- 29
- Jun
No we still haven't held one of these things, and with that price tag, it'll probably be awhile. But we've read the reviews, and for all the talk of "justified hype," on paper at least, Apple screwed the pooch by not providing direct iTunes Store access/purchase via iPhone. Bare with us here. Via AP:
Some music industry watchers are surprised the iPhone will not offer over-the-air song downloads at launch. They see such a feature as the Holy Grail of digital music sales, allowing subscribers to buy music on impulse while on the move.Sure, there are other phones that offer cellular MP3 downloads, but not on phones we'd actually be interested in having, and not from iTunes ever-expanding store. We've spent embarrassingly little on music over the past few years (we're ashamed -- honestly), but if possessed of an over-the-air iTunes-purchase ready iPhone, we bet our music purchases go through the roof (like AT LEAST two tracks a year, if not three).