∞ RIM's music service: $5 per month for 50 songs

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AppleInsider:

BBM Music will arrive as a beta in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. in early September, before launching in the three regions later this fall. Subscribers won’t be able to export the music to PCs, but they will be able to transfer to the PlayBook tablet. The service will also reportedly contain a social aspect that will let subscribers share songs with other BBM Music subscribers.

The PlayBook of music services.


  • http://twitter.com/darxmac thomas

    And if you want more than 50 songs ? … $5 for each additional 50 songs ?

    • http://www.loopinsight.com Jim Dalrymple

      Now you’re just being greedy.

    • http://twitter.com/GrumpusNation James Baker

      It’ll work if it’s restricted to prog-rock only: “2112″ x 50 = a solid 20 hours of listening…

  • http://twitter.com/Moeskido Moeskido

    Looking forward to seeing a Playbook owner on the commuter train, juggling it with his Blackberry, trying to play “Don’t Stop Believin’.”

  • http://crankygeek.com Jack Brewster

    So many ways to point out the stupid, but I’ll stick with one.

    Why the hell didn’t they just partner with one of the all-you-can-eat services and offer discounted pricing on BlackBerry devices? Sure, the margins would be lower, but they might actually recoup the cost in a decent amount of time and start making money.

    The 50 or so people who are going to subscribe to this aren’t going to cover the cost of the toilet paper used by the programmers who built it.

    I’m a K12 IT nerd and I’ve got a better head for business than these jackholes.

    • http://twitter.com/GrumpusNation James Baker

      Partnering isn’t the same as “having fun” or “transforming the world”. It might “transform the way people work”, but that’s only one of three.

  • Anonymous

    RIM has finally caught up with the Motorola ROCKR!

  • http://twitter.com/GrumpusNation James Baker

    This is the best Rush song I can think of in 10 seconds to sum up RIM: http://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/beneath-between-behind/id301473467?i=301473470

    • http://crankygeek.com Jack Brewster

      Thought for sure you were going to go with “Fly By Night” as per Gallagher: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Gallagher

  • http://mangochut.net/ mangochutney

    Still chasing bullet points, they are.