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Opinion by ImperfectNerd posted 6 months ago
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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...
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Opinion by xspacemonkeyx posted 4 months ago
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iPods are one of the most important creations of the century. They're not too large, depending on which one you get (and even the largest makes can fit into most drainpipe/skinny jean pockets), and the battery life is good-that is, until it start's running down.
So you have to pay out again; a spend you don't need after buying an iPod, which is expensive already. Buy then, say, 6 months later, you find you can't fit half the songs you could when you originally purchased it- chances are, it's because you didn't eject it via iTunes before removing it from the computer. However, Ipods are the most popular type of personal music player, so why would the makers still let this happen? It's frustrating, and I'm sure nobody wants to buy yet another iPod when their old one is working. Personally, I had a 2GB nano, and could fit only 250 songs on it after just of year of owning. So I bought an 80gig video- which is expensive for anyone on a normal wage. But still, because of the looks and the brilliant sound and picture quality, I gave in, as do many people.
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