Earlier today Amazon announced on their blog that they’re launching a brand spanking new online music store, simply called Amazon MP3 Downloads. Aside from the generic, easily forgotten name, I’m in love with what the site has to offer. DRM free, $0.89 (USD) a song, and a pretty hefty collection of very modern and popular music.
I’m going to hold off with any serious judgments of the service until I can get a few songs downloaded and give it a real test, but so far I’m impressed with what they’re offering. My only complaint thus far is the site design: it’s not very intelligent, or engrossing. The iTunes Store pulls you in and makes you want to browse for music; this gives me more of a “quickly in and quickly out” feel. At any rate, I’ll have a complete review in the coming week.
Update: Paul Stamatiou has a great write up on the new service, and a handy tip or keeping your purchases managed in iTunes.
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