RealNetworks Announcement Forthcoming
RealNetworks is apparently having a huge product announcement event at Radio City Music Hall on April 26th. There’s speculation that it will involve either a new version of Rhapsody, a portable subscription music service, or both.
I certainly hope that some update of the Rhapsody client is involved; the current client has been virtually unmodified for three or four years. It needs community features, easier linking to content from web pages, web-based remote control, and better exposure of the API to external programs. It still runs on an older version of the Windows Media codec, too; an upgrade to a newer Microsoft or Real codec, even remaining at 128kbps, would be a great improvement.
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They need to do SOMETHING with the client… RealRhapsody is the only reason I dual-boot. Well, that and Examsoft.
Comment by Anonymous — 15 April 2005 @ 16:49
And it needs to run on the Macintosh! grr!
Same for that Examsoft thing, I believe . . . as I understand, I’ll be using it relatively soon.
Comment by Adam — 18 April 2005 @ 23:04
Follow-up: Real to launch Portable Subscription Service
Following up on last week’s pre-announcement announcement: news (via Postplay ) of a Rhapsody portable subscription service was leaked today.
Trackback by A Copyfighter's Musings — 25 April 2005 @ 23:16