June 30, 2008

Rhapsody Gets Into MP3s

by Piers Fawkes

Rhapsody has announced that it is going to start selling MP3 music files. Previously, the company streamed music to subscribers for a monthly fee - but the music could not be downloaded.

Although certain manufacturers like SanDisk created music players to work with the Rhapsody system, Apple - the makers of the world’s most popular music player - did not. iPod plays Apple format and MP3 format files.

BBC NEWS | Technology | Rhapsody embraces MP3 music files

Article categories: Electronics & Gadgets, Music

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