Made 100 combined market of digital music tracks legally downloaded composed of the Internet and CDs sold in stores, iTunes, the online store for Apple, covers one quarter, 25% accurate. The data compiled by research firm NPD Group specialized for the first half of 2009 in the United States says in other words, the music store of the company sells more songs online than they do Amazon and Wal-Mart, which unlike Apple to offer the company's catalog also the traditional compact discs. To be more precise, while adding the sales of MP3 discs and the two giants do not exceed those of iTunes, which must be the scepter of first music retailer to stars and stripes.

A record that remains to CDs palm of choice of consumers - captures 65% of the U.S. market - but there is no doubt that the rise of downloadable music in electronic format (which absorbs the remaining 35%) is unstoppable, as is the rest of the Apple store. What does her 69% of downloads of songs at Amazon that charge is clearly distancing eMusic. According to analysts overtaking the online music over that recorded on optical media is still only a matter of time. Already today, some labels and some of the market in certain countries, purchases of MP3 files are higher than those of Cd and balance on a global scale is expected as early as 2010, by virtue of the fact that the former continue to grow and seconds live a slow but inexorable decline.

In 2010 tie between MP3 and CD
iTunes, in this scenario, has the power to impose itself as the first choice for users of online tracks despite the policy of "price variables" taken in spring from the house in California. The confirmation that even the surcharge imposed by Apple for some new releases have stopped the course of his store digital content has come from reading the iTunes Top 100 in mid-August, which included 78 tracks from $ 1.29 and only 22 in sale to the standard cost of 99 cents. Of tracks in the DRM lock purchased at 69 cents, however, the third variable pricing introduced to satisfy the major, but even the shadow. But because the music with the label like Apple more than any other is a source of debate for some time and involves the usual "refrain" 'ecosystem Apple: terminals, shops, innovative services (such as the initiative "D45" to run only in selected 45 laps in digital format). The fact is that iTunes turns buoy first half of 2009 firmly in topping the charts in popularity and remains, at present, difficult to attack from competitors.

Upcoming features: iPod Touch with built-in camera?
Evolution of the iPod Touch and iPod nano, software updates and maybe a new format for music distribution. Just a few days, the appointment seems to be set for the second week of September, and Cupertino to the new music will lift the veil 'fall. According to rumors, the menu prepared by Apple should include the new models of its readers and particularly the tactile version is expected with the technical characteristics 'latest model of starting with increased memory capacity and the possible camera. As for iTunes, many insiders are betting on the fact that it's time for version 9 of additional features and software platform to communicate with services like Last.fm and Twitter. Another new feature in iTunes sauce could be the support for Blu-Ray titles and finally could peeking "Cocktail", codename for the new digital format that will anchor on the debut album of the Apple music store music fortified with video, text , images and other digital copyrighted majors.

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