the itunes store is amazing, but i hate the fact that they only work with ipods. ive come up with ways to play it in other devices but its such a hassle. what other online music stores are comparable to itunes in the microsoft side of the battle
2007-03-26 06:17:25 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Consumer Electronics ➔ Music & Music Players
i own a nokia N80 smart phone
id prefer pay-per song rather than unlimited download subscription (aka napster)
2007-03-26 06:28:04 · update #1
itunes won't convert protected aac songs
this is why i'm asking if there are any other music store whose protected songs are playable with non-ipod players
2007-03-26 12:41:35 · update #2
iTunes is capable of working with pretty much every music player on the planet. All you have to do is set it up to convert your downloaded AAC-format songs to the universal MP3 format. To do this, pull down the Edit menu, select Preferences, click the Advanced tab, then the Importing tab, and then change the "Import Using" field to "MP3 format" (at this point, any music that you rip from CD will go straight to the MP3 format). Once that's done, go to your Music Library and highlight any songs that you want to convert, pull down the Advanced menu, and select "Convert selection to MP3". It'll spit out a bunch of legal MP3 copies of your non-MP3 songs, including the DRM-protected AAC format that you can purchase from iTunes.
Anyways, there are plenty of other sources for purchasing songs, particularly in the MP3 format (that's the only format that has a larger potential market base than the iPod-only AAC format), but none that are really comparable to iTunes.
2007-03-26 06:37:59 · answer #1 · answered by the_amazing_purple_dave 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What type of mp3 player do you own? The sad thing about pay-per-song downloads is they only work with certain portable mp3 players.
Other purchase download sites include Yahoo! Music, Rhapsody and Napster, but they only work with certain mp3 players.
Hope this helps!
2007-03-26 13:23:11 · answer #2 · answered by Captain Ron 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sure. You can use the MTV/Microsoft store Urge, or the newly-legal Napster, or the services of Real Networks (the folks who do Real Player - ick).
2007-03-26 13:21:09 · answer #3 · answered by ibkidd37 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
try kazaa.com..u have to download it but their prices are really good including some free and it works with just more than ipods
2007-03-26 13:23:32 · answer #4 · answered by rhoda c 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i really like limewire. its free, but you can opt to upgrade to a faster version for a small amount.
2007-03-26 13:25:42 · answer #5 · answered by orexismmii 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
limewire
2007-03-26 13:20:38 · answer #6 · answered by katherinet0805 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋