http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/ Engadget Comments for Rhapsody App approved by Apple: 8 million tracks streaming to the ether (update: video!) 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/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/Sep 10th 2009 1:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/Sep 10th 2009 2:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/
Then it'll say ... hey ... subscription music, we tried it ... doesn't work ... ]]>Sep 10th 2009 4:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/
reading the article would seem to be optional in your case eh?

Real Networks, not Apple... sigh]]>Sep 10th 2009 5:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/Sep 10th 2009 10:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/Rhapsody isn't Apple. It's actually an iTunes competitor... and a crappy one at that. I tried it a few years back and was appalled.
Good luck canceling your subscription, too. You have to call in. I got some Indian guy spending a good 30 minutes trying to talk me out of it in pseudo-English. "Sir, ah yew ah moozeek lohver?" Priceless.]]>Sep 10th 2009 3:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/
Steal music from Limewire or rip CDs from your local library. There's plenty of alternatives of getting free music.]]>Sep 10th 2009 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/
By the way, you can use a Rhapsody subscription not only on MP3 players, but you can also use it on up to 3 PCs with one subscription (sorry Mac users, Apple doesn't support Rhapsody software). Some stereo receivers like Denon and wireless music systems like the Sonos and Logitech's Squeezebox can stream Rhapsody wirelessly. All this for $15 a month. One last thing, long before Apple even introduced iTunes, Rhapsody was already selling MP3s and selling them DRM-free for 99 cents a track at up to 320 Kbps.]]>Sep 11th 2009 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/Sep 10th 2009 5:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/Sep 10th 2009 1:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/Sep 10th 2009 2:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/
IS THIS REALLY APPLE?

Although I do notice that they've forced you into only streaming and not downloading. Basically everything that is NOT the iTunes store.]]>Sep 10th 2009 1:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/Sep 10th 2009 2:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/



]]>Sep 10th 2009 1:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/
Again...all those companies that you claim makes the iPhone the de facto platform have been developing for all the other mobile phone platforms for years and years.

It's kind of like the Beatles albums. If you go to your local Wal-Mart, BestBuy, or Target they're going to have at the most 15 albums. But each of those albums is either a major release of each album they put out or a digital remaster with tons of features. Now if you look at the Beatles on the iTunes store there are countless karaoke, spoken word, cover band or other gimmicky albums. Which one would you say was better? The iTunes store with a large number of crappy albums put out by who knows who? Or the major retailer with a smaller number of albums but with high quality albums put out by the companies who own them?

It's the same thing with the App Store. There are still many many MAJOR programs and developers who have yet to write anything for the iPhone. When you do finally get somebody big that decides to take a risk, that app gets neutered by Apple.]]>Sep 10th 2009 2:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/Sep 10th 2009 2:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/Sep 10th 2009 2:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/
I never said 40K. You must have heard from someone else and it is wrong.
75K number is the official number from Apple. Anyway, my point is developers
realize that no platform can match iPhone and iTunes ecosystem. That's
why you're seeing 75K apps and still counting. Your arguments won't change
the fact about iPhone becoming the DE FACTO platform, IMO.



]]>Sep 10th 2009 2:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/Having 75,000 apps still doesn't mean anything if all the GIANTS are making their apps for all other platforms first and then half-assing the iPhone apps out of fear of Apple's approval process. Seriously, besides visual voice mail show me one innovative app that debuted on the the iPhone.

I guess I will agree with you on the De Facto thing though. The iPhone platform is the De Facto standard for fart apps. ]]>Sep 10th 2009 2:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/Sep 10th 2009 3:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/> "The platform that has 245,000,000."

Citation needed. Show me that developers are making more software for Nokia devices than Apple devices.

And to your other point about a larger number of crappy things vs. a smaller number of quality things...

That has nothing to do with anything. There are thousands of crappy applications for Windows too... but does that make Windows a crappy platform? Anyone can make any application they want for Windows. People have created 300 FTP apps for Windows. Why? Because they can.

I'd rather have 1000 developers making both good and bad apps for the iPhone... than having a phone that no one develops for at all.

And I'm a Blackberry user... they have apps, right? I can't find ANYTHING I want to download to my Blackberry that comes close to the free and fun things I download to my girlfriend's iPod Touch.]]>Sep 10th 2009 3:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/
The point that is missed a lot is that S60 and WinMo have had apps for years and that these apps have had a rigorous selection process - the ones that were good remained, the ones that weren't vanished into obscurity. Having 70k apps means nothing - it's how many of them are used and over what period that counts.

Finally, please don't include games as that's a totally different market.]]>Sep 10th 2009 7:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/
The market has quite clearly spoken in this case.]]>Sep 10th 2009 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/Sep 10th 2009 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/> "Having 70k apps means nothing - it's how many of them are used and over what period that counts."

Having 70k apps only proves what we were initially talking about... the iPhone is a HUGE platform that developers are supporting.

If you want to disregard the 70,000 Apple apps and 1.8 billion downloads... then what's the measure of success for Nokia?

>> "You're right, Scott. That's why Nokia sell more smartphones than Apple, RIM and HTC combined."

I don't think you can call something a smartphone if it doesn't have a QWERTY keyboard, or at least an on-screen full keyboard. In my opinion, all of those Nokia sliders *aren't* smartphones if you have to tap out an e-mail with T9 on the number pad. But that's just me. Nokia has many QWERTY sliders and now full touchscreen keyboards. While their old flagship N95 and N96 were great camera phones... it would be almost impossible to type an email for business use. The N97 is a step in the right direction for Nokia.

Yes, Symbian has been on more phones than every other phone manufacturer combined. Here's a list: http://3lib.ukonline.co.uk/s60history.htm

What does that have to do with what Apple is doing? Nokia only has a couple full touchscreen phones... the rest are QWERTY or sliders. An application on a touchscreen N97 would work vastly different on an E71... you'd have to use the keyboard to navigate instead. You really can't compare the iPhone to ALL Nokia phones anyway... only to other full touchscreen phones.

Apple made one environment... and all developers can take the full advantage of that one platform. They don't have to guess what device the user will be using.

Nokia wins in sheer number of devices running a single OS... but the devices themselves are so different that an app would work different depending on which device you are using.

I found this quote after I typed those 2 statements above: "The iPhone's uniform operating system and limited device range have actually excited developers more than Nokia's far wider 38% mobile handset market share. Even though Nokia has the volume, its Symbian platform and S60 user interface are not as versatile as other systems, while its huge range of handsets can become a monstrous task for developers to manage." - Forbes.com, 09.03.09

I guess I'm not the only one who thinks this way.

Conclusions:

1. Nokia sells more phones than anyone else
2. Apple has more developers and apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch

No amount of arguing will change those 2 facts. Say what you want about the iPhone... but this is only the 2nd year of apps on the iPhone. How long has Symbian been around?]]>Sep 10th 2009 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/
Analysts being excited mean nothing - Apple have had no real impact in Nokia's key markets.]]>Sep 12th 2009 5:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/Sep 10th 2009 1:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/Sep 10th 2009 1:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/Sep 10th 2009 2:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/
So basically with Rhapsody you're paying for control, but still not ownership.

I will say that I've liked Rhapsody in the past but found I listened to the same music enough that just spending $15/mo on new music works better for me in the long run, and that's proving itself to be true for me. For others it might be different. My favorite part about Rhapsody was the ability to go off and listen to specific bands I never heard but wanted to try and not having to make any additional commitment of money or otherwise.]]>Sep 10th 2009 2:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/
With Spotify you can also control which tracks to listen (and create playlists and what-not), plus you get off-line listening on mobile devices. I don't really know what's the bitrate for Spotify Mobile, though -- anyone?]]>Sep 10th 2009 2:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/Spotify use Ogg vorbis at 320kb/s]]>Sep 10th 2009 4:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/Sep 10th 2009 11:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/Sep 10th 2009 1:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/Sep 10th 2009 1:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/Sep 10th 2009 6:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/Sep 10th 2009 1:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/
Waiting for the ZUNE HD ..... I rather pay $15 to MS...and even get to keep 10 songs a month...

]]>Sep 10th 2009 2:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/
I've had Rhapsody for years for my home. This would be great if I hadn't ditched Iphone for android when apple blocked Google Voice. I'm very happy on the Android platform, and will be even happier when the Rhapsody app makes its way to Android.]]>Sep 10th 2009 2:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/Sep 10th 2009 2:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/Sep 10th 2009 2:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/Sep 10th 2009 2:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/Sep 10th 2009 2:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/]]>Sep 10th 2009 2:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/Sep 10th 2009 2:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/Sep 10th 2009 2:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/
"Your trial has expired

Your Rhapsody To Go trial has ended. Sign up for a subscription to keep listening on your iPhone, iPod touch, on Rhapsody.com and more!"]]>Sep 10th 2009 2:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/Sep 10th 2009 3:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/Sep 10th 2009 3:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-app-approved-by-apple-8-million-tracks-streaming-to-th/Sep 10th 2009 3:08AM