AT&T teams with Napster (again) for wireless downloads
By Paul Miller 
posted October 22nd 2007 9:35AM
posted October 22nd 2007 9:35AM
We suppose the third time's a charm. AT&T and Napster have quite the history of offering up lackluster deals to customers -- first with that $14.95 Napster To Go scam on Cingular, then the free Napster To Go on AT&T -- but they're finally doing it up right and offering wireless downloads from Napster's 5 million strong catalog to AT&T's music-starved subscribers. Right now your options with the carrier are eMusic for some spendy wireless downloads, or the iPhone. Unfortunately, while Napster bests eMusic on selection, the price remains the same at $7.49 per five songs, and these ain't no DRM-free affair like eMusic. The Napster service will also allow for $1.99 a la carte purchases, something eMusic lacks, and with every purchase you receive an email on your PC to help you download a copy of the track. Verizon and Sprint have quite the jump on AT&T when it comes to over-the-air music downloads, but we'll see if AT&T can start to gain some ground starting early next month when the service launches. Oh, and before you ask: no, Napster won't work on the iPhone.
I can't imagine anyone thinking Napster OTA could even appy to the iPhone/iTunes... Napster is soo much better. Subcription AND Purchases!!! People just don't comprehend subscription services. But if Apple did it, people would jump for joy....
I hope that subscriptions services live on with DRM.
BUT... I also hope that the purchase portion of these services go DRM-Free.
But, yeah... Pending the handsets this service will require, I'll utilize it fore sure...
I have the att tilt and napster looks like it is for my phone from there website. I show the song from att's media mall but where the song is, is beyond me? Att just closed out the issue saying napster is not for the phone? I do know EVERY THING about att sucks in a BIG way so....WHAT IS GOING ON!