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iTunes Music Store sells 275,000 Tracks in 18 Hours

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-it-gets-interesting dept.

physicsnerd writes "According to this article on Billboard.com, Apple's iTunes Music store sold 275,000 tracks in its first 18 hours of operation. The Register.com estimates that this netted Apple just under $100,000! Not too bad for a 99 cents store." Impressive considering the connection problems people were having. Remains to be seen what usage will be after the hype settles down.

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  1. Meanwhile.... by frodo+from+middle+ea · · Score: 4, Funny

    Windows users (i.e. 95 %) continue to download stuff from kazaa.

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  2. Re:And the recording industry went along with this by Daniel_Staal · · Score: 4, Funny

    Never underestimate the Steve Jobs Reality Distortion Field(TM).

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    'Sensible' is a curse word.
  3. Re:Well... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    To you Mac users who have seen the store but haven't smoked crack, let me tell you, that stuff is as addictive as the iTunes Music store. With a small pipe and a small torch, I was able to smoke crack and get strung out for a week.

  4. "Forget any device that isn't an iPod" by Gorimek · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apparently Michael Robertson hasn't yet been informed that iTunes will burn regular audio CDs that you can play in pretty much any CD or DVD player in the world.

    I am sure he will issue a correction and an apology as soon as this fact reaches him.

  5. A very good use for the iTunes Store by Alexander · · Score: 4, Funny


    Is that the 30 second song "sample" is just viral enough to infect co-workers.

    Someone in your office you don't like? Give them 30 seconds of Air Supply. They'll be humming "Making Love out of Nothing At All" ALL DAY LONG!!!

    Tee-Hee

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  6. Re:Yes, it will keep up by hondo77 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does it seamlessly integrate into the Linux based MP3 player in my car? Does it seamlessly integrate into my Sun Workstation? Can I burn the audio to CD? Is it worth $1?

    • No.
    • People still use Sun workstations?
    • Yes.
    • Yes.
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  7. Re:A nice looking service by letxa2000 · · Score: 5, Funny
    Mice and keyboards don't count. :)

  8. Re:We have a catch 22 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey! I get it! When you wrote "Store" you replaced the S with a dollar sign, indicating money! Wait, wait... don't tell me... you were trying to associate the iTunes Music Store and the Apple Store with money, right?

    That makes sense, I guess, seeing as how both the iTunes Music Store and the Apple Store sell things.

    Kind of a lame joke, I suppose. But I can see how it will come in handy. Like, for example, I can write this:

    ¥ou're £ame!

    See? It's fun to use punctuation as words!