“Apple has had more than 85 million downloads from its popular iTunes music store, which officially only works with its market-leading iPod digital music players. Songs typically cost 99 cents each and users can download them onto as many iPods as they like and on up to five computers,” reuters reports.
There is no official word on whether the free song downloads are included in the 85 million total. On April 28, Apple announced over 70 million songs had been “purchased” from their iTunes Music Store. Apple is marked the first anniversary of its iTunes Music Store on April 28th by thanking its customers with a free song of the day for eight days. Following the anniversary celebration, the iTunes Music Store continued to offer a
it’s pretty cool but I still would like to be able to access iTMS through a standard browser without having to go through iTunes
beatsme
ARE you Nuts? That is way too much sarcasm.
Using IE to get to iTMS? That would be insane.
iTunes is perfect the way it is!!!
yeah its the beauty that itunes works without the browser. that’s what makes it so damn cool…
beatsme, see http://www.macdailynews.com/comments.php?id=P2829_0_1_0
Wow. Is it me or does that mean they are selling at about 3 million per week. It’s only been 5 weeks since April 28, 6 (weeks) if you count this week. Which means Apple has sold 15 million tunes during that period. I thought they had indicated their new sell rate was hoovering around 2 million a week. This definitely breaks that, even if its 6wks instead of 5wks. GO APPLE!!!!
no I’m not nuts
I know plenty of people who would like to get iTunes but can’t because they don’t have the machinery or software or bandwidth to make it work at home. Many people DO have the machinery or software or bandwidth to make it go at work, but are restricted by firewall/proxy from using streaming audio. And even if they CAN use streaming audio, they are most likely not allowed administrative access to their workstation, which means they cannot install software like iTunes.
Having iTMS available through a standard web-browser would open up the market to lots of people who would probably like to get an iPod and use iTMS but can’t.
let’s move the thread and let the baby cry!
treadlightly
yea I saw that earlier. Ask anyone who runs Windows whether they use IE or Safari. 99% of them will say “what’s Safari?”
Thanks to iTunes, QuickTime is being installed on millions of machines where previously it hadn’t been considered. Windows users are getting a taste of the “complete solution” approach to software that Apple have been taking for the past five years. iTunes on IE would not only be a pale shadow, MS would probably try and break it with every security patch they brought out. Apple have a multimedia software strategy that is outclassing and outplaying MS. They aren’t going to change that to benefit a few corporate types who shouldn’t be keeping AAC/MP3 files on their hard disks anyway.
99% of them will also say “what’s Mozilla?” if you ask that too. iTunes has a great set up that’s easy to use and manuever through. There might be some advantages for some people, but not many. Not having the software to make it work is a pretty easy fix, download it for free. As far as systems go, most windoze users can use iTunes. Those that are still running older computers generally won’t care enough to use iTunes anyway. They’re just word processing and emailing. A digital hub is so far from their thinking that it wouldn’t register. Might not apply to everyone with an old system, but certainly the majority.
Hey beatsme…
Why don’t you go down to 7-11 and grab a nice hot cup of Shut the @*&# Up!
OK then if people want to acces iTunes store through internet, then why apple wouldnt release safari for windows, making there’s browser more popular across the platform.
While I can use iTunes at the office, my WinDoze counterparts can not. Because they aren’t given access to their machine to install anything. Browser access would allow them to use the iTMS, if they wanted to, without having to go through IT.
I think that’s the point beatsme was trying to make.
jfbiii, thanks for clearing that up.
But it makes you wonder WHY IN HELL people would be downloading music on their work computer.
holy crap give the guy a break its just an idea worth looking at
ok a bit off topic
artiom
make a safari for windoz?you do know what one of the fundamental reasons safari runs so fast right? (besides not being clunky for too many features.) It’s because it takes advantage of parts of the computer’s architecture and operating system source code. for a windoz machine with so many diffenret makers and (people making their own computers) the architecture isn’t going to be the same, ALSO you think microsoft is gonna let apple see the source code for windoz? if you mean just introducing the safari style format (if not the speed), then yes introducing safari would be nice
geeka+jfbiii+beatsme
NO! it really is not an idea worth looking at!
iTMS+iTunes is the only way to do it!
iTunes is the reason why the iTMS works so well. There is absolutely no reason to support piece of $hit like IE.
IMO. If you can�t get the iTunes and iTMS to work then use the Wallmart instead. It is right for you.
no sarcarsm
no humour
Where are the good old days when Wintel loosers where happy with their DOS machines and we did not need to here about them. Why can�t they be happy with their XP shit and leave real computer users alone?
damn one guy from finland, I mean I can’t stand the windows platform but it seems like you have alot of rage in you. but i argee with you that ITMS should only work with iTunes, it was made that way and should stay that way.
iTunes has Safari built into it, no browser needed.
Accessing iTMS some other way would create a Windows experience, not a good experience.
You couldn’t play the tune you purchased without using the Quicktime technologies that are interacting with iTunes. You would have to instal Quicktime at least.
Go to Walmart’s site if you want a Windows experience. You don’t need to instal software and you’ll feel right at home there.
And the people who don’t have the machine/bandwidth/software at home should perhaps take a look at buying a new eMac – a sub $1k machine with the software and hardware for sure – and there are lots of new bandwidth providers out there that won’t cost an arm and a leg (maybe just a toe or two).
just for the record (especially for you one guy from Finland)
I am a graphic designer, and I run a 1GHz dual processor G4 at work (with iTunes 4.5) and at home I run a PowerMac 7300/180 with a Sonnet G3 processor card. I have a Mac keychain for my car keys, an Apple sticker (vintage multi-color mind you) on my old guitar, and a 15GB iPod that I am seldom seen without. I am not a Wintel user, I am a Mac user.
So please, before excoriating me personally and lumping me in with the rest of the Wintel world, do try to get your facts straight.
Besides, IE is insecure. I don’t know how anyone could buy anything on a PC using IE and NOT be worried that their credit card info is floating around the ‘net. I’ve made it a policy NOT to buy anything on a PC using IE.
beatsme
upgrade this summer to G5 and then tell me that you are A Graphic Designer.
Just for the record. There is no excuse to say this:
“it’s pretty cool but I still would like to be able to access iTMS through a standard browser without having to go through iTunes”
And I don�t want my fags straight.
you sure told me