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no need for 32 GB iphone to store music...say helo to the 512 MB iphone!!!!

AHAHAHAHHA
first!]]>Aug 24th 2009 11:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/Aug 24th 2009 11:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/Aug 24th 2009 11:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/Aug 24th 2009 11:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/Aug 24th 2009 11:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/Sep 2nd 2009 10:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/Aug 24th 2009 11:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/Aug 24th 2009 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/
... if anything, Real should partner with Apple on this. Could be a strong iPhone selling point. Instant access to any music you want.]]>Aug 24th 2009 12:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/Aug 24th 2009 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/Aug 24th 2009 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/Aug 24th 2009 11:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/Aug 24th 2009 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/Aug 24th 2009 11:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/Aug 24th 2009 11:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/
I'm cool with blocking stuff that is available through the app store as long as they give people the option of installing things through other means. And I mean non jailbreaking means, since no developer is going to make any money writing apps for just jailbreakers...]]>Aug 24th 2009 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/Aug 24th 2009 11:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/Aug 24th 2009 11:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/Aug 24th 2009 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/Aug 24th 2009 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/Aug 24th 2009 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/
Just think about it you can't even use an iPod touch without hooking it to iTunes first. This is more like having IE as a default browser when you have the option of something better. The mass majority will still stick with the default...]]>Aug 24th 2009 11:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/Aug 24th 2009 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/Aug 24th 2009 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/Aug 24th 2009 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/
"Not quite the same. Apple has made it pretty well known that they block apps for directly competing with their products and that it is a closed down system."

Who have they made this well known to? The geeks who read tech blogs and are aware of multiple instances where apple has rejected apps and tried to brush it under the rug or the millions who watch iPhone commercials which make it seem like the app store is a limitless resource while never mentioning the limitations?]]>Aug 24th 2009 12:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/Aug 24th 2009 12:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/
Apple is gaining a good portion of the phone and music market. It becomes anti competitive when they can dictate a significant portion of a market. The gov't is claiming that mobile phones are no longer considered a luxury item and the networks are going to be considered critical, like the landline networks.

I'm sorry, but the little underdog company Apple, is not much of an underdog anymore. I see an antitrust suit going against iTunes, I see one going against the iPhone app lockdown, and I see a third headed at price gouging over Macs using stock Intel hardware and not allowing customer choice like MS has to. Basically, if MS tried anything that Apple is doing right now with their consumer-unfriendly, anti competitive products, they would be taken to court.

Don't worry though, competition is good. Why do you think Windows 7 is actually a good OS as opposed to the nightmare that is Vista? Well, imagine if iTunes had some competition, it might not be a giant piece of bloatware. Or maybe you'd have some choice as to how you listen to music on a phone you bought, or you could use Google Voice on an iPhone. Fanboys are as bad for competition as greedy Wall St investors.]]>Aug 24th 2009 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/Aug 24th 2009 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/
I think with over 40 million (or whatever it is now) iPhones/iPod Touches that have been sold Apple has gained a significant amount of the PMP marketshare to warrant attention. The closed system Apple employs will be seriously challenged soon. It maybe Real Networks doing the challenging if Apple doesn't approve this app.]]>Aug 24th 2009 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/
If Microsoft had a lock down on WinMo, I promise you that they would be having law suits. The iPhone has an "open" for developers OS that they are anti-competitively controlling the available apps, in fact it is the same OS as mac (just modified for the iPhone) it is still using the same kernel (thus the same software).

I like competition, but at the same time I don't really blame a company for trying to be anti-competitive and control their market (why would you WANT to shoot yourself in the foot). But, if the FCC/EU is going to punish Microsoft for regulating (loosely) apps, then why are they letting Apple get away with the exact same thing.

At what point is it wrong? I find it amazing already that they are allowed to lock down OSX to only run on apple branded computers (could you imagine if Microsoft even TRIED to do this?).

Where do you draw the line between protect your products and being anti-competitive, and why should Microsoft and Apple be judged differently?]]>Aug 24th 2009 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/Aug 24th 2009 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/Aug 24th 2009 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/Aug 24th 2009 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/
That's what the Zune software is for, dumbass. ]]>Aug 24th 2009 11:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/Aug 24th 2009 11:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/Aug 24th 2009 11:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/
actually the Zune software and WMP work very well together. WMP supports the Zune DRM so you can even play subscription music and videos from the Zune Marketplace. You can also sync subscription music with a Windows Mobile device using WMP. Metadata you update in WMP reflects in the Zune software immediately when it is changed. That's how I used to collect album information before the Zune software had the feature to "Find Album Info". Also, you can create playlist in WMP and change the file extension and it converts to a Zune playlist. So actually they talk like old friends.]]>Aug 24th 2009 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/Aug 24th 2009 12:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/Aug 24th 2009 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/
If Rhapsody gets in, there's no reason NOT to let the Zune Pass in (are you listening, MS?). This puts the ZunePass in front of millions of users, introducing them to a way other than Apple's for buying and listening to music.

And if Apple sees fit to deny ZunePass because the Zune is a competitor - that's some pretty solid grounds for anti-competitive behavior and an abusive monopoly.]]>Aug 24th 2009 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/Aug 24th 2009 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/
Why do you people keep bringing up "radio" apps that play random songs and comparing it to apps where you can play the exact track you want? How is it even remotely similar? ]]>Aug 24th 2009 11:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/Aug 24th 2009 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/
This if so you can listen to the songs you don't own but would like to hear right then and there. stop being contrary for the sake of it as is the fashion on the nets these days. ]]>Aug 24th 2009 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/>So basically you just admitted your comment had nothing to do at all with the subject at hand then? I mean...I prefer toast to waffles

I'm talking about music apps. What are you talking about?

>>but what does that have to do with how people get the music they WANT to listen to in situation where they don't already own it? when you find your "new" band and their songs are you not planning on ever hearing them again or will the songs magically appear for you when you get home?

Yeah, they do, actually. I tag the songs on Pandora and can get them on itunes right away. Don't even have to wait to get home for that.

>>This if so you can listen to the songs you don't own but would like to hear right then and there.

Pandora can do that too, with a few exceptions. Hence my comment.]]>Aug 24th 2009 12:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/>stop being contrary for the sake of it as is the fashion on the nets these days.

Pot, kettle, black...]]>Aug 24th 2009 12:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/
Again, can you right now go into Pandora and select the US track he just did? I'm not saying you have to like U2, I'm using it as an example...do you have access to a track not already on your iPhone? Because then you're comparing Apples and Oranges and therefore not on the same topic as everyone else. ]]>Aug 24th 2009 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/>do you have access to a track not already on your iPhone?

I don't know about the track you're referring to, I can't see the embedded video. However, I have found 99% of tracks I was searching for (I listen mostly to metal, rock). If you haven't used pandora before - you search for a song/artist. It plays that song if it can find it and goes on to play similar tracks. If you like a track, hit the "buy" button and it's on your phone in no time.

Admittedly, it has a smaller database than "8 million" tracks, but *for me*, it works just fine because I've found most songs I've been looking for and then new stuff I didn't know existed. No monthly fees, no DRM, nothing. The few times it didn't find the track I found it on youtube, but the benefits of discovering new music far outweigh missing a song now and then *for me*.

Hence my original comment "Pandora has worked well *for me* so far". ]]>Aug 24th 2009 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/rhapsody-brings-subscription-music-to-the-iphone-pending-apple/Aug 24th 2009 12:23PM