iTunes

iTunes

The SoundJam MP (2000)
1. In 2000 Steve Jobs, Apple’s iCEO saw the peer-to-peer network as more than an illegal nuisance and began to develop a way to leverage the Napster revolution into the next killer Mac app.
2. Audio players such as Audion and SoundApp had already exposed the inadequacies of QuickTime.
3. Steve Jobs approached Robin Casady and Michael Greene to discuss their SoundJam MP app, a powerful digital encoding program that looked a lot like Apple’s QuickTime player.
  1. Casady & Greene sold the rights for SoundJam to Apple for an undisclosed sum.
4. Apple ransacked SoundJam as it incorporated many of its signature features into iTunes, including visualizers, plug-ins, online retrieval of album data and drag-and-drop playlist creation
iTunes 1 (Jan. 9, 2001-Oct. 23, 2001)
1. 275,000 copies were downloaded in the first week.
2. By offering iTunes as a free download and installing it on every new Mac, Apple essentially cut down the competition at the pass or at least put a good scare into them.
3. Steve Jobs said at the time: "iTunes is miles ahead of every other jukebox application, and we hope its dramatically simpler user interface will bring even more people into the digital music revolution."
4. iTunes 1 didn't have the ability to burn a CD on an external drive, 1.1 update that added third-party support, and the launch of the controversial "Rip, Mix, Burn" campaign.
iTunes 2 (Oct. 23, 2001-July 17, 2002)
1. It quickly became clear that iTunes was every bit as revolutionary as Apple hope.
2. In October 2001,built exclusively to leverage the popularity of Apple's music app,the iPod came along with a brand-new version of iTunes that allowed it to seamlessly integrate with the songs and playlists stored on our Macs.
  1. The real reason for iTunes 2 was iPod support, offering an unparalleled experience that transferred a few days’ worth of music from your Mac to your pocket in just about 10 minutes.
3. Apple added "the three most requested features" into iTunes 2: MP3 CD burning, a 10-band equalizer and cross fading.
  1. The new crossfader eliminated the annoying gaps between songs and paved the way for a new generation of laptop DJs, and a sound enhancer appealed to audiophiles by adding depth and richness to tracks.
iTunes 3 (July 17, 2002-April 28, 2003)
1. iTunes 3 was a mostly incremental update with few dramatic changes.
2. In the 18 months since iTunes inception, some 14 million copies were been downloaded.
3. iPod second generation introduced
  1. Apple reduced prices, greater capacities and slimmer enclosures made the second-generation iPod even more desirable
4. Apple kept iTunes tied to the Mac, forcing Windows users to sync their iPods with MUSICMATCH, a sub-par jukebox that basically served as an advertisement for iTunes’ sleek interface and finer points.
5. iTunes 3 added a few dozen new features, including track ratings, Sound Check for consistent volume playback, support for Audible audiobooks and Smart Playlists, which streamlined and automated the creation of digital mixes based on a series of predetermined rules.
  1. A few other enhancements--new track tags, library consolidation, playlist importing/exporting and track joining, added to the experience and widened the gap between iTunes and every other jukebox on the market.
THE STORE iTunes 4 (April 28, 2003-Sept. 7, 2005)
1. A first-of-its-kind shopping experience the iTunes Music Store brought 200,000 high-quality songs from BMG, EMI, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal and Warner under one fully searchable, completely legal roof.
2. A million tracks were sold in the first week; four months later it surpassed 10 million.
3. Along the road to the milestone 100 millionth download, however, Apple took iTunes 4 in a decidedly different direction when it rolled out the second generation of its store.
4. Promised to deliver the iTunes Music Store to Windows users by year’s end. A near-identical port of its award-winning iApp made its way onto PCs in October 2003 with a streamlined, expanded store.
5. With a 28-month upgrade path, version 4 stayed on desktops longer than any other iTunes release, gaining a slew of new features before retiring to digital graveyard: iMix, Party Shuffle, Apple Lossless, Podcasting, AirTunes, iPod photo and shuffle, and the European and Asian Music Stores all made their debuts under the iTunes 4 umbrella. (10 upgrades in total)

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