It's technologically possible, so why hasn't anybody decided to put up kiosks in various places where you can load up your Ipod or other device with a bunch of your favorite category of tunes for personal use, without having to own or bother with a PC or Mac?
Please don't say "rights issues" because we all know that rights are easily negotiated for. What ELSE is stopping this from becoming a reality?
OK, you have a credit card, or a prepaid account, and you like country. Not just ANY country, but a fair mixture of old and new, male and female and group, and you have space for, say, three or four hundred tunes on your personal player. You want these tunes but don't want to download them all individually or use a PC, you would just appreciate somebody taking care of that little thing for you.
You approach the kiosk, maybe it's in a maltshop someplace, let's say, and you plug in your device. The kiosk asks you about category and preferences, and you tell it by touch screen what you're after. The kiosk calculates a price, and if you agree, you swipe your card and in the space of less than a minute, probably, the song package you want is transferred to your device, your account is billed, and you are on your way.
The kiosk itself has a cache of available stuff, but if you happen to want something not locally stored, it is intelligent enough (and linked) to go out and grab what you are after from any supplier who has signed on to agreements. Some recent stuff may cost you more than archived packages, but all that is figured in.
Now wouldn't all this be pretty nifty?
|
Join this Club
Invite friend 
Sign In or join Fanpop to add your comment