MSN has launched its online music store in beta…
It is in beta, and there’s still some known bugs and issues with this release (I’m amazed at the honesty..the new, new Microsoft, if you will)
More to come….
Update 1: Neowin has some details, including pointers that the Beatles is going to be added soon…
Update 2: News.com has some more details: One hallmark of MSN Music is its integration into other marquee services, such as the Windows Media player and MSN’s Web portal, Web search engine and instant messaging.
Some points:
Weird: You can only buy some albums, for $9.99. Some of them are only available as individual songs. Also, CD buying is through Amazon.
— No portable subscription for now….
— You need to download Microsoft Download Assitant to buy music through the IE browser…
— The beta release also has tabs to three other services MSN is planning: Movies, TV and Radio…
— Right now the movies and TV tabs seems like listings…
— The music service works only in IE…sad.
— Music files are encoded as 160kbps WMA files
— MSFT Passport Login…
— Allows you to play your music on up to five Windows PCs, burn playlists to CD up to seven times, and transfer to an unlimited number of portable audio devices.
— Half a million tracks for now…
Related:
— MSN Music: It’s Really About Windows
— More Details on MSN Music
— Some More Details on MSN Music Service
— MSN Music Store To Launch on Sept 2
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