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New iTunes Features: My Alerts and Complete My Album
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Haven't you noticed that "Deauthorize Computer..." option in the "Store" Menu?
THE ONLY AND SINGLE FEATURE that I want on iTunes:
True RESUME playback.
Great to listen to long playlists on the Mac. And I do not mean to sort songs by last played, but a true RESUME playback feature, as SoundJam MP had (the application from which iTunes was developed years ago).
True RESUME playback.
Great to listen to long playlists on the Mac. And I do not mean to sort songs by last played, but a true RESUME playback feature, as SoundJam MP had (the application from which iTunes was developed years ago).
You expect iTune prices to change with the current exchange rates?? Dude, are you aware that theres such things as exchange rates and they change over time? The reason the tunes are cheaper in the US is because their economy isnt doing so well and they have a weak dollar, so when it comes to exchange rates you get a lot of dollars for your pound. If the dollar was doing well against the pound then you would see that the prices would be closer together.
It's about time Apple added Complete my album to iTunes, I hated paying more when I downloaded additional tracks.
Don't know but I would think Apple is probably making the same 'profit' from a US download vs a UK download and the record companies are making the rest.
We can't assume Apple is charging more by their own chouce - pricing may be set in accordance with the standard pricing/profit for physical CD's as the labels would not want less profit from a digitial download vs a phsical CD would they?
Also remember the label owner of the track available in the UK may not be the same as in the US?
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The NYT seems to be a great source for rather relyable apple rumors. This is especially interesting since Pogue had some information about a Jeff Han cooperation with Apple. The post is like: I know something, but I don't have the right to say anything.
Obviously, this is pure speculation, but I think there is, all rumors put together (especially resolution independence, plus facts as fingerworks etc.), a not so little chance that we'll see soon a 3d multitouch OS. It would be just the logic thing to do for Apple, and they have been working on this for many, many years.
Another speculation I never read anywhere: There was one year ago the rumor, that Leopard would include a Bittorrent Client. This fell in oblivion, but Apple is not about to put a small and always-on Server in many homes, and this Server is by chance as well a HD-Player, but no such content is available, and Apple didn't change anything in their video store, although everybody expected this. They didn't even but a buy-function in the device! Only conclusion: They are waiting for something: Renting/Buying HD-Videos would be the very, very obvious thing to do with Apple TV in combination with a bittorrent Leopard, and it would be a huge, huge step for Apple. Everything is in Place, on the Multitouch as well as on the Video front. Just go!
The NYT seems to be a great source for rather relyable apple rumors. This is especially interesting since Pogue had some information about a Jeff Han cooperation with Apple. The post is like: I know something, but I don't have the right to say anything.
Obviously, this is pure speculation, but I think there is, all rumors put together (especially resolution independence, plus facts as fingerworks etc.), a not so little chance that we'll see soon a 3d multitouch OS. It would be just the logic thing to do for Apple, and they have been working on this for many, many years.
Another speculation I never read anywhere: There was one year ago the rumor, that Leopard would include a Bittorrent Client. This fell in oblivion, but Apple is not about to put a small and always-on Server in many homes, and this Server is by chance as well a HD-Player, but no such content is available, and Apple didn't change anything in their video store, although everybody expected this. They didn't even but a buy-function in the device! Only conclusion: They are waiting for something: Renting/Buying HD-Videos would be the very, very obvious thing to do with Apple TV in combination with a bittorrent Leopard, and it would be a huge, huge step for Apple. Everything is in Place, on the Multitouch as well as on the Video front. Just go!
I know. Sucks. Just going to buy things over there and ship them here and I move to Japan in 2009 anyway.
Well, Japan iTunes pricing is all over the place and the Japan labels are not all included anyways.
Based on todays exchange rate a track in the UK is 56% more expensive than in the US. A track in Japan is 29% more expensive than in the US and 21% cheaper than in the UK.
But that is based on the 150 yen starting price - other tracks are more expensive and album pricing is also all over the place. A lot ofhte 'better' songs are priced higher so the analysis would change -- I think Jpan is a great example of not having tiered pricing because hte crap will be cheap and hte good stuff more expensive...
But hey, that is what is being offered and other download services are similar in pricing -- Apple did not really have a strong hand with priceing in Japan, the labels are quite strong here.
Anyway, I feel your pain in that it is more expensive for you over there in the UK.
And do look me up when you get to Japan-- assuming I am still here! I have met one other MR member living in Japan -- we met up at the Shibuya Apple Store opening. I think I will start a 'MR Japan Chapter' -- what do you say my fellow Japan MR-ites?
This is on UK iTunes right now.
Pages of my incomplete albums and price to 'complete' - nice!. I think this is a sweet feature!
I have no problem with Apple's pricing but if Apple can start ripping at 256K AAC bit rate they would have me buy twice as much as I do now. I can tell the difference. It's subtle but it's there. Still the alternative; get in your car, drive to town, pay for parking, walk to the shopping mall, wander through the hoardes in the record shop, buy your CD for the same if not more than iTunes (no 'track preview I might add in the mall!), get in your car, put in some fuel, come home, rip CD to iTunes and enjoy on your ipod! That CD has now just cost about £10 more and two hours of my time!
Really Barring the bit rate annoyance there is no contest in terms of price - iTunes wins hands down!.
Oh the one feature I really want in iTunes - Tabbed browsing!
Pages of my incomplete albums and price to 'complete' - nice!. I think this is a sweet feature!
I have no problem with Apple's pricing but if Apple can start ripping at 256K AAC bit rate they would have me buy twice as much as I do now. I can tell the difference. It's subtle but it's there. Still the alternative; get in your car, drive to town, pay for parking, walk to the shopping mall, wander through the hoardes in the record shop, buy your CD for the same if not more than iTunes (no 'track preview I might add in the mall!), get in your car, put in some fuel, come home, rip CD to iTunes and enjoy on your ipod! That CD has now just cost about £10 more and two hours of my time!
Really Barring the bit rate annoyance there is no contest in terms of price - iTunes wins hands down!.
Oh the one feature I really want in iTunes - Tabbed browsing!
I have noticed the my alerts that last few times I was on the iTMS, the complete my album though is really cool.
number two would be awesome but can't you already do number one by going into the Store menu bar and clicking Deauthorize Computer. If you don't have access to the computer that is already authorized, you can deauthorize all from the itunes music store account page.
Are you asking for like a list of what computers are authorized and the ability to de-select one?
Pretty cool feature..
It's nice to have, even though I don't purchase any more than a single or two from iTMS - I still like buying my CDs.
It's nice to have, even though I don't purchase any more than a single or two from iTMS - I still like buying my CDs.
It's a nice feature, even though a majority of my music isn't purchased through iTunes.
Did anyone else notice that only one reduced price album can be purchased?
Did anyone else notice that only one reduced price album can be purchased?
If you include the VAT (which the US doesn't have), an analogous UK price would be 59p.
*cough* I've been getting alert emails for at least half a year, on artists I've bought music from. I don't think this is new.
Edit: ok, the linky-thing was new, only the email was old.
This is an interesting topic. Of course #1 is already there in iTunes.
But #2, is obviously not the duty of Apple. That's nuts. You buy something and now it's yours. If you lose a cassette tape, a cd, a record, you certainly can't ask Walmart to replace it for you. So why now do you expect a company to replace your music (which was cheaper than the cd versions) when you lose it due to your own negligence? Yes, a hard drive crashing is your fault. It's certainly not Apple's. Unless it's under Apple's warranty, which of course states that they're not responsible for the data.
However, what if someone steals your computer or you cd collection? Your home owners insurance covers the cd collection. I would think they should also cover your downloaded music collection / software, etc.
Now, if your hard drive crashes and you lose your whole library, I wonder if your insurance would cover the loss of the music and software purchased online?
Oh, and get a backup drive already!
Complete My Album sounds like a great feature. I have skipped over buying songs many times because of that thought process, and you know you've been there...
"Cool, I'll buy this song... but wait, if I decide I like this band and want the rest of the album, I'd have to pay again... But then if I'm paying $9.99 for the album, maybe I could just wait until it goes on sale at Best Buy."
And Apple misses a sale.
But it needs to be enabled for ALL albums, not just a select few, and ideally with a longer time period (90 days? 1 year?)
"Cool, I'll buy this song... but wait, if I decide I like this band and want the rest of the album, I'd have to pay again... But then if I'm paying $9.99 for the album, maybe I could just wait until it goes on sale at Best Buy."
And Apple misses a sale.
But it needs to be enabled for ALL albums, not just a select few, and ideally with a longer time period (90 days? 1 year?)
