The Celestial Jukebox
Filed in archive Technology by Marc on June 20, 2006
One area he avoids - P2P. Mobile P2P services will likely be developed that fill this need.
The newest possibility he covers is WiFi. He writes:
"There's another way to get there: by combining an internet-based subscription
service with Wi-Fi wirelessly completing the so-called "last mile of service" (well, in this case more like the last 50 feet or so). At least two companies have incorporated Wi-Fi into release or pre-release MP3 player units: MusicGremlin and SoniqCast.""The SoniqCast devices I tested used their Wi-Fi connections to grab music from your PC, but MusicGremlin announced plans at CES earlier this year for a subscription service that'd let you download any of 1.5 million tracks (anything in MusicNet's catalog) onto one of its 8-GB MP3 players using Wi-Fi."
"A Wi-Fi-enabled subscription service would lead to all sorts of impulse listening. While reading a music magazine in bed, you could queue up downloads of the artists mentioned without getting up. Or if a friend tells you about a band they think you'll like, you could listen to it on the way home (provided there's some Wi-Fi nearby, as is increasingly the case)."
The celestial jukebox, which will famously follow you around reacting to your every musical whim, could be enabled by mere earthbound internet cables and Wi-Fi hot spots."
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