.... but this one isnt a complaint, like all the other ones seem to be.
Two new items I found today which are pretty cool.

iTunes has now sold 951,300,000+ songs and is on a count down to 1 billion songs ( ). but the cool part is, here's the prize for the person who downloads the billionth song:

Quote :

"And if you're the lucky grand-prize winner who downloads the billionth song from the iTunes Music Store, you'll receive a 20-inch iMac, 10 60GB iPods, and a $10,000 iTunes Music Card to jumpstart your digital music collection. In addition, Apple will create a full-ride scholarship in your name to a world-renowned music school. Just think: You could help launch the careers of an entire generation of musicians."

yes, we all know that's just way over the top and you couldn't possibly use 10 iPods and $10k at the music store, but still, that's pretty cool.
http://www.apple.com/itunes/1billion/


and Apple is also offering "iWorkout", a download for your 3G+ iPod that gives you instructions/videos for 42 workout routines + music. (only works on OS X)
Now you can tell the truth when you say "my iPod helps me workout"
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/ipod_itunes/iworkout.html

2/7/2006 11:00:50 AM

holy crap. that's pretty sweet. i wonder by what factor their per minute sales are gonna jump around the 100,000x and 1 billion marks

2/7/2006 11:25:05 AM

Quote :

"to jumpstart your digital music collection"

hah

hm, I wonder if you have to BUY a song, or just download them, like the free ones and whatnot?
ah, website says

Quote :

"billionth song purchased:"

[Edited on February 7, 2006 at 12:05 PM. Reason : m]

2/7/2006 12:03:39 PM

That's ka-razy.

2/7/2006 12:08:56 PM

^^i get a receipt for free downloads. so i'd imagine that'd count. 'twould be nice, at least

2/7/2006 12:23:06 PM

ah - Apple quitely put a 1GB Nano on their online store today for $150 and dropped the prices of the shuffles to 70 and $100. So now 3 flavors of Nano down to 1GB, and lots of people predicting the Shuffle will go away.
http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2006/2/7/2794

2/7/2006 12:35:04 PM

Free entry form page: http://www.apple.com/itunes/1billion/entryform/

2/7/2006 1:36:37 PM

i'm thinking about one of the cheap nanos

i don't need another ipod though

so it would really just be wasted money...

2/7/2006 1:38:51 PM

nice - Showtime just put up some shows on iTunes.
http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2006/2/7/2795

2/7/2006 4:47:19 PM

Imagine if I just downloaded one song, and it turned out to be the billionth one. Man, that would kick ass. One can dream.....

2/7/2006 5:29:26 PM

999,900,000 now

2/23/2006 12:10:39 AM

^^Sorry man. I already called that one.

2/23/2006 12:22:02 AM

it totally jumped from like 999,995,000 to 1,000,000,000

2/23/2006 12:38:32 AM

2xpost

[Edited on February 23, 2006 at 12:41 AM. Reason : .]

2/23/2006 12:39:33 AM

^^ seriously. it completely fucked up my free entry submission process.



[Edited on February 23, 2006 at 12:43 AM. Reason : ]

2/23/2006 12:42:33 AM

I WON!!! I WON!!! I TOTALLY CALLED THAT, B!

2/23/2006 1:22:09 AM

WOW, KEWL MAN. CAN I HAVE AN IPODZ?

2/23/2006 1:42:00 AM

Yeah, I was just about to offer, actually. I have 10 60 GB iPods to give away. Well, really just 9 because I am keeping one for myself.

2/23/2006 1:49:57 AM

dibs

2/23/2006 1:50:57 AM

I am sorry, guys. I led you on, and that was wrong. Please forgive me.

2/23/2006 2:23:00 AM

SUSPEND

2/23/2006 2:24:35 AM

2/23/2006 2:41:41 AM

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=1653881

"Speed of Sound" by Coldplay was the winning song

2/23/2006 11:55:21 PM

People buy music now?

2/24/2006 12:30:55 PM