AMAZON vs ITUNES
Random album pick: Rufus Wainwright’s Poses album
Take a look at Amazon’s online music service. The first thing you notice:
- lower prices,
- the second, lack of copy-protection hassles.
Below is an informal comparison of iTunes to Amazon’s online music offering. Which would you choose? The choice was easy for us :)
Category..................... iTunes ............Amazon
Media.......................... AAC.................... MP3
Copy-protection ..........Yes........... No (DRM-free)
Quality .....................128 kbps ...........256 kbps
Integration ................iTunes............... Amazon
Price ...........................$11.99................. $8.99
Take a look at Amazon’s online music service. The first thing you notice:
- lower prices,
- the second, lack of copy-protection hassles.
Below is an informal comparison of iTunes to Amazon’s online music offering. Which would you choose? The choice was easy for us :)
Category..................... iTunes ............Amazon
Media.......................... AAC.................... MP3
Copy-protection ..........Yes........... No (DRM-free)
Quality .....................128 kbps ...........256 kbps
Integration ................iTunes............... Amazon
Price ...........................$11.99................. $8.99
HOT HOLIDAYS ITEMS: TOYS & ELECTRONICS
In toys, top sellers included:
...the Eyeclops night vision stealth goggles,
...Blokus classic board game and
...Wild Planet's Hyper Dash.
Top sellers in consumer electronics included:
...Samsung's 52-inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV with RED Touch of Color,
...the Apple iPod touch 8 GB (2nd Generation) and
...the Acer Aspire One 8.9-inch netbook (1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 processor, 1 GB RAM, 160 GB hard drive, XP Home, 6 cell battery), sapphire blue.
Nintendo Wii (our favorite) dominated the top sellers in video games and hardware including the Wii console, the Wii remote controller and the Wii nunchuk controller.
Source: amazon.com, news releases
...the Eyeclops night vision stealth goggles,
...Blokus classic board game and
...Wild Planet's Hyper Dash.
Top sellers in consumer electronics included:
...Samsung's 52-inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV with RED Touch of Color,
...the Apple iPod touch 8 GB (2nd Generation) and
...the Acer Aspire One 8.9-inch netbook (1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 processor, 1 GB RAM, 160 GB hard drive, XP Home, 6 cell battery), sapphire blue.
Nintendo Wii (our favorite) dominated the top sellers in video games and hardware including the Wii console, the Wii remote controller and the Wii nunchuk controller.
Source: amazon.com, news releases
14TH HOLIDAY SEASON IS BEST EVER
Amazon announced the 2008 holiday season finished as its best ever, with over 6.3 million items ordered worldwide on the peak day, Dec. 15, which is a record-breaking 72.9 items per second.
- Amazon.com sold enough "Breaking Dawn" books that stacked end to end they would reach the summit of Mt. Everest eight times.
- The weight of all GPS devices sold from Black Friday through December equals the combined weight of 151 Mini Coopers.
- Amazon sold enough Coldplay CDs that laid side by side they'd stretch from Seattle to Violet Hill (a street in London and the album's first single) and more than halfway back.
- Amazon sold enough Munchkin Mozart Magic Cubes to fill every seat in the Sydney Opera House five times over.
- Amazon sold enough Spalding basketballs to fill three C-130 cargo planes.
- The last One-Day Prime order placed on Dec. 23 in time for Christmas delivery contained a "Dora the Explorer" micro-shell helmet, and was delivered to Sherman Oaks, California on Dec. 24.
- The last Same-Day Prime order placed at 7:25 a.m. on Dec. 24 in time for Christmas delivery contained a Pinzon 400-thread-count, 100 percent Egyptian Cotton Hemstitch full sheet set, and was delivered at 6:12 p.m. to Las Vegas, Nevada on Dec. 24.
Source: amazon.com, news releases
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