Amazon takes on iTunes
Yes it’s happened at last: iTunes has some real competition from the big boys. Agressively priced and able to play on just about anything… is Apple scared yet?
Amazon now doing great-value music downloads!
With single tracks at 59p and entire albums from just three quid, this must have Steve Jobs wondering how to react. Now to be honest, I’ve enjoyed the iTunes experience. The seamless no-brainer integration of thier music library, my account, my PC and my iPod is very attractive, and I doubt Amazon will ever compete at that level. But saving 20p per song is quite attractive too, and I’ll certainly give it a try.
And no, it’s not just crap music at those prices. Take a look at these:
I have to admit, I’m impressed. £3 for a play-anywhere album of high-quality MP3s is cool, and represents great savings. Mamma Mia!, for example, sells fot £8.87 on CD. Ordinarily I’m very careful about what I buy from iTunes because (unless I pay extra) I can basically only listen to that stuff on my iPod. Songs downloaded from Amazon are not limited to a single device, MP3s will work just about anywhere. Amazon also offers thier own downloader application, which automatically adds your music downloads to iTunes or Windows Media Player. I don’t have time to play today, but will let you know as soon as I’ve looked.
In the meantime, if you’ve actually been through the Amazon experience, why not leave a comment and let me know how it went?
UPDATE 10th Jan 2009 – finally got around to using the service. Details are over here.
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