Christopher Joel

Two years ago, I heard the announcement that Apple was planning to release a phone.  Having been a Palm phone guy for years, this excited me.  I’m a totally Apple fanboy, I admit it.  I nearly crapped myself as I read the live bloggers posting pictures of the first iPhone and transcription of  Job’s announcements.  [...]

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In case you’re not a big Apple nerd, like me, the new 3G version of the iPhone is rumored to be launched in the next few weeks (June 9th last I read).  Along with it, Apple would like to have more content available for it’s iTunes Mobile store that allow users to download music over [...]

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I read this story this week and kinda shrugged about it. So what? Then I got a copy of Apple’s Leopard and discovered it had this very same packaging. Apple’s discs normally come in a CD sleeve, which I then remove from the box, label, and stick in a file folder for that computer. This [...]

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eMusic says they will sue Apple if they decide to try buffet-style access with the purchase of a premium-priced device.  One of the options Apple could offer in the future would be this: if you buy their premium device (like an iPhone with a crazy add-on fee), you get all the music you want from [...]

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Sandisk recently announced the Sansa Sessions, a flash-based micro SD card that holds 50 songs from selected artists.  SanDisk is betting that this MicroSD will become the new format the music is distributed on and all that all artists in the future will be selling MicroSDs instead of CDs.
While I have no doubt there will [...]

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I have never liked the idea of subscriptions for music.  You pay $x amount per month and you get to play all the music you want.  Stop paying, you’re outta luck.  It just seems mobster-ish to me, which is par for the course for record labels, but not for Apple.  So I’m a little queezy [...]

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