09.07.07 - 02:01pm
Perhaps since no one has been able to beat out Apples iTunes a way to try to compete with Apple is being sprung from another angle - that of a player that can use iTunes. Apple has received their very first competition from a player that supports iTunes AAC music tracks, however with the launch of Apple’s new iPods paying $300 for the 16gb rather than getting the iTouch 8gb or the iPod Classic with 160gb for the same price seems criminal.
The players comes from Creative and is in their Zen line. The new Zens are credit card sized measuring 55×83x12 mm and weighing 2.1 ounces. They have a 2.5 inch color LCD screen which supports up to 16.7 million colors in 320×240 px.
The new Zen player not only supports the AAC tracks but also MP3 and WMA formats allowing a user to buy music from pretty much any store they want to.
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08.16.07 - 10:15am
Totally cool and maybe a way to help boost those lagging CD sales.
In the UK a deal has already been signed in which a company called Ripfactory will soon have in CD rippers (kiosks) in CD stores, thus allowing you purchase a CD load it into the ripper and put it onto your iPod before you even walk out of the store.
The kiosk will load up to 4 CD’s at a time and uses a touch screen. Along with transferring the music to your iPod you can also transfer cover art and the standard meta tags listing the tracks and album titles.
The kiosks will transfer DVD’s as well.
The transfer can be made to the iPod, MP3 players or to your awesome iPhone/mobile phone.
“Once you’ve bought your CDs over the counter you just pop them into the kiosk in the shop, plug in your iPod or MP3 player, and it will transfer all the content then and there, within a matter of a few minutes,” said Patrick McGrath Ripfactory’s managing director.
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