Napster going to Japan

by Donald Melanson, posted May 30th 2006 at 7:30AM

We first heard about Napster Japan itself when it was announced last fall in a partnership with Tower Records, but it looks like we now have a few more details on the service and a rough launch date. It's now set to launch sometime this fall and it'll be a flat rate service, although exactly what that rate will be has yet to be decided. The service itself will apparently be the same as in the U.S., with both basic Napster as well as Napster To Go for transferring music to portable devices. And it looks like they're already lining up support, with NTT DoCoMo just announcing a few days ago that they'll be offering Napster support on their new phones being released this summer. You will, however, still have to download music to your PC first, then transfer it to your phone.

Filed under: Portable Audio

Tags: docomo, napster, napster to go, NapsterToGo, ntt

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dzieci @ May 30th 2006 7:39AM

nice :)

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asdf @ May 30th 2006 8:12AM

an inverted pentagram? myohmy big business isn't even trying to make an attempt to hide it's evil motives anymore. well then go forth children of japan and consume yourself to death.

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swh @ May 30th 2006 8:30AM

yeah, i was wondering about the satanic logo as well.

are they launching this fall, or are they launching on 6/6/'06?

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ChrisRX @ May 30th 2006 10:00AM

I wonder if all the jmusic will be available to to other napster subscribers.
I am a great Jrock listener and a subscriber to napster uk, and it would save me a hell of a lot of trouble importing if I could just get my music over my existing napster subscription

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jon @ May 30th 2006 10:30AM

If you use Napster or Yahoo subscription service...you should definately check out URGE and the new Windows Media Player 11.

The two work very well together. The coolest feature I've noticed so far is that URGE seems to download the music catalog ahead of time...so when you search for an artist WMP11 narrows your search with every letter you type. Very fast and much quicker and easier to find and download albums than Yahoo Music. Price is $2 a month more than Yahoo subscription.

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Jason Anderson @ Jun 8th 2006 8:56PM

Good.. I hope they stay there and don't come back.

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