I have been using Napster for at least five years and am always surprised when people do not quite understand just what it is. I think that is because Napster first started out as a pier-to-pier music sharing service. They were also probably the first service to close their doors due to the questionable nature of the service. The whole mess was well publicized.

But Napster wasn’t down for long. It rose from the ashes as a very legitimate music service. They pioneered the idea of renting music.

Here’s how Napster works. As a subscriber you may listen online to millions of songs. The full versions! You may also transfer those songs to a portable MP3 player. The key difference between buying [...]

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There is no doubt that people love their iPhones. My wife loves hers. I do too, except for the virtual keyboard. But I assume there are millions of others out there, just like me, not using iPhones because there is no tactile keyboard.

So, with that, my question is, why doesn’t Apple just make other phones? After all, aren’t the apps the real claim to fame for the iPhone. I would love to be able to get a few of them on my Blackberry. I mean, Blackberry makes some great phones, if you are into tactile keyboards. But their app selection is pretty lame.

Anyway, maybe Apple is already thinking about this. I don’t know. Seems like a great idea to me. [...]

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