If you buy music from iTunes, you'll be interested to know that Amazon.com has gotten into the MP3 download business in a highly competitive way.
Late last month, Amazon.com debuted its new music download store where you can buy music as cheaply as 89 cents a song, without DRM (digital rights management) protection and at a higher sampling rate (CD quality). That's right - cheaper, moveable to any player you have and higher quality. The album prices are lower than iTunes, too. The files will play on your iPod as well as in Windows Media Player and any other MP3 player you might have.
Amazon.com's inventory is smaller than iTunes, but it's growing.
Oh, yeah. It also integrates seamlessly with your iTunes software. Just download and install a little program from Amazon.com and everything you buy and download from them will go directly into your iTunes library, complete with album art and other info.
It will be interesting to see how Apple and iTunes handle the first real competition they've had.
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