Walmart’s new music store is open now selling DRM-free MP3 music that can be played on pretty much any device. Many music tracks will continue to sell at Walmart’s original 94 cent pricepoint, but certain “Top 25″ songs will go for only 74 cents. Not bad, Walmart. Walmart’s newly redesigned music infrastructure now supports Macs, [...]
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Amazon announced the the new T-Mobile G1 phone will come with the Amazon MP3 store pre-loaded as an application much like the iTunes Store on the iPhone. Amazon claims that they have 6 million DRM-free MP3 songs from all four major music labels and other independent artists. The Amazon MP3 store will require a WiFi [...]
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Yesterday, Amazon announced that they will begin to add Sony BMG music to their catalog later this month. Amazon MP3s are encoded at 256kbps, DRM-free, and compatible with most any MP3 player.
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Amazon’s newly launched music store (Amazon MP3) claims to have the world’s largest selection of DRM-free music. As with iTunes Music Store’s DRM-free downloads, these songs will play in most MP3 players. The difference being, iTunes’ DRM-free songs are AAC and $1.29 each (currently only music from EMI), while Amazon’s are MP3 and $0.99 each [...]
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