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$129.00 a year for iTunes Unlimited Music? Sure!

by Jayvee on August 23rd, 2008

If you’re running an iPhone or an iPod touch with unlimited data browsing rates, the offer to download an unlimited number of songs via the iTunes Store is surely tempting. For $129 more, I’d be able to maximize the convenience of syncing my iPhone with iTunes and MobileMe with free and unlimited music downloads from the store. Here are the rumored provisions from the forums:

iTunes Unlimited
-256 Kbps music; highest quality digital music subscription service ever
-50% of U.S. store available for iTunes Unlimited at launch, U.S.-only launch
-Available through iTunes or retail box a la MobileMe, funds applied through iTunes gift cards cannot be used towards subscription purchase
-$129.99 stand-alone or $179.99 with MobileMe, current MobileMe subscribers can add iTunes Unlimited for $99.99
-One-year subscription period
-Current a la carte options unchanged
-When signed in to subscription account, “Buy” is “Get”
-“Download and Play throughout iTunes Unlimited Subscription” or “Buy and Keep”
-“Buy and Keep” option available for downloaded subscription songs, purchased version replaces subscription version
- Late October launch with iTunes 7.8

Quoted are the predictions - speculations mostly for this service. I think that if Apple were to launch something like this, now would be an ideal time to do so for the following reasons:

1. The $129.00 service can be a value added ace for people who have been thinking of buying an iPhone, but still have not succumbed to the hype.

2. They should do it because Microsoft’s Zune store is doing it, at a yearly fee with unlimited downloads (the Zune Pass allows you to grab your XBOX Live friend’s entire playlist as well - so cool!). With Amazon offering DRM free music, Microsoft offering a superior Zune Pass product, Apple needs to reinvent the 0.99 cents per song very soon!

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