About how many songs are downloaded in 24 hours? Do u think someone will win the billion countdown overnight?
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iPod Billion countdown
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It's 3m or so a day but I don't think it will go on that long - I'd expect the billion in about 90 minutes or so!
I think you're being a bit optimistic... it hasn't even reached 996M yet.
I predict it'll occur sometime late tomorrow (Wednesday evening) US time.
I predict it'll occur sometime late tomorrow (Wednesday evening) US time.
eeesh.... it's late and my brain turned off. For some reason, my brain read 999,654,000 when I glanced at it before answering rather than 995,654,000 
maybe I should buy a song, at least give myself a chance.
Hey, nice find, thanks for the link. There was a lot of interesting information on that page.
Doctor Q said:
Hey, nice find, thanks for the link. There was a lot of interesting information on that page.
Wait till there are only 5,000 songs left. Then buy 10,000 songs. You win a 10,000 iTunes gift card. Sell it on Ebay. You still get 10 iPods and an iMac!
Good deal.
Good deal.
Is an album a single transaction or 10, 12, 15 whatever individual songs? I know it's charged as a single item, how is it viewed by the counter and therefore the competition?
looks like someones gonna win overnight... or in the early morning... i doubt it'll last until 3:00 PM EST, ill be in school all day
Phat_Pat said:
Yep... i'll be asleep probably, unless it really takes over 10 hours to get 1 million songs.
It's speeding up. I'm guessing 12:50AM EST at current speeds, but due to excitement-spurred buying, I think it'll hit ~12:31:06AM.AvSRoCkCO1067 said:I say 1:07 AM EST
...shrug
jsw said:
We're almost there! You had a really good guesstimate! We'll be there in just a few minutes.
-Chasen
No. Just make sure you're at the buying point - if you've got it set up to use a shopping cart, you need to be in the cart to buy the songs. Otherwise, it's just one click and you're done.clayj said:
I'm assuming that, if you're buying an album or collection or added 1000 songs to your cart, what counts is when you click, so you're better off buying a bunch of songs in succession than one big order. Would you all agree?
Of course, also, there's that 1:1,000,000 shot you'll actually click anything at all during the second the billionth song is purchased to even have a shot at winning.
Still, it's fun!
Of course, also, there's that 1:1,000,000 shot you'll actually click anything at all during the second the billionth song is purchased to even have a shot at winning.
Still, it's fun!
Well, there you go, the actual count just hit 1 billion - with Apple's lagging counter soon to follow. It will be interesting to see who wins the big prize, and what song was downloaded.
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