iTunes Music Store Now Available for AOL Users

MacRumors · Dec 18, 2003, 01:23 PM

America Online and Apple announced that AOL members can now preview, purchase and download songs available on AOL Music by using integrated iTunes buttons. This feature was previously announced but only available as of today.

AOL members may use their AOL Wallet or their credit-card on file to purchase songs from iTunes. In addition, songs from AOL's music programs Sessions@AOL and BroadBand Rocks may now be purchased exclusively from the iTunes Music Store.

Apple's website reflects the news.

Phobophobia · Dec 18, 2003, 01:25 PM

Lots of brand recognition

Gymnut · Dec 18, 2003, 01:33 PM

Well I'm not an AOL user but Apple sure is getting the iTunes store into every nook and cranny.

confirmed · Dec 18, 2003, 01:38 PM

the download page now lists iTunes as version 4.2.. i wonder if the update is just AOL related, or if there are other enhancements....

Mr.Hey · Dec 18, 2003, 01:38 PM

This truly is that time of year. Domination is inevitable :evil grin:

we need more freaken smilies here captin.

TomSmithMacEd · Dec 18, 2003, 01:41 PM

Go apple go!

Mr.Hey · 01:48 PM

Holy sh*t this is 4.2 I just download it.....MacRumors is slippen. Go get it NOW. Instilation went with out a hitch. This is whats new.

iTunes 4.2 allows you to sign in and buy music from the iTunes Music Store using either your AOL or Apple Account, lets you view the iTunes Music Store in a separate window, and includes a number of performance improvements.

Using iTunes 4.1 or later you can:

•
Use iTunes on Windows 2000 and Windows XP computers. You can also share music between Macintosh and Windows computers.

•
Sync On-The-Go playlists or voice notes that you create on your iPod with iTunes

•
Burn large playlists to multiple CDs or DVDs; when your playlist is too large to fit on one CD or DVD, iTunes asks you to insert another disc

•
Drag a webpage from the iTunes Music Store to a document or email

•
Buy Audible spoken word content from the iTunes Music Store using your Apple Account.

arn · Dec 18, 2003, 01:48 PM

Yep...

Quote:

iTunes 4.2 allows you to sign in and buy music from the iTunes Music Store using either your AOL or Apple Account, view the iTunes Music Store in a separate window, and includes a number of performance improvements

geerlingguy · Dec 18, 2003, 01:49 PM

Everyone seems to be happy about this...

In my hometown, I have not seen any new users of AOL for some time. In fact, my grandma, three of my aunts, about ten of my friends, and about fifteen other people I know of have cancelled their AOL accounts because of bad connections, better features elsewhere, and bad broadband access. PC or Mac.

Don't get me wrong — AOL still has a large customer base (in fact, the largest for any Internet provider). I just don't think things will stay this way two or three years from now. AOL is running out of steam...

Mr.Hey · Dec 18, 2003, 01:50 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by confirmed
the download page now lists iTunes as version 4.2.. i wonder if the update is just AOL related, or if there are other enhancements....

Thanks Confirmed

for confirming it for us

I'm as happy as a school girl...tee hee

Macco · Dec 18, 2003, 01:51 PM

With AOL's dismal support for the Mac platform (the PC version has about twice as many features), I hope that Apple was at least able to demand a more functional version of the AOL software in return for this promotion.

e2chris · Dec 18, 2003, 01:52 PM

My god they releasing 10.4 today to?

arn · Dec 18, 2003, 01:53 PM

created a new thread for itunes 4.2

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthre...threadid=51902

mainstreetmark · Dec 18, 2003, 01:57 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Gymnut
Well I'm not an AOL user but Apple sure is getting the iTunes store into every nook and cranny.

I think Apple is finallly tired of being "muscled out of markets they create", as one reviewer put it. A quick think comes up with Personal Computers, PDAs and, of course, legal music downloads. For some reason, I recall something about the first digital camera...

iChan · Dec 18, 2003, 02:47 PM

am I the only one that thinks that the quality of the yellow running man AOL logo with the iPod is really lacking in quality...

feel shabby, and I can't believe SJ approved this...

nagromme · Dec 18, 2003, 03:20 PM

If being a poor product meant failure in the market, Windows wouldn't be around still. People will continue to lap up AOL, and stay with it so as to keep their email address. AOL CDs will flood out of the landfills and bury us all.

A good move for Apple anyway.

Makosuke · Dec 18, 2003, 03:29 PM

This is great stuff. I hate AOL. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. But they're advertising their new broadband service out the wazoo, they've got a MASSIVE subscriber base, and getting the iTMS on AOL is a great, great thing.

It's this kind of constant, relentless push--iTMS, iTMS Windows, well-placed ads, radio plugs, Best of the Year lists, AOL, Pepsi, then ???--that makes you relevant in a market, something Apple has failed to do for very long up until this point. So far, they're doing great, and this is just one more important step.

Here's hoping that two years from now, when you say "buy music online" the average person thinks "iTunes Music Store". Could happen!

zim · Dec 18, 2003, 07:41 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by iChan
am I the only one that thinks that the quality of the yellow running man AOL logo with the iPod is really lacking in quality...

feel shabby, and I can't believe SJ approved this...

The AOL yellow running guy has always been lacking in quality. I don't think that this version is any different, in my opinion.

Although I am not an AOL user, or have ever been, I think that apple doing the right thing, I just wonder who approached who.

Iroganai · Dec 18, 2003, 08:38 PM

Could someone please tellme a URL where we can see the iTMS buttons on AOL music?

Thanks in advance

visor · Dec 19, 2003, 02:35 PM

if international AOL users can use the iTMS now, too?
anyone give it a try?

Dec 18, 2003, 01:23 PM	#1
MacRumors macrumors bot Join Date: Apr 2001	iTunes Music Store Now Available for AOL Users America Online and Apple announced that AOL members can now preview, purchase and download songs available on AOL Music by using integrated iTunes buttons. This feature was previously announced but only available as of today. AOL members may use their AOL Wallet or their credit-card on file to purchase songs from iTunes. In addition, songs from AOL's music programs Sessions@AOL and BroadBand Rocks may now be purchased exclusively from the iTunes Music Store. Apple's website reflects the news.

Dec 18, 2003, 01:25 PM	#2
Phobophobia macrumors 6502 Join Date: Dec 2003	Lots of brand recognition __________________ "how do you win $ 1.6 M at a quarter slot? that's 6.4 millions coins shooting out of the slot. they could have killed her!!!" -- Don't Panic

Dec 18, 2003, 01:38 PM	#4
confirmed macrumors regular Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: New York, NY	iTunes version 4.2 the download page now lists iTunes as version 4.2.. i wonder if the update is just AOL related, or if there are other enhancements....

Dec 18, 2003, 01:41 PM	#6
TomSmithMacEd macrumors 6502 Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Fargo, ND	Go apple go! __________________ Erik Myxter Erik.Myxter@sendit.nodak.edu aim: thinlayorofpole http://www.xanga.com/erikmyxter Looking for a powerbook.

Dec 18, 2003, 01:42 PM	#7
Mr.Hey macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2002	Holy sht this is 4.2 I just download it.....MacRumors is slippen. Go get it NOW. Instilation went with out a hitch. This is whats new. iTunes 4.2 allows you to sign in and buy music from the iTunes Music Store using either your AOL or Apple Account, lets you view the iTunes Music Store in a separate window, and includes a number of performance improvements. Using iTunes 4.1 or later you can: • Use iTunes on Windows 2000 and Windows XP computers. You can also share music between Macintosh and Windows computers. • Sync On-The-Go playlists or voice notes that you create on your iPod with iTunes • Burn large playlists to multiple CDs or DVDs; when your playlist is too large to fit on one CD or DVD, iTunes asks you to insert another disc • Drag a webpage from the iTunes Music Store to a document or email • Buy Audible spoken word content from the iTunes Music Store using your Apple Account. Last edited by Mr.Hey : Dec 18, 2003 at 01:48 PM.*

Dec 18, 2003, 01:33 PM	#3
Gymnut macrumors 68000 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Hawaii	Well I'm not an AOL user but Apple sure is getting the iTunes store into every nook and cranny.

Dec 18, 2003, 01:49 PM	#9
geerlingguy macrumors 6502 Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The Midwest, USA	Not as good as it's made out to be... Everyone seems to be happy about this... In my hometown, I have not seen any new users of AOL for some time. In fact, my grandma, three of my aunts, about ten of my friends, and about fifteen other people I know of have cancelled their AOL accounts because of bad connections, better features elsewhere, and bad broadband access. PC or Mac. Don't get me wrong — AOL still has a large customer base (in fact, the largest for any Internet provider). I just don't think things will stay this way two or three years from now. AOL is running out of steam... __________________ Midwestern Mac, LLC \| Life is a Prayer.com 2.8 iMac 24" + 2.0 Aluminum MacBook + 2 TB + iPhone 3G + D90 + D40 + Xbox 360 + Much much more

Dec 18, 2003, 01:51 PM	#11
Macco macrumors regular Join Date: Jun 2003	With AOL's dismal support for the Mac platform (the PC version has about twice as many features), I hope that Apple was at least able to demand a more functional version of the AOL software in return for this promotion. __________________ "Whereas Apple is indeed planning to continue its 'controlled, methodical expansion' through the end of next year, the first half of 2005 will see a switch to a 'haphazard, higgledy-piggledy expansion,' followed by two weeks of a 'mellow, nougat-filled expansion,' then three to five minutes of a 'frenzied, cactus-colored contraction,' and finally a thousand-year era of 'perfect Zen retail balance' and 'free Enlightenment to the first billion customers.' " - As the Apple Turns, regarding Apple Store expansion (8/7/03)

Dec 18, 2003, 01:52 PM	#12
e2chris Banned Join Date: Jul 2002	My god they releasing 10.4 today to?

Dec 18, 2003, 01:53 PM	#13
arn macrumors god Join Date: Apr 2001	created a new thread for itunes 4.2 http://forums.macrumors.com/showthre...threadid=51902

Dec 18, 2003, 02:47 PM	#15
iChan macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Dublin, Ireland.	am I the only one that thinks that the quality of the yellow running man AOL logo with the iPod is really lacking in quality... feel shabby, and I can't believe SJ approved this... Attached Images

Dec 18, 2003, 03:20 PM	#16
nagromme macrumors 601 Join Date: May 2002 Location: Blinking blue dot	AOL is here to stay If being a poor product meant failure in the market, Windows wouldn't be around still. People will continue to lap up AOL, and stay with it so as to keep their email address. AOL CDs will flood out of the landfills and bury us all. A good move for Apple anyway. __________________ nagromme Would you like a treatment?

Dec 18, 2003, 03:29 PM	#17
Makosuke macrumors 68040 Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: The Cool Part of CA, USA	This is great stuff. I hate AOL. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. But they're advertising their new broadband service out the wazoo, they've got a MASSIVE subscriber base, and getting the iTMS on AOL is a great, great thing. It's this kind of constant, relentless push--iTMS, iTMS Windows, well-placed ads, radio plugs, Best of the Year lists, AOL, Pepsi, then ???--that makes you relevant in a market, something Apple has failed to do for very long up until this point. So far, they're doing great, and this is just one more important step. Here's hoping that two years from now, when you say "buy music online" the average person thinks "iTunes Music Store". Could happen!

Dec 18, 2003, 08:38 PM	#19
Iroganai macrumors regular Join Date: Oct 2003	Um, Could someone please tellme a URL where we can see the iTMS buttons on AOL music? Thanks in advance

Dec 19, 2003, 02:35 PM	#20
visor macrumors 6502 Join Date: May 2003 Location: in bed	i wonder if international AOL users can use the iTMS now, too? anyone give it a try? __________________ If I don't find any bugs to bitch about - I was bought, or you have a truly superior product. More superior products at -> kuessner.org

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