When it first became possible to listen to recorded music, the notion of being able to do so on the move probably seemed a little ridiculous. Though the transition from the type of music appreciation that necessitated the presence of the performers in the same room as the listeners to that which required only a gramophone to enjoy must have been a strange one, music remained, back then, a form of entertainment. And while there is little doubt that the music we listen to today brings us enormous pleasure, it has adopted a new position in our lives. Music is now the accompaniment to our lives, following us from home to office to store. And with the technical innovations of recent years, we can now take it with us to all the places in between.
Portable music first became available to the masses with the mass marketing of the cassette tape Walkman. This allowed consumers take their favorite music with them when they went about their daily business, and quickly became a huge success. It is, in fact, the consumer enthusiasm for music in general that has spurred on the technological advancements that have created portable music systems that are better than ever before. And while cassette, and later CD, Walkmans allowed music lovers everywhere to take their tunes wherever they went, listeners were limited to a single tape or CD. The desire for more has now rendered these portable music systems a thing of the past.
Next came the Minidisk player, and while this data storage system allowed listeners to carry far more music on one disk, the world of electronics still had more to add. The culmination of their capability, and our limitless desire to hear the tunes we love, any time, anywhere, has come together to create the epitome in music portability – the iPod.
The enormous digital data storage system of the iPod allows music lovers to tote their entire music collection with them when they go out into the world. The storage capacity of this miniature music system is great enough to allow you to play your favorite tunes, twenty four hours a day, for well over a month, without repeating a single track. Music lovers are no longer forced to choose which genre they are in the mood for today – you can simply grab your iPod and go, and listen on a whim to any of your favorite artists.
The iPod has opened up a whole new world of musical appreciation, as we listen to the songs we love as an accompaniment to our daily lives. Never before has music been so instantaneously available to the people who enjoy it. The iPod really has taken musical entertainment to a whole new level.
About the Author
Dave is the owner of http://freeipod4real.info and http://myipodcase.info websites that provide information on iPods.
Saturday, April 7, 2007
Download free mp3 music song
MP3 audio is the latest preference of music lovers because of the fact that large volume of data could be compressed in the form of mp3 files. In this process, however, the quality of music and sound is least affected. Now onwards, you can easily download free mp3 music song from the internet to your computer or an iPod, mp3 player and listen it anywhere at your home, journey or elsewhere. This is because most of the songs are now available in mp3 formats.
Mp3 has become the most popular form of music download because it always costs less to get a collection of mp3 songs combined in a single CD rather than purchasing the original CD that has just one or two songs liked by the mass. Many sites offer free services or ask for minimal charges to download mp3 format audio songs. You need to check whether these sites and programs are legal or not because some sites offend the copyright laws of the sound album company, artist or label.
With this new Mp3 culture, a rise in the use of mp3 players also took place. These players are portable and could be easily handled while one is at home or is traveling and of the most supports mp3 song files to be played. There are many types of mp3 players in addition to the common iPod. These iPod’s have become the fashion trend as these are small and still hold large number of songs. There are many features using which you can easily customize your mp3 player or iPod’s settings as per your convenience.
As each thing has its own advantages and disadvantages, same is the case with mp3 download songs. It is true that Mp3 has revolutionized the entire music business but at the same time there has grown the threats of illegal music piracy whereby mp3 file formats are easily distributed over the internet thereby causing cost reduction in the revenue of the original music album. Free MP3 download songs are now easily into copyright infringement laws.
For more information visit our website freedownloadmp3song.info
About the Author
Olivia Andrews, writer of freedownloadmp3song.info is a freelance journalist and has written many reviews on subjects such as finance, education, health, entertainment, music, gifts, crafts, travel, apparels and mobile phones.
Mp3 has become the most popular form of music download because it always costs less to get a collection of mp3 songs combined in a single CD rather than purchasing the original CD that has just one or two songs liked by the mass. Many sites offer free services or ask for minimal charges to download mp3 format audio songs. You need to check whether these sites and programs are legal or not because some sites offend the copyright laws of the sound album company, artist or label.
With this new Mp3 culture, a rise in the use of mp3 players also took place. These players are portable and could be easily handled while one is at home or is traveling and of the most supports mp3 song files to be played. There are many types of mp3 players in addition to the common iPod. These iPod’s have become the fashion trend as these are small and still hold large number of songs. There are many features using which you can easily customize your mp3 player or iPod’s settings as per your convenience.
As each thing has its own advantages and disadvantages, same is the case with mp3 download songs. It is true that Mp3 has revolutionized the entire music business but at the same time there has grown the threats of illegal music piracy whereby mp3 file formats are easily distributed over the internet thereby causing cost reduction in the revenue of the original music album. Free MP3 download songs are now easily into copyright infringement laws.
For more information visit our website freedownloadmp3song.info
About the Author
Olivia Andrews, writer of freedownloadmp3song.info is a freelance journalist and has written many reviews on subjects such as finance, education, health, entertainment, music, gifts, crafts, travel, apparels and mobile phones.
Download free mp3 music song
MP3 audio is the latest preference of music lovers because of the fact that large volume of data could be compressed in the form of mp3 files. In this process, however, the quality of music and sound is least affected. Now onwards, you can easily download free mp3 music song from the internet to your computer or an iPod, mp3 player and listen it anywhere at your home, journey or elsewhere. This is because most of the songs are now available in mp3 formats.
Mp3 has become the most popular form of music download because it always costs less to get a collection of mp3 songs combined in a single CD rather than purchasing the original CD that has just one or two songs liked by the mass. Many sites offer free services or ask for minimal charges to download mp3 format audio songs. You need to check whether these sites and programs are legal or not because some sites offend the copyright laws of the sound album company, artist or label.
With this new Mp3 culture, a rise in the use of mp3 players also took place. These players are portable and could be easily handled while one is at home or is traveling and of the most supports mp3 song files to be played. There are many types of mp3 players in addition to the common iPod. These iPod’s have become the fashion trend as these are small and still hold large number of songs. There are many features using which you can easily customize your mp3 player or iPod’s settings as per your convenience.
As each thing has its own advantages and disadvantages, same is the case with mp3 download songs. It is true that Mp3 has revolutionized the entire music business but at the same time there has grown the threats of illegal music piracy whereby mp3 file formats are easily distributed over the internet thereby causing cost reduction in the revenue of the original music album. Free MP3 download songs are now easily into copyright infringement laws.
For more information visit our website freedownloadmp3song.info
About the Author
Olivia Andrews, writer of freedownloadmp3song.info is a freelance journalist and has written many reviews on subjects such as finance, education, health, entertainment, music, gifts, crafts, travel, apparels and mobile phones.
Mp3 has become the most popular form of music download because it always costs less to get a collection of mp3 songs combined in a single CD rather than purchasing the original CD that has just one or two songs liked by the mass. Many sites offer free services or ask for minimal charges to download mp3 format audio songs. You need to check whether these sites and programs are legal or not because some sites offend the copyright laws of the sound album company, artist or label.
With this new Mp3 culture, a rise in the use of mp3 players also took place. These players are portable and could be easily handled while one is at home or is traveling and of the most supports mp3 song files to be played. There are many types of mp3 players in addition to the common iPod. These iPod’s have become the fashion trend as these are small and still hold large number of songs. There are many features using which you can easily customize your mp3 player or iPod’s settings as per your convenience.
As each thing has its own advantages and disadvantages, same is the case with mp3 download songs. It is true that Mp3 has revolutionized the entire music business but at the same time there has grown the threats of illegal music piracy whereby mp3 file formats are easily distributed over the internet thereby causing cost reduction in the revenue of the original music album. Free MP3 download songs are now easily into copyright infringement laws.
For more information visit our website freedownloadmp3song.info
About the Author
Olivia Andrews, writer of freedownloadmp3song.info is a freelance journalist and has written many reviews on subjects such as finance, education, health, entertainment, music, gifts, crafts, travel, apparels and mobile phones.
Sony is Dusting Off the Walkman
Sony is dusting off the name "Walkman" to compete with Apple’s iPod. The Japanese are building on their own music experience to capitalize on the popularity of the smaller MP3 player.
In the eighties and nineties the Sony Walkmans and Discmans were a part of everyday life. But these days the MP3 player has market dominance and the Japanese company has faded. Apple and its iPod is now number one.
Just last week both companies introduced new MP3 players which will be in direct competition with each other. Sony introduced two players under the name "The New Walkman", while Apple released the iPod Nano.
Sony is using the name "Walkman" in the hope that 26 years after the first introduction of the famous cassette player that name still has competitive value. However, we must conclude that however great Sony’s past accomplishments they have missed the boat in the MP3 revolution in a major way. The main cause for Sony’s failure is their stubborn refusal to give up the Attrac3 music format. While the whole world was exchanging MP3 files it was only last year that Sony introduced players that can handle this format.
By that time Apple was just releasing its seventh generation of iPod-type players.
Sony now markets the NWA-1000 and NWA-3000. These music players can directly communicate with the Sony music store "Connect". It is also possible to copy files from the computer directly to the players.
Sony is well known for their activity in the music and film business. They must use their position in this field to regain market share and prestige in this interconnected industry. Interconnected because it seems that it is both Sony’s and Apple’s strategy to heavily interconnect music player, software and music store. Apple’s iTunes was the first Internet music store offered large-scale legal downloads of MP3 files.
Sony won’t give us any figures about their sales and market share. Steve Jobs (CEO of Apple) has no problem with figures. Perhaps the major reason for this is how good they are. Apple claims about half a billion downloads in a heavily growing market.
The iTunes store is heavily focused on its cooperation with the iPod. This player is definitely the market leader among the more expensive MP3 players which have their own hard disk. In the cheaper segment, MP3 players with the so called flash memory, the leaders are Creative, LG and iRiver. The iPod Shuffle with its flash memory couldn’t do much about that. The negative sentiment about the shuffle was mainly due to its lack of an LCD screen and relatively high price.
With the iPod Nano Steve Jobs’ Apple has a twofold challenge on its hands. Firstly there is the above-mentioned competition with Sony. Secondly, the new Apple player has a storage space of 4Gb of flash memory and no hard disk.
The iPod Nano is the successor to the iPod Mini. Apple is constantly reducing the physical size and the prize of their players. Their strategy seems to be to concentrate on iTunes as their major profit producer.
There is an interesting time ahead of us -- we will see heavy competition between Apple and Sony both in the interconnected markets of the MP3 players and their respective music stores.
Who will win? I don’t know, but one thing I do know is that Apple was almost broke at the end of the last century. It has been under the leadership of Steve Jobs that Apple made an almost miraculous comeback as a major player on the global market of mini-electronics.
About the Author
Hans is an audio enthusiast and author of Audio, Personal Audio, MP3 and Streaming Howto's atSelected Audio-Reviews.com
In the eighties and nineties the Sony Walkmans and Discmans were a part of everyday life. But these days the MP3 player has market dominance and the Japanese company has faded. Apple and its iPod is now number one.
Just last week both companies introduced new MP3 players which will be in direct competition with each other. Sony introduced two players under the name "The New Walkman", while Apple released the iPod Nano.
Sony is using the name "Walkman" in the hope that 26 years after the first introduction of the famous cassette player that name still has competitive value. However, we must conclude that however great Sony’s past accomplishments they have missed the boat in the MP3 revolution in a major way. The main cause for Sony’s failure is their stubborn refusal to give up the Attrac3 music format. While the whole world was exchanging MP3 files it was only last year that Sony introduced players that can handle this format.
By that time Apple was just releasing its seventh generation of iPod-type players.
Sony now markets the NWA-1000 and NWA-3000. These music players can directly communicate with the Sony music store "Connect". It is also possible to copy files from the computer directly to the players.
Sony is well known for their activity in the music and film business. They must use their position in this field to regain market share and prestige in this interconnected industry. Interconnected because it seems that it is both Sony’s and Apple’s strategy to heavily interconnect music player, software and music store. Apple’s iTunes was the first Internet music store offered large-scale legal downloads of MP3 files.
Sony won’t give us any figures about their sales and market share. Steve Jobs (CEO of Apple) has no problem with figures. Perhaps the major reason for this is how good they are. Apple claims about half a billion downloads in a heavily growing market.
The iTunes store is heavily focused on its cooperation with the iPod. This player is definitely the market leader among the more expensive MP3 players which have their own hard disk. In the cheaper segment, MP3 players with the so called flash memory, the leaders are Creative, LG and iRiver. The iPod Shuffle with its flash memory couldn’t do much about that. The negative sentiment about the shuffle was mainly due to its lack of an LCD screen and relatively high price.
With the iPod Nano Steve Jobs’ Apple has a twofold challenge on its hands. Firstly there is the above-mentioned competition with Sony. Secondly, the new Apple player has a storage space of 4Gb of flash memory and no hard disk.
The iPod Nano is the successor to the iPod Mini. Apple is constantly reducing the physical size and the prize of their players. Their strategy seems to be to concentrate on iTunes as their major profit producer.
There is an interesting time ahead of us -- we will see heavy competition between Apple and Sony both in the interconnected markets of the MP3 players and their respective music stores.
Who will win? I don’t know, but one thing I do know is that Apple was almost broke at the end of the last century. It has been under the leadership of Steve Jobs that Apple made an almost miraculous comeback as a major player on the global market of mini-electronics.
About the Author
Hans is an audio enthusiast and author of Audio, Personal Audio, MP3 and Streaming Howto's atSelected Audio-Reviews.com
Goodbye Wristwatch. Hello iPods.
Most people nowadays do own one piece or more of an electronic and portable gadget like the iPod or a mobile phone. However, the thing is, with the onslaught of such gadgets and devices in the market place, other things are set aside. Like wristwatches for example.
Some people still do use their wristwatches. However, not all of them are using the piece of jewelry to actually tell time. They are using it to serve as a fashion statement more than anything else. It would even be quite amusing if you would be looking at a wristwatch of another person only to find out that it is not working at all. It was plain used just to show off that they do own a wristwatch that looks quite on the expensive side.
Most people have found ways of telling the time through the electronic and portable gadgets that are readily available in the market. For example, all you need to do is browse your way around using the iPod click wheel and other iPod click wheel accessories and you are off to learning what time of the day it already is. And while at it, one person can also go ahead and listen to the music that has been stored in the gadget itself.
So what has happened to the plain old way of telling the time? It looks like wristwatches may be gone for good if people do continue to rely on those mobile phones or iPods to tell them the time. However, a study was done by some researchers in the market and they did find out that wristwatches may not be the “in” thing right now but other types of accessories are quite getting popular. In fact, most people did divulge that they would rather spend their cash on fashion accessories like shoes or handbags and the like rather than spend it on pieces of jewelry like the watch.
It looks like the trend has changed from using the wristwatch for function to actually using such a piece of jewelry for purpose. Last year, 2006, a study was conducted and it was discovered that Americans spent $5.9 billion on wristwatches alone. However, such an amount may still be huge but the numbers are 17 percent lower compared to the sales some years back.
Because of this, what wristwatch makers are doing are they are revolutionizing what these pieces of jewelry offer the market. They have been redesigned so much so that it does not only tell time but it could also function as a GPS tracker or even a heart monitor.
About the Author
Giovanni Woods is a geeky entrepreneur who cannot work without his music buddy – the iPod Mini. He collects the latest iPod accessories in the market through TopZone UK. He also loves to travel around Asia.
Some people still do use their wristwatches. However, not all of them are using the piece of jewelry to actually tell time. They are using it to serve as a fashion statement more than anything else. It would even be quite amusing if you would be looking at a wristwatch of another person only to find out that it is not working at all. It was plain used just to show off that they do own a wristwatch that looks quite on the expensive side.
Most people have found ways of telling the time through the electronic and portable gadgets that are readily available in the market. For example, all you need to do is browse your way around using the iPod click wheel and other iPod click wheel accessories and you are off to learning what time of the day it already is. And while at it, one person can also go ahead and listen to the music that has been stored in the gadget itself.
So what has happened to the plain old way of telling the time? It looks like wristwatches may be gone for good if people do continue to rely on those mobile phones or iPods to tell them the time. However, a study was done by some researchers in the market and they did find out that wristwatches may not be the “in” thing right now but other types of accessories are quite getting popular. In fact, most people did divulge that they would rather spend their cash on fashion accessories like shoes or handbags and the like rather than spend it on pieces of jewelry like the watch.
It looks like the trend has changed from using the wristwatch for function to actually using such a piece of jewelry for purpose. Last year, 2006, a study was conducted and it was discovered that Americans spent $5.9 billion on wristwatches alone. However, such an amount may still be huge but the numbers are 17 percent lower compared to the sales some years back.
Because of this, what wristwatch makers are doing are they are revolutionizing what these pieces of jewelry offer the market. They have been redesigned so much so that it does not only tell time but it could also function as a GPS tracker or even a heart monitor.
About the Author
Giovanni Woods is a geeky entrepreneur who cannot work without his music buddy – the iPod Mini. He collects the latest iPod accessories in the market through TopZone UK. He also loves to travel around Asia.
iPod Music Downloads Tips
iPod music downloads are easily accessible nowadays with so many sites offering online music downloads for our iPods. There are a handful of download sites in the market. So what’s the difference between all of them? Let’s go on a short tour to educate ourselves before we click for our next iPod music download.
There are mainly 3 types of iPod music download sites. All of them use a different business model. One group of them charges you for either per music download, or monthly subscription for a limited number of song or music downloads. Another group of them charges you a flat fee for lifetime access to unlimited iPod music download. The third group offers you music MP3 files for free. One quick glance and we may jump to the conclusion that free must be the best choice. The truth cannot be further from that as we unravel the neater details of each group, and compare them in terms of pricing, download speeds, security and protection in downloading and the selection of music files.
Monthly Subscription/Pay Per iPod Music Download Sites
Let’s identify some of these sites. The downloading speeds are at 128 to 192 kilobytes per second (kbps). iTunes, the main iPod music download site falls into this category of course. It costs $0.99 per track, $9.90-$13.99 per album. Other sites include eMusic, MusicMatch, Walmart etc which charge about slightly lesser than $1 per song download, $7-$15 per album and $15 monthly subscription. These music download sites offer catalogues of between 500,000 to 1.5 million iPod downloads. Downloading online music at these sites is secured, and you can be rest assured that it does not expose you to unnecessary viruses or adware attacks.
Free iPod Music Download Sites
You may already be familiar with some of the names of these iPod music download sites like Limewire, Kazaa and IMesh. There are no costs associated with downloading music MP3s from these file sharing networks for your iPod. There are millions of music files available for downloading. File sharing is not necessarily illegal if the piece of music you have downloaded is not copyrighted. Unfortunately, there is a shroud around the issue of legality at these file sharing networks.
Downloading copyrighted iPod music is obviously against copyright laws. Anything else seems to be absolutely fine and safe. Put aside this legality issue, you have to worry about adware, spyware and harmful virus attacks when downloading from this site. If you do not have important documents in your computer, then it shouldn’t bother you too much. However, I would still advise you to get the best anti-virus and adware, spyware protection software to guard your PC. It’s simply not worth it to lose your whole computer’s data for the cheap thrill of free music.
Sites that offer Flat Fee for Lifetime Access to Unlimited iPod Music Downloads
These are the new kids on the block. For a one-time fee as low as $40 dollars or less, you get a lifetime membership to these iPod music download sites. There are no limitations on the number of music files or albums you want to download. Downloading music MP3s is straightforward as the user interface is dummy-proof and professional instruction tutorials are handed to you to guide you along. These sites understand the importance of IT security. You would receive a suite of anti-virus, spyware and adware protection software to ensure that your PC is like a fortress against these harmful elements. The fear of being exposed to viruses, adware and spyware is totally unfounded when accessing to iPod music downloads at these sites. However, you have to be careful as some sites are now masquerading as these flat-fee membership sites, promising to offer the sky but are of course unable to deliver the quality we would expect.
I hope that these tips are handy to you. To find out more about one-time membership sites, visit my blog which is packed with tips on what to look out for in a good download site and read a review of the top-performing sites for iPod music downloads today.
The content of this article is provided for the purpose of education and illustration only and is in no way associated with Apple, iTune, or any company or subsidiary of Apple. This article may be freely reprinted or distributed in its entirety in any ezine, newsletter, blog or website. The author's name, bio and website links must remain intact and be included with every reproduction.
About the Author
Davion is a successful webmaster and author. Find out how you can access to unlimited ipod downloads - digital quality music, full length DVD quality movies, TV shows and videos legally and easily from home at ipod-downloads-site.blogspot.com.
There are mainly 3 types of iPod music download sites. All of them use a different business model. One group of them charges you for either per music download, or monthly subscription for a limited number of song or music downloads. Another group of them charges you a flat fee for lifetime access to unlimited iPod music download. The third group offers you music MP3 files for free. One quick glance and we may jump to the conclusion that free must be the best choice. The truth cannot be further from that as we unravel the neater details of each group, and compare them in terms of pricing, download speeds, security and protection in downloading and the selection of music files.
Monthly Subscription/Pay Per iPod Music Download Sites
Let’s identify some of these sites. The downloading speeds are at 128 to 192 kilobytes per second (kbps). iTunes, the main iPod music download site falls into this category of course. It costs $0.99 per track, $9.90-$13.99 per album. Other sites include eMusic, MusicMatch, Walmart etc which charge about slightly lesser than $1 per song download, $7-$15 per album and $15 monthly subscription. These music download sites offer catalogues of between 500,000 to 1.5 million iPod downloads. Downloading online music at these sites is secured, and you can be rest assured that it does not expose you to unnecessary viruses or adware attacks.
Free iPod Music Download Sites
You may already be familiar with some of the names of these iPod music download sites like Limewire, Kazaa and IMesh. There are no costs associated with downloading music MP3s from these file sharing networks for your iPod. There are millions of music files available for downloading. File sharing is not necessarily illegal if the piece of music you have downloaded is not copyrighted. Unfortunately, there is a shroud around the issue of legality at these file sharing networks.
Downloading copyrighted iPod music is obviously against copyright laws. Anything else seems to be absolutely fine and safe. Put aside this legality issue, you have to worry about adware, spyware and harmful virus attacks when downloading from this site. If you do not have important documents in your computer, then it shouldn’t bother you too much. However, I would still advise you to get the best anti-virus and adware, spyware protection software to guard your PC. It’s simply not worth it to lose your whole computer’s data for the cheap thrill of free music.
Sites that offer Flat Fee for Lifetime Access to Unlimited iPod Music Downloads
These are the new kids on the block. For a one-time fee as low as $40 dollars or less, you get a lifetime membership to these iPod music download sites. There are no limitations on the number of music files or albums you want to download. Downloading music MP3s is straightforward as the user interface is dummy-proof and professional instruction tutorials are handed to you to guide you along. These sites understand the importance of IT security. You would receive a suite of anti-virus, spyware and adware protection software to ensure that your PC is like a fortress against these harmful elements. The fear of being exposed to viruses, adware and spyware is totally unfounded when accessing to iPod music downloads at these sites. However, you have to be careful as some sites are now masquerading as these flat-fee membership sites, promising to offer the sky but are of course unable to deliver the quality we would expect.
I hope that these tips are handy to you. To find out more about one-time membership sites, visit my blog which is packed with tips on what to look out for in a good download site and read a review of the top-performing sites for iPod music downloads today.
The content of this article is provided for the purpose of education and illustration only and is in no way associated with Apple, iTune, or any company or subsidiary of Apple. This article may be freely reprinted or distributed in its entirety in any ezine, newsletter, blog or website. The author's name, bio and website links must remain intact and be included with every reproduction.
About the Author
Davion is a successful webmaster and author. Find out how you can access to unlimited ipod downloads - digital quality music, full length DVD quality movies, TV shows and videos legally and easily from home at ipod-downloads-site.blogspot.com.
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