Product Reviews Net » Napster http://www.product-reviews.net Information on the latest gadgets, technology, news and product reviews Sun, 27 May 2012 08:13:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Napster RIP, swallowed up by Rhapsody http://www.product-reviews.net/2011/12/02/napster-rip-swallowed-up-by-rhapsody/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=napster-rip-swallowed-up-by-rhapsody http://www.product-reviews.net/2011/12/02/napster-rip-swallowed-up-by-rhapsody/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 09:34:06 +0000 Gary Johnson http://www.product-reviews.net/?p=145967 As more ways to stream and download music become available from the likes of iTunes and Spotify, one that has been around longer Napster is no more as it gets swallowed up by Rhapsody. When the service was first born it allowed users to illegally share such music but has now been merged into Rhapsody.

A deal was first announced back in October and according to Cnet meant that all of Napster’s subscribers and assets were to be taken over by the company. Napster was started in 1999 by Shawn Fanning who at the time was a nineteen year old student. Users were able to share MP3 files via the internet free but led to big losses to the recording artists and industry.

This saw the company hit with various lawsuits that eventually spelt the end of Napster in its then current guise. The Digital Millennium Copyright started proceedings off in April 2000 with Metallica being a vocal opponent to the service. Rap artist Dr. Dre also joined the campaign against the company with his own lawsuit.

Napster began the process of blocking illegal music swapping after receiving a federal court order, which led to the amount of content available on the site dropping. The service was dead in the water in 2002 after another takeover was blocked.

The service made a comeback in 2003 but had little in common with the original service as it was now a legitimate service. Users could now legally download music from the site after the name was purchased from the bankruptcy court for $5 million by Roxio.

It struggled along for years before Best Buy snapped the service up for $121 million, before the retailer doing a deal in October with Rhapsody. When visiting the Napster website users are met with a message saying the service is now part of Rhapsody and should give it a try.

Were you a user of Napster?

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]]> http://www.product-reviews.net/2011/12/02/napster-rip-swallowed-up-by-rhapsody/feed/ 0 Napster Mobile Streaming: Android / iPhone App Comes to UK http://www.product-reviews.net/2011/05/19/napster-mobile-streaming-android-iphone-app-comes-to-uk/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=napster-mobile-streaming-android-iphone-app-comes-to-uk http://www.product-reviews.net/2011/05/19/napster-mobile-streaming-android-iphone-app-comes-to-uk/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 19:12:00 +0000 Tina Chubb http://www.product-reviews.net/?p=131488 We have some rather interesting news now for all you music lovers out there that own an Apple iOS or Android device, as we’ve recently received word that Napster has just launched its Napster Unlimited plus Mobile music streaming service for both iOS and Android users in the UK.

As Chris Davies over on the slashgear.com website recently noted, the new £10 per month subscription service provides users with instant unlimited access to Napster’s catalogue of over 15 million tracks via their mobile devices, which includes iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and Android.

The new application also enables automatic offline playback of the last 100 tracks that have been played, as well as saved playlists, artists and albums. The app supports streaming over both Wi-Fi and 3G, but it might be a good idea to have an unlimited data plan if you intend to stream via 3G.

Napster users will also gain access to the company’s recommendations, top 100 charts, official music charts and Automix. Users’ playlists will be automatically synchronized between the company’s desktop and mobile clients, enabling them to widen their access to the music they love.

The company is also offering a £5 per month home entertainment streaming-only subscription service, which enables users to gain access to the entire online catalogue via wireless home audio devices; PCs or even internet connected TVs. Would you download the Napster Unlimited plus Mobile app?

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]]> http://www.product-reviews.net/2011/05/19/napster-mobile-streaming-android-iphone-app-comes-to-uk/feed/ 0 New Napster App: Download on Apple iOS Devices http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/09/20/new-napster-app-download-on-apple-ios-devices/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-napster-app-download-on-apple-ios-devices http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/09/20/new-napster-app-download-on-apple-ios-devices/#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:18:15 +0000 Daniel Chubb http://www.product-reviews.net/?p=108933 We first started to hear about Napster when it was available as a download for the PC or Mac, and was a service that provided MP3 file sharing via peer-to peer.

Now you can get the Napster app from the App Store, for all Apple iOS devices such as the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch that run on the version 3.0 or later of the iOS.

The app is free because the service that Napster offers is on a subscription basis, which costs $10 per month and is at the moment only available to customers in the U.S. It also is mainly an on-demand service allowing you access to as much as 10 million songs.

This app is version 1.0, which lets you instantly stream and listen to your favorite tunes, as many times as you like, and whether being something modern or an old classic.

If you wanted to you are able to compile and save playlists, albums and songs for offline listening. If you want to know more about this new Napster app, then head on over to Engadget and read the story written by Louis Choij.

The full features and download can be found via the Apple iTunes Store here. Have you tried the Napster app for iOS?

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