Review: Napster MP3 With 6M Tracks
Napster’s new download store is now 100% DRM free mp3’s with music from all four major and thousands of independent labels. The subscription service remains open as well and the two make a convenient combination – “listen to anything and buy what you want with a click”.
Selection is fabulous with 6 million tracks; about 800,000 more than iTunes. But with pricing at 99 cents a track and $9.95 an album, Napster’s is slightly more expensive than Amazon’s 5.2 million track mp3 offering or Wal-Mart’s which currently has only EMI and WMG mp3 product.
Napster’s design feels unexciting and the interface less than thrilling, but it’s all in the early stage of development. Thus far, Napster is the only one to offer the subscription / mp3 purchase combo and that alone makes it worth consideration.
Check out Napster MP3 here and tell us what you think.
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Catalog numbers are complete crap, typically its the number of tracks licensed, not necessarily available so its a PR number that has no meaningful value. Try buying Sean Kingston’s “Take You There” – that’s a nasty surprise. Walmart has everything but Sony. Rhapsody has had Subscription and MP3 a la carte since the beginning of the year.
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