Apple Rolls Out iTunes Plus, 160GB AppleTV, YouTube on AppleTV

Pete Mortensen ()

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Apple dropped a few lovely and unexpected tidbits in addition to the already anticipated iTunes Plus DRM-free music downloads. Specifically, Apple’s new “hobby,” the AppleTV, will soon have direct YouTube support, and an build-to-order option to quadruple the device’s capacity to 160GB will roll out soon, for $100 extra. It’s still not a DVR out of the box, but this thing is getting very capable very fast…
iTunes Plus, meanwhile, includes the ability to buy-upgrade (“bupgrade?”) any iTunes Store song you already own without copy-protection and a higher bit-rate for 30 cents per song. I must admit, I’d be moving what few iTS songs I have to the superior format, but none of the songs I have are in the first bunch of iT+ selections. Anyone making the move?

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  • http://www.closetcase.co.uk stuart

    I tried about 4/5 times to upgrade the 6 previously purchased songs that were capable of being upgraded, but it just kept timing out… I gave up!

  • http://benbrophy.com/ Ben

    I spent $2.70 to upgrade 9 songs. I feel like Bittersweet Symphony by Massive Attack sounds noticeably better.

  • Essefgy

    I was able to upgrade 37 tracks (including four albums) for less than ten dollars. Unfortunately downloading the tracks is not going so well. I’ve got almost all of them, but the last four tracks are stuck midway and will not budge.

  • Steve Jobs

    Yeah, itunes plus works great, the upgrade was a bit bumpy though