Real.com MP3s
Have you been buying MP3s from iTunes for 99 cents? I haven't. Mainly for the reason that I don't like to be bound to a non-standard, non-portable format. Plus, the price. 99 cents per song might not seem like it's a lot, but it adds up. I believe we have a choice now. Finally!
49 cents per song? Sounds good? You bet. I know I'll be buying. :-) This is courtesy of Real.com. But I think the deal only runs through Labor Day, so hurry up. Real gives you a choice -- that's what I want. You can either download an iPod version of the song, or a standard WMA version that can be played on a variety of players (it's actually a standard done by Microsoft...).
So there you go. 49¢ per song. $4.99 per album. Real.com. Pretty good deal.
Update
After checking out a few downloads, my enthusiasm seems a little curbed. First of all, the site seems fairly slow compared to iTunes. Second, the downloads are encoded using Real's proprietary standard, .rax. I don't think you can convert it to MP3. If you can, the process is tedious and somewhere hidden. Third, the interface is clumsy, hard to use. Not very user friendly. :-( All in all, it's still my number one, mainly because of the price, but I am still on the lookout for a better one. Sorry Apple, I don't want to be bound to one format -- .aac does not cut it for me.
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· August 23, 2004 ·
Yeah, after checking it out, it's not as good as I thought it would be. Dissapointed a little.
· August 23, 2004 ·
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Sounds like a good deal, however I HATE all things Real.