Amazon launched an MP3 download service today. That’s right, MP3 as in no DRM. As in no iTunes store required. Oh and there’s no extra fee to take out the DRM. It looks like tracks are $0.99 each.
Amazon has now fired a shot across Apple’s bow. If Amazon Unbox wasn’t enough warning, Amazon is now going after Apple’s digital core.
Want proof? The free download to test your Amazon MP3 downloader is Energy by The Apples In Stereo. Does anyone really believe that this is a coincidence?
The beauty for me is that I don’t have to use the pig known as iTunes. I love the player agnostic part of this. This is a nice feature for my windows centric setup.
As for video I’ve had really good results viewing new pilots on Amazon Unbox. The process has worked well on both my UMPC and my media center TV. A 10′ interface for the TV would be nice but the UMPC was just fine.
Now I can stuff my UMPC and Smartphone with media. who needs to get work done!
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In case you aren’t aware, UnBox uses standard Windows Media DRM. As long as you have Amazon’s player installed on your system, you can watch the videos through Windows Media Player or Windows Media Center. That means that if you use WMC, you can have your 10′ interface for the TV.
Thanks Jeff, I didn’t know that. I haven’t played with Amazon’s unbox much yet but it was nice watching Bionic woman 2 weeks early and without the commercials! The problem is that now I’m more tempted to use the UMPC to watch TV during the commute home. NOT a good thing.
Mark
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