http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/mtv-real-to-merge-urge-and-rhapsody/ Engadget Comments for MTV, Real and Verizon Wireless join hands for new music service http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/mtv-real-to-merge-urge-and-rhapsody/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/mtv-real-to-merge-urge-and-rhapsody/
I recently canceled the service and am sorry to do so. It was a great stable service in it's 3.x iteration. Now it's just overpriced, DRM infected garbage.]]>Aug 21st 2007 11:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/mtv-real-to-merge-urge-and-rhapsody/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/mtv-real-to-merge-urge-and-rhapsody/Aug 21st 2007 11:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/mtv-real-to-merge-urge-and-rhapsody/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/mtv-real-to-merge-urge-and-rhapsody/Aug 21st 2007 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/mtv-real-to-merge-urge-and-rhapsody/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/mtv-real-to-merge-urge-and-rhapsody/Aug 21st 2007 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/mtv-real-to-merge-urge-and-rhapsody/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/mtv-real-to-merge-urge-and-rhapsody/Aug 21st 2007 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/mtv-real-to-merge-urge-and-rhapsody/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/mtv-real-to-merge-urge-and-rhapsody/Aug 21st 2007 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/mtv-real-to-merge-urge-and-rhapsody/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/mtv-real-to-merge-urge-and-rhapsody/Aug 21st 2007 11:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/mtv-real-to-merge-urge-and-rhapsody/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/mtv-real-to-merge-urge-and-rhapsody/Aug 21st 2007 11:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/mtv-real-to-merge-urge-and-rhapsody/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/mtv-real-to-merge-urge-and-rhapsody/Aug 21st 2007 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/mtv-real-to-merge-urge-and-rhapsody/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/mtv-real-to-merge-urge-and-rhapsody/
Yes, if you BUY a song, it shouldn't have DRM restrictions on it. No kidding. But people don't sign up for Rhasody or Urge so they can BUY songs (at least I hope they don't).

These two services are all about the subscription model. What about the celestial jukebox. Any song in the world available to you at all times. You think something like that can exist without DRM? Are you high?]]>Aug 21st 2007 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/mtv-real-to-merge-urge-and-rhapsody/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/mtv-real-to-merge-urge-and-rhapsody/
People don't sign up for Rhasody or Urge. Period. ;-)
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Any person ACCEPTING this sort of offering from a team of industry veterans like this is simply a detriment to the art of human interface development and society as a whole moving forward. Not to mention the fact that you're a tool.]]>Aug 21st 2007 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/mtv-real-to-merge-urge-and-rhapsody/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/mtv-real-to-merge-urge-and-rhapsody/]]>Aug 21st 2007 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/mtv-real-to-merge-urge-and-rhapsody/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/mtv-real-to-merge-urge-and-rhapsody/I'm not buying/subscribing to music over the phone. Seriously, just stop it. You are making yourselves look ridiculous. You know what would be nice? Fewer dropped calls and better voice quality. Why don't you fellas go work on that instead?]]>Aug 21st 2007 12:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/mtv-real-to-merge-urge-and-rhapsody/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/mtv-real-to-merge-urge-and-rhapsody/Aug 21st 2007 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/mtv-real-to-merge-urge-and-rhapsody/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/mtv-real-to-merge-urge-and-rhapsody/Umm, DRM-free has been mainstream since the birth of the mp3 (and much earlier if you count vinyl, tape, CD, etc). Let's face it, all these online music stores are and always have been in the minority when it comes to selling music. This is one more minor blip on the radar, sure to disappear like so many other blips before it.]]>Aug 21st 2007 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/mtv-real-to-merge-urge-and-rhapsody/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/mtv-real-to-merge-urge-and-rhapsody/
Years ago, MTV was good, they did show music videos, but today it's just a bunch of poorly acted "reality" show.


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-It would make calls and take calls without dropping them
-Be at least somewhat waterproof, so the accidental pocketful of snow won't somehow turn the little piece of paper on the battery red.
-Have decent battery life
-And maybe if they're feeling ambitious a little led flashlight (my old nokia 3200 had this, and it was awesome I used it every day)
-I could also do without all the shitty vcast and verizon adverts all over my phone (but this is wishful thinking)
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Fuck MTV]]>Aug 21st 2007 3:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/mtv-real-to-merge-urge-and-rhapsody/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/mtv-real-to-merge-urge-and-rhapsody/Aug 21st 2007 5:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/mtv-real-to-merge-urge-and-rhapsody/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/mtv-real-to-merge-urge-and-rhapsody/-subscription is actually kinda cool, I was really against it but after trying it I have to say its worth it. As for the verizon aspect..sure its nice having it play music...but really what I want the phone to do is talk to the car and 'sync' or stream to it. IE my life is work, car or home. Rarely would value be found in the phone if it were an "ipod" Sure thats a useful tool and it would be cool but get together with the car//car radio people and make it easy enough for my wife to use if you want me to run out and buy a new phone...your not going to catch the ipod//iphone by chasing behind it.]]>Aug 21st 2007 6:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/mtv-real-to-merge-urge-and-rhapsody/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/mtv-real-to-merge-urge-and-rhapsody/Aug 21st 2007 10:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/mtv-real-to-merge-urge-and-rhapsody/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/mtv-real-to-merge-urge-and-rhapsody/Aug 22nd 2007 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/mtv-real-to-merge-urge-and-rhapsody/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/mtv-real-to-merge-urge-and-rhapsody/
Verizon's current Music ID free service is really cool.

While I dislike the MTV branding (I agree, they suck), maybe it'll put some more $$$ and expectations into the Rhapsody software, which has had usability and QA problems in recent months.



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I sent an email to REAL on Tuesday inquireing about what might happen to my current tracks if I convert and if I'd have to still use Real Player to play my files if I ever cancle and just as I suspected they just referredme to some danky ass FAQ page that answered none of my questions. I don't intend to let me PC be infected with Real software so I'll be canceling my URGE account before this migration takes affect.]]>Aug 24th 2007 9:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/mtv-real-to-merge-urge-and-rhapsody/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/mtv-real-to-merge-urge-and-rhapsody/
I'm just fucking fed up with this shit.]]>Aug 25th 2007 5:33PM