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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. hmm by jimbug · · Score: 0, Troll

    eMusic specializes in independent artists and offers DRM-free content for direct download. Of course you can't get it on an iPhone...
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  2. Re:So? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    TROLL, as I've modded. How was GP insightful?

  3. Who Cares? by paladinwannabe2 · · Score: 0, Troll

    It sounds like the iTunes service is better anyway. $7.49/month for 5 songs? Even the article says that the service is pathetic compared to what eMusic already offers on your computer (30 songs/month for $10).

    To summarize: an overpriced service that few people will use isn't compatible with the iPhone (probably because it's harder to run third-party apps on it), but no one cares because Apple already offers a superior service on its phone. Next you'll have people complaining that Microsoft doesn't offer Internet Explorer for Linux.

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