The Industry Standard - Apple bundles unlimited iTunes with iPods, iPhones? - Comments

MacWorld 2009 has ended and

David Kuan — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:14:54 -0800

MacWorld 2009 has ended and no bundling has been announced. Unfavorable judgment can now be made.

Unlimited music service is

David Kuan — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:55:49 -0700

Unlimited music service is coming to mobiles. This will increase pressure of Apple to reconsider its current plan.

http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/study-84-users-would-pay-all-yo...
http://www.fiercewireless.com/press-releases/strategy-analytics-can-noki...
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10045843-93.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag...
http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/nokia-extend-comes-music-u-k/20...
http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/omnifone-premieres-musicstation...

I had to say it is one good

Doakes Doakes — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:28:18 -0700

I had to say it is one good news, but some times I think iPods or iPhones should be more open, sometimes users must use one third software (like ipod access) to work with iPods and iPhones, it is bad.

Apple bundles unlimited iTunes with iPods, iPhones?

The Standard — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:21:21 -0700

Judgment on January 12, 2009: No unlimited bundling iTunes option was announced at MacWorld. -- The Industry Standard

Original prediction: Chris Foresman over at Ars Technica has the story:

"A report by the Financial Times (registration required) cites unnamed executives who say that Apple is in talks with record labels to offer access to the entire iTunes music library for a lump sum price."

This is a prediction that Apple will announce an unlimited bundled iTunes option, using a lump sum payment (i.e. not a subscription), whether that sum is included in the price for a given device, or whether the sum is paid for separately outside of the device purchase (either scenario will serve as grounds for a favorable judement of this prediction). We are setting an expiry date of of January 9, 2009, which is the last day of MacWorld.

UPDATE: Saul Hansell of the NYT says that there is definitely some truth to this rumor. . .