Details at MacInTouch (which is slammed): All five major labels, over 200,000 songs and growing, $0.99/song, AAC, burning allowed (but you have to change the playlist every 10 burns), browsable via iTunes (4), new iPods, new iPod dock with line out.
I’m getting ready for a presentation. More thoughts later.
Later: Details are now up on Apple’s site. Added to the above: only browsable via iTunes—so the service is Mac only. The service uses AAC, not MP3, which means higher fidelity music. You can “play your music on up to three computers, enjoy unlimited synching with your iPods, burn unlimited CDs of individual songs, and burn unchanged playlists up to 10 times each.” So of course the questions are:
- If I buy a new machine and move purchased files to that machine, and erase them from the old machine, does that count as using them on two computers?
- Do I have a separate license file to move with the media?
- I may not be able to browse the files on my PC, but can I play them there once I download them?