Applications priced at 59p can sometimes be hit and miss. I have to admit by first looking at Plasma’s sample screenshots on the App Store, my first reaction was “here we go again … low quality graphics coupled with terrible sound effects” How wrong I was. (more…)
Tag: Apple
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Breaking: Apple Media Event Unveiled for October 14th! – [Updatedx3]
Original image courtesy of Engadget
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iPhone Ringtones, with GarageBand and iTunes Plus.
With the introduction of iTunes 7.7, Apple announced their iPhone ringtone service which consisted of you paying an extra 99 cents on top of the 99 cents it cost you originally to buy the full song. For that, you could pick your own section of an iTunes song you already own to serve as your ringtone. The idea being, for $1.99, you got both. Both a 40 second ringtone and the full track to listen to … (more…)
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Apple Threatens to Close iTunes – [Briefly]
The National Music Publishers’ Association has requested an increase in royalty rates for music-related items downloaded from Apple’s iTunes Music Store. If passed, the increased rates will force Apple to consider even continuing to run iTunes as a music distribution center.
Apple have stated they only continue to keep iTunes available to it’s user base because it is profitable, and running it without profiting, is not an option … (more…)
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Music We Like: Part 2
Sometimes, there are songs which you just have to play, and play and play. Recently while browsing the store, I’ve come across hundreds of songs which I think should be played everywhere. Here are some more which I have on heavy rotation. Hopefully you’ll enjoy them just as much as I do … (more…)
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Apple disables ability to review on iTunes without initial purchase.
Possibly one of the biggest upsets about the App Store (and the iTunes Store in general) was the ability for iTunes customers to write a customer review on a product which they didn’t actually own yet. This served to give rather ‘great’ items on the store an unfair, poor rating … (more…)