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CNET: Apple may double iTunes music previews to 60-seconds

Apple Online Store“Apple’s iTunes, the largest music retailer, will boost the amount of time users are allowed to sample a song,” Greg Sandoval reports for CNET, citing “multiple sources with knowledge of the move.”

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“Currently, iTunes offers 30-second snippets of songs, a feature designed to give users a taste of the music to help them decide whether they like it enough to buy,” Sandoval reports. “Some users have long complained that half a minute isn’t enough time to really hear a song.”

MacDailyNews Take: It depends on the music, but sometimes 30-seconds just isn’t enough.

Sandoval reports, “For those who are hoping Apple will finally launch the cloud music service that CNET and others have written so much about in recent months, you’re likely going to have to keep waiting

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