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[ Discuss the new Music Store/iPods ]
That's it!
- "I like Big Butts and I can not lie..."
- Now playing ads! Regular people singing ads. :)
- AppleMusic.com - registered by Apple.
- Showing a Video/Ad.
- End of the year - will be brought to Windows
- Music Store is Mac only to begin with.
- Need a Firmware upgrade to your older iPods. Free software upgrade today.
- iTunes Music Store only US for now. Also Avail Today.
- iTunes 4 - AVAILABLE TODAY
- He's summing up the features
- Streaming Videos at high quality built into iTunes/store
- Can go straight to Artist's Website
- Exclusive Tracks
- Use in iPhoto
- Still demoing...
- Demo of iTunes Music Store (ongoing demo)
- "iTunes Music Store" - offical name. Built into iTunes 4.
- Exclusive Tracks - U2, Eninem, Bob Dylan etc...
- Can now browse the entire Music Store by Genre etc...
- One Click Shopping/Downloads
- Album art included
- Previews (37secs)
- 128 kpbs AAC quality, every song
- Discusses the difficulty in trying to get good songs from P2P.
- No Subscription Fees
- $0.99 per song
- Can use your music for iPhoto etc...
- If you buy a new Mac, you need to deauthorize one and reauthorize another
- Play your music on up to 3 Macs.
- Put your music on an unlimited # of iPods
- Playlist must be modified for every 10 burns.
- 200,000 tracks, unlimited CD burn for personal use.
- To compete, we need to talk to the Big 5 Music Companies
- A year and a half ago, decided to do it right.
- We think people want to buy downloads just like they bought CDs. Along with a broad set of rights.
- We feel subscriptions are the wrong tack.
- "These services treat you like a criminal"
- Describes limiting features of Rhapsody and Pressplay
- No (good) legal alternative... the ones that exist - you have to subscribe, can't burn to cd etc...
- From User Point downsides: unreliable connection, quality, no previews, no album cover art. Stealing
- From User Point of View: upsides: Vast collection, unlimited burning, unliminted mp3 players, unlimited number of CDs. Free.
- Convenient, but stealing
- Positives and Negatives
- It's "offspring" - Kazaa is alive and well
- Demonstrated that the internet was made for music delivery
- Talking about Napster
- Demo of Rendezvous/iTunes streaming.
- Album Artwork can be used in iTunes.
- DVD Archive feature (1000 songs onto a DVD)
- Support for Rendezvous.
- Why AAC? Sounds Better
- iTunes 4 - MP3. Adding AAC.
- Available this Friday in US. One Week Later for international.
- $299, $399, $499.
- 15gb and 30gb have dock/cable included.
- 10gb, 15gb, and 30gb iPods.
- Most Popular iPod 10gb. 10gb is now $299.
- New iPods, Thinner, Lighter, Dock, USB2, AutoSync, Better Backlight, AAC Decoding, Alarm Clock, On the Go Playlist. New Games - Solitaire and Parachute. Can change the main menu.
1:00pm: It starts. 12:37: Apple Stores are going down. (US one still up at this time)
12:16pm: We can expect iTunes 4 and Quicktime 6.2 (for AAC support) today.
12:02pm: Apple Music Event Webcast Link!
11:22am: More Confirmation of 10, 15 and 30GB iPod sizes.
11:11am: According to this post, Steve Jobs will be interviewed on CNN at 2:30 PM EST.
At Participating Apple stores.
You may have to call for verification of a showing.
Websites
- MacMinute.com reported that they would be providing live coverage of the event.
- MacDailyNews.com reports they will have live updates.
- iPodLounge.com - Live updates
MacRumors will provide further links to sites covering the event as the time approaches.
Last Minute Articles
In the meanwhile, you can read these last minute articles on the potential annoucements:
Apple Music Service to go Live - Financial Times
Apple Said to Be Entering E-Music Fray With Pay Service - NYTimes