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AT&T Deal With eMusic Excludes iPhones

Posted by kdawson on from the you-scratch-my-back dept.

ubermiester writes "ArsTechnica reports that AT&T has inked a deal with eMusic, a direct competitor to Apple's iTunes music store. eMusic specializes in independent artists and offers DRM-free content for direct download. For a monthly fee (the number of tracks one can download per month depends on the package) the site's catalog will be available to AT&T customers using Samsung and Nokia handsets, but not the iPhone."

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  1. Apple probably likes the deal. by t4ng* · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Why would Apple want their iPhone users paying someone else for music? They want to lock their customers in to buying only from them.

  2. Re:so what? by JamesRose · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    STOP THAT CRAP! I'm sorry, but it really pisses me off, the point is, emusic covers a large amount of songs that itunes doesn't and vice-versa. Personally I think its a bunch of crap the way you (lots of posters not only you) make out like becuase you can get britney spears cheaper than Eminem you are going to download britney instead, if they covered the same songs, I'd agree, but they don't, so stop.

  3. The Jesus Phone? by DiamondGeezer · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    No wonder its called the Jesus phone. It's short for "Jesus we're being screwed by AT&T and Apple"

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