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Think the new $0.69 iTunes Price is cheap? It’s nothing compared to Zune Pass.

In: Music

6 Jan 2009

What’s that you say? Subscription sucks because you want to own your music? Here are some numbers for you.

iPod Classic 120GB
Zune 120GB

$224 @ Amazon
$239 @ Amazon.com

$0.69 DRM
$14.99/mo.

16,000 songs
16,000 songs

$11,040
61 years @ 14.99/mo.

What’s that you say? let me explain a little further. I pay $14.99 per month with my Zune Pass subscription. It gives me access [...]

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Tags: iPod, iTunes, Zune

iTunes, let go of my computer please…

In: Music

23 Nov 2008

I am really curious about something. iTunes is a media player, right? QuickTime is a codec and a browser plugin for the most part, correct?
I mean, iTunes plays MP3 and other media files, I can see there being file associations to open iTunes with certain file types. I know that it’s meta-data is all [...]

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Tags: iPod, iTunes, Zune

Has Amazon lost their mind? $349 2nd Gen Nano

In: Technology

5 May 2008

I saw this as an email offer from Amazon this morning. Did they just lose their mind?

Retail is $150 for the latest 4GB Nano. What the hell? If you look in the list below they show a newer model for $134, and then show that 43"% of people are buying the old one at [...]

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Tags: Amazon, iPod

100 Ways to Use Your iPod to Learn and Study Better

In: Random

14 Feb 2008

From OEDB.org:
If you think that iPods are used just for listening to music, you obviously haven’t been keeping up with the latest technology. The Apple-developed music player now features all kinds of accessories to help you study better, and now other companies are in a rush to get their designs in sync with the [...]