In other Apple News, the Mac guy and Drew Barrymore are now apparently Hollywood's most unlikely couple. http://wwtdd.com/post.phtml?pk=2842
damn that insane, a $200.00 price drop! I didnt expect a price drop so soon. This information throws out all of other information surfing around, like a 5 year contract with Cingular. It would not surprise me if Tmobile drops the iphone around the holidays.
That new iPod touch makes me drool. I'm going to hold off on buying an iPod until iTunes becomes subscription based (i know i'll be waiting a long time). Could you imagine all the features of iTunes- music, TV, movies, audiobooks, WiFi- for a flat monthly rate? Until then i'll just stick with Napster and my trusty Creative Zen.
There's actually a guy's personal blog out there with that name. It's in my Bloglines feed just because of the name.
The only way iTunes goes to subscription is if ALL the labels agree to provide ALL their tracks. Even if that happens, and I'd be willing to be that NEVER happens, you have to get them to release their DRM, which they are still reluctant to do. Jobs was right when he said the vast majority of songs on iPods don't come from the iTunes store. Most of them are downloaded for free, ripped from CD's or grabbed from friends. Until the record industry figures this out - and it's hard to imagine major conglomerates realizing music needs to be incredibly cheap to keep people interested - the 99 cent per song model will be the only decent legal option.
No joke. They are STILL clinging to a model deader than Anna Nicole Smith - overcharge artists for producing music / promoting it ; over-charge consumers for CDs that cost zilch to make. They have rolled in dough for so long with no threat, they are in denial and can not wrap their heads around the fact that the digital world (recording / distribution / production / promotion) has completely - and thankfully - slaughtered their cash cow. Steve jobs made it actually feasible to sell music under extremely trying circumstances, and they're still whining (see: NBC universal) about it. Subscription services blow, i think. You can't own your music? who needs that, i dont want to rent it. By the way, how hilariously not-competitive is the Zune right about now?
YAY! I just came back from the Apple store in Sugarland without knowing this... and WAS SO @#$%^&' HAPPY!!! $200 off is amazing. I couldn't believe "Brad" when he told me... needless to say... It got copped! FINALLY!
Zune was a joke from the start. Archos is the only iPod alternative that would tempt me. Already put in my order for a 8 GB black Nano, along with the Nike+ armband designed for it. Fantastic price. I'll wait on the phoneless iphone. 16 GB is a little disappointing. A lot better than the iPhone's why-bother 4 and 8 GB models, but still. What was really surprising was that the only update the shuffle got was new colors. Seriously? You couldn't pack even an extra 512 MB into that thing? 1 GB just doesn't hack it for me with running. Evan
The labels made a MASSIVE mistake when they introduced the CD. At that time, the major independent label died because, for several years, the profits of the music industry went through the roof. Well, obviously, everyone was replacing their records with CD's. For the first time, the music industry was on Wall Street's radar and multi-nationals began adding the labels to their growing entertainment portfolio. They just thought - and you'd think some of these guys would be smart enough to figure it out - that this was a major upswing that would never change. It was bad enough that CD sales decreased, which was to be expected. But then the internet came along and NONE of the big corporations embraced it. Hell, even Microsoft, the biggest tech company in the world even then, didn't fully embrace the concept of the internet. It cost them. Now, if they don't bend and adapt to the technological changes in our society, they are going to die off and be bought up by tech companies smart enough to know how to leverage the music business. Don't be surprised if the next major music labels are owned by Apple, Microsoft and/or Google.
You said it. I run every day and I have to change out the shuffle playlist every few days in order to keep it interesting. And, honestly, it would be nice to put songs in order so I know what I'm getting. Have you tried the in-the-shoe thing they make? I bought a new pair of Nike running shoes that are setup for using that system, but I haven't had an iPod to use it. Now, I might consider it.
Congrats guy! With the price drop, now all Apple and AT&T need to do is start selling the iPhone at places like Best Buy. Coming next: I predict a 3G iPhone priced at $499 or $599. I think this huge price drop is a guarantee it will happen sooner than later. Long term, I expect Apple's high end phone will always top out at $499 or $599. This $399 price point for their top phone is just temporary.
poor poor zune. what a dumb move by microsoft to not make a quality product to beat ipod..instead they blew their chance at it.
I wonder if I will be able to trade in my 4gig for an 8 gig And did I read that right? Ringtones?!?! Its about freakin time...Im tired of the dorky default tone on my phone...
