Newsweek reports that Apple expects to release iTunes for Windows next month: "Apple has quietly informed some music insiders that it’s moved up the date for expanding its current Mac-only iTunes for the vast universe of Windows-based PCs to mid-October," as it discusses the recent lawsuits by the record companies against individuals and the future of music: "Technology is creating new markets for music as well. The music giants are banking on an exploding U.S. market for dialing up music on cell phones—in effect, you would use your phone as a portable player. It’s already a multibillion-dollar business in Europe and Japan."
News source: MacNN
News source: MacNN
The cost per message has yet to be finalised, but SITA spokeswoman Brigitte Renaud said that pricing would be commercially agreed between the airlines, with SITA taking into consideration what passengers are prepared to pay.
The service will be supported through SITA's Aircom satellite which links via Inmarsat satellites into the company's SMS service.
According to Renaud the service will not interfere with any vital flight systems.
"It is only going to be a software upgrade, with no additions to the existing airborne configuration, so there is nothing to worry about," she said.
Hopefully now I won't have to pay 15 bucks just to get
Go west - King of Wishful Thinking.
Will iTunes for Windows be freeware?
Most of us are boycotting the music industry. I do think Itunes is a step in the right direction though. I still think $1 is too much though. I forgot the exact figures, but Itunes makes 50 cents on the sale and I believe the artist gets like 2 cents.
One more thing I have to wonder, they use the AAC/MP4 formats, but what program burns them? I know if I bought them my minidisc player's software doesn't use such files. Are they planning on using mp3? I would check into some reviews on the net.
I want the new A Perfect Circle album, but I guess I'll have to wait till the riaa get their head out of the a%$.
There is nothing new or unfair about Apple's policies. Recording artists have usually gotten 2 to 5 points (cents on the dollar) after all is said and done -- no matter what the medium.
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This would not be simple.
There is also the issue of proprietary codecs being used... After all, what would be the point of porting QT if you couldn't connect to it and use it in other apps.
GPL is good for somethings, but it will also lock out the possibility of many good things as well.
As a senior undegrad CS student I call bull****.
Extremely low-level? Do you even know what you're saying? Developers can use Quicktime in their apps easily. That hardly qualifies as low-level.
Nor does anything about Quicktime imply a threading architecture. It is a set of codecs designed to compress and uncompress video. I don't see how that is at all threaded in nature.
Doesn't sound like you know much about QT. QT is much more than simply codecs and is in fact becoming more and more threaded so that it performs seemlessly and instantly throughout the OS, apps, etc...
And I can't wait for it... finally I can use it on my PC when at work... I got so used to it, I can't use anything but it for organizing my music.
they really have one chance to hit a home run here, if they release a buggy version of iTunes, the media and consumers may write off the iTMS as a failure. they need to make sure all the bugs are hammered out, and this puppy will really get everyone's attention. if it's as good as iTunes 4, windows users will be in heaven.
/me laughs evilly and enjoys
It's got to be the worst player by far.
Quicktime files are great, it's just that the player is just pure crap.
That's not encouraging
The stand alone Quicktime is a bit shotty, and I don't mind the internet plug in, but it is a great format. Also QT for Mac rocks, but I don't know why Apple won't work on a quality version for Win.
Yes, it costs money, but it is by far the best iPod Synchronizer/Music Manager.
The interface is exactly like iTunes, and upload goes at about 10 MB/Sec through FireWire.
It also supports Ratings and # Played. Smartlists allow real-time updating of playlists.
Great Stuff! Check out the 30 Day Trial Version!
Btw, make sure you download the latest Beta. It's much better than the other versions.
i can't wait for that ^^
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