Puretracks DRM-free music store hitting BlackBerry platform in April

For BlackBerry users feeling a bit left out of the mobile music store revolution, take heart, as Puretracks is running to the rescue. Utilizing the spotlight at SXSW in Texas, the aforementioned outfit is showcasing its newly developed, DRM-free music store and service for the BlackBerry platform. Reportedly, the system was crafted with partner Magnet Mobile Media, and it's slated to function on the Pearl, Curve and 8800 series mobiles. As of now, we've no idea how much the tunes will cost, but we do know that they'll be compressed AAC / AAC+ files and will be available in the US on April 1. As for future plans, the firm hopes to bring the service to Canada and "other markets," and best of all, it's even looking to "include support for WiFi capable handsets."

[Via mocoNews]

[xtremesniper @ Mar 12th 2008 9:22AM]

Great, now if they could just let Mac users so much as view their home page, we'll start getting somewhere...

[h8rain @ Mar 12th 2008 9:41AM]

Wow, I must have been out of the loop because I thought (generally) business people used BB. Downloading music, seems well non-business oriented.

Oh well, take the cash where you can get it.

[Cesar Cardoso @ Mar 12th 2008 10:10AM]

Pearl, Curve and BIS helped BB become popular among non-suits. There's a lot of non-business people using BB nowadays.

[gareth @ Mar 12th 2008 9:41AM]

R.I.P blackberry

[Jubei @ Mar 12th 2008 11:15AM]

Another desperate move. Laughable, just like the recently announced Zune games.

[SS4Rob @ Mar 12th 2008 1:47PM]

Uh, I have a Sprint 8130 and it has DRM-free music already via the Sprint Music Store. What am I missing here?

[PXLated @ Mar 12th 2008 8:14PM]

It's DRM free and AAC but it's been reported that it's compressed to half the size of iTunes. So, quality just isn't there. It's about as low as you can go and still tell it's music ;-)