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mobile phones + music

Telcos have had astonishingly bad records when it comes to content (and many of us argue content is not big game anyway). Now Verizon Wireless is signaling a mobile phone with music.

I wish them luck, but would not bet anything on their success.

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cd to hd

tim bray talks about migrating his cd collection to hard disk.
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seen in a local record shop

Load Your IPOD - Buy it, Burn and Return it!  Return any CD within 10 days of purchase with the receipt and get 70% store credit back. Even if you bought it somewhere else, we will take it back.

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digital media resource

The O'Reilly digital media section looks like something to add to the newsreader.

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paid vs free online music

some numbers from the NPD Group

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online streaming

Shoutcast is just streaming mp3.

iTunes is a lovely player.

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indies and digital music

cnet's report on the subject...

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steve jobs on music and devices

an interesting interview in the wsj

comments on photos, portable storage devices and video in addition to music

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digital music + cellphone

the O2 service in the UK - this is the first review of the player I've seen. It sound pretty awful.

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music buying demographics

50% are over 30, only 22% are teens. interesting stuff as the industry discovers those it has ignored with back catalogs.

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