for the future.
I love the idea if it means easily previewing whole songs and inexpensively "consuming" songs I don't need to own.
I don't care much, however, for storing my music online. I want my music (the stuff I own) with me always, everywhere and instantly. Online doesn't satisfy that at the moment (even with an iPhone).
5-1 negative over positive? Methinks that ratio will reverse!
I love the idea if it means easily previewing whole songs and inexpensively "consuming" songs I don't need to own.
I don't care much, however, for storing my music online. I want my music (the stuff I own) with me always, everywhere and instantly. Online doesn't satisfy that at the moment (even with an iPhone).
when do you listen to music and not connected online? working out..jogging...yeah maybe that will suck with iphone..but its possible..
everytime i find myself listening to music...i am connected online already..so there is no difference between having the music be browser based or on my computer.
when do you listen to music and not connected online? working out..jogging...yeah maybe that will suck with iphone..but its possible..
everytime i find myself listening to music...i am connected online already..so there is no difference between having the music be browser based or on my computer.
I guess my opinion could change if it ended up working well. But even in the dense Chicago suburbs I notice dead-data zones, and even if my iPhone is connected, I may not want to drain its battery. More importantly, as nice as its GUI is, finding songs on the iPhone's iPod app is nowhere near as quick as navigating via keyboard shortcuts on my MBP.
But I'm not against having the option. I just don't think I'd find it very compelling. Could be wrong.
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