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Best Buy, Real and SanDisk To Launch Music Service
M00NIE writes "Best Buy has announced it's going to join forces with Real and SanDisk to launch a new online music store. The new technology apparently makes use of Sansa music players that support Rhapsody DNA subscriptions." From the article: "As far as technical details go, Best Buy's new service is going to be identical to Rhapsody's current offering of WMA-protected audio files with the additional features provided by Rhapsody DNA. Rhapsody DNA is based on Real's Helix DRM and gives users the ability to access their content across different types of devices, and provides what RealNetworks describes as an "end-to-end music experience" similar to the closed ecosystem approach that Apple uses and Microsoft will be using with the Zune."
Coolness? Superior UI? Apple? You've got to be kidding. Check it out: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/presskits/zune/ images/image022_low.jpg. You'll want to compare this, of course, to the latest and greatest iTunes storefront: http://dsandler.org/gruntle/itunes7/iTunes7Dissect ed.jpg Then there's the customizable zune ui: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/presskits/zune/ images/image004_low.jpg. Of course, you might prefer the iPod version- I know Creative did, earlier this summer, to the tune of a million bucks. Innovative. You betcha.