« Return | Main | Drool, is this the Powerbook mini? »
May 11, 2005
Napster to Go, Pretty cool.
I finally managed to get Napster to Go to work last night. Was a lot more complicated to set things up as I am outside of the US and this is currently a US only service. A friendly proxy server and my US credit card later and I was up and running.
After trying it out I am again convinced that this is the way media companies should be looking. The system is set up so that by paying a monthly fee ($15) I can download select tracks and albums to my computer, a compatible portable player (in my case a Samsung YP-999), and listen to them at my leisure. In order to continue listening to these tracks, I will of course have to keep ponying up the fee every month.
But to show you how it went, I started off by downloading about 10 albums. Over a hundred songs. None of them were my favorite artists, or albums I already own. Instead these were all groups and albums that I kinda like, or were somewhat interested in. I doubt I would have bought them, but now I get to listen to them on the train or wherever.
This morning I was listening to Gwen Stefani's new album. I was pretty impressed with the selection. Sure, not every album is available for Napster to go users, but there was definitely plenty of interesting things as I searched. I actually liked the songs, so now I am considering buying the album (not from Napster, I still like hard plastic).
Sure the service is not for everyone. It's pretty pricey too, but if you like listening to a lot of different music, this is the ultimate in on-demand high quality radio-sans annoying dj chatter.
Now if only iTunes would add this to their line I'd be in heaven!
Posted by Kakyou at May 11, 2005 12:58 PM
Comments
I've been contemplating if I should use Napster To Go or not. Maybe I'll just try the trial sub.
Posted by: sdwahine at October 1, 2005 02:31 AM