Napster 2.0 (10/07/2003)

good idea, but needs workby - February 21, 2005

Pros: Great bargin at $10-15/mo if you like to listen to all sorts of music- new and old.

Cons: Limited selection, especially if you like stuff from smaller labels. Also, BIG PROBLEM with streaming music- the Napster servers can't keep up. Lots and lots of interruptions in music for "buffering". Sometimes stops every 3-5sec to refill the buffer.

Napster 2.5 - Almost As Good As it Gets!!!by - January 12, 2005

Pros: For $9.95/mo I can listen to any track, albumn, radio station, playlist on the Napster site, without any interruptions or additional costs. I can download all of these on my laptop and listen to them when I am not online, at no extra charge. My one accou

Cons: I may be dropping Napster soon and replacing it with Rhapsody because Napster does not have a music server feature to work with my new Linksys Wireless-B Music System (bummer). I like the Napster interface better than Rhapsody, and Rhapsody does not have

Great music store for the most partby - January 12, 2005

Pros: I've looked through the reviews of Napster and I disagree with what many people say. I had no problems installing Napster on my computer. I have a Creative Zen Xtra and have no trouble syncing my songs with it. I just wish there was a way to autosync

Cons: Napster is not quite as polished as ITunes, but then again it's hard to compete with a company that's centered on simplicity. I can notice no difference in Napster WMA's and ITunes AAC's. In the end, there are certain things I like about Napster, and th

XP crashesby - September 18, 2004

Pros: Could not able to install in first place

Cons: Meddles with WINXP product activation key. After installing, XP could not log me in to PC with error' Couls not find windoewsXP licence kay" I got to re-install XP all over.

Great player, needs more selectionby - September 1, 2004

Pros: Very simple interface. Fast ripping and burning.

Cons: Needs more music selection.

It's not your musicby - September 1, 2004

Pros: It's fast. You sit at your computer decide you want that song you just heard VH1, and <snap> you almost own it.

Cons: Except somehow you don't really own it. It's like those neighborhoods with overly intusive associations. You think that it's yours and that you payed money for something that is yours, but you need to ask permission to do what you want with it. Also, a

A Great Legit Service for Canadaby - July 16, 2004

Pros: Napster is a pleasure to use. Unlike Apple, Roxio took the initiative to launch Napster in Canada. I appreciate the initiative. Who needs an expensive digital music player when Napster makes burning a CD-RW simple. Many complain of the inferior sound qual

Cons: Music catalog in Canada is limited, especially in the Christian genre. Even the standard song preview time is 30 seconds, it needs to be at least a minute. How can I know if I like a song with 30 seconds. I think that's unfair to both the artists and the

More liberal downloading policyby - July 7, 2004

Pros: Huuuuge catalog of songs Can download songs on upto 3 computers Don't need to purchase, if you're not burning or carrying songs, you can download for free onto your computer Cheap

Cons: Slightly hard navigation

Still waiting...by - March 27, 2004

Pros: Napster, are you listening? Please make me want to dedicate a computer for my higher-end stereo. Former Napster and Winmx user. Downloads okay for the computer speakers but not good enough to become a fixture in the living room. If someone would create cd

Cons: Still not what dreams are made of.

I recently got this Service...by - March 11, 2004

Pros: and I can't be more pleased. While it is a music store it also has a personality unlike the othe services. It even has an online magazine.

Cons: Occasionally it slows donw but rarel.

Struggling to equal itunesby - February 25, 2004

Pros: Has a cute cat logo.

Cons: Doesn't support ADC files. Can't migrate to Napster from iTunes unless files are all MP3. Lacks soul, style, and any form of good Karma. Can't work with the iPod which is the biggie for me.

128Kbps bit rate is NOT CD QUALITYby - February 15, 2004

Pros:

Cons: They market and act like you get CD quality must, but you do NOT. Sure you can burn a 128Kbps WMA file to a CD if you want, but it will sound like crap. If you find any bit rates lower than 500-600Kbps you are definitely NOT getting cd quality. A CD ri

They have got to be jokingby - January 19, 2004

Pros: Previewing of songs, huge library.

Cons: WMA? What am I supposed to do with that? I have over 780 songs in mp3, do they expect me to buy all those songs over and convert into wma. Whether you are iPod or some other device (iRiver in my case) do they really think that Samsung thing is any good

Best online music service there is.by - January 16, 2004

Pros: One thing that the 'official review' hasn’t mentioned is the Premium Service. For a flat fee I can listen to anything that service has to offer (minus some songs). I find that to be the best feature of Napster 2.0.

Cons: With they had more music (which is still more then any other music store).

Not Great But the Bestby - January 16, 2004

Pros: WMA format, largest music library, one price, uniform portability rules for all songs

Cons: Still not enough songs, but I blame the record labels for that

Almost great, but killed by restrictionsby - January 5, 2004

Pros: Fairly easy and fun to search for music. Has quite a good selection of newer music. .99 cents a song is pretty fair. Preview song feature is very nice, if a little slow.

Cons: DRM. It is ridiculous that you pay for a song and there are so many restrictions on it. I can't use any of my burning software EXCEPT MICROSOFT media player which I don't like. I can burn a cd with NERO in 4 minutes, where it takes media player 20. Pain i

Great for compatability.by - January 4, 2004

Pros: Media format works with my PC's, stereo's, and portables.

Cons: Missing labels and songs.

A Hollow Shell of the Great Pastby - January 2, 2004

Pros: makes money?

Cons: coorporate giant masqueading under napster name. Garbage. Horrible service lame lame lame i'll use kazaa and get it for free thank you.

Too restrictive, hard to useby - December 17, 2003

Pros: Decent selection of music, fair price ($1 a song)

Cons: Has incredibly restrictive DRM, so you can't play it on any player but theirs, and only a few portables. The quality of the downloaded WMA music is just plain AWEFUL! Why in the WORLD would you buy an album for $10 when you can spend an extra $2 for a D

very good LEGIT music serviceby - December 16, 2003

Pros: Large selection of songs; despite what others say, not a very "cluttered" interface; reasonable prices(like all others);1-click buying IS possible; TOALLY SIPMLE to find a song you're looking for (unless you're blind); who cares about audio books?

Cons: not always the whole album available, or multiple of same album;some major artists missing (and notice how I only mentioned iPod or iTunes in this sentence.) COME ON, CHALLENGE ME!

Mixed!by - December 5, 2003

Pros: Good catalogue if you're a rock fan.

Cons: Not available to the UK. VERY POOR support - I've e-mailed them 4 times to see if they can help me download tracks from the UK and they've ignored me every time!

Don't do it they keep you $$$ infoby - November 29, 2003

Pros: Works fine quality is good.

Cons: Don't do it they keep your credit / debit card info. Once you sign on there is no way to remove your card info nor will they do it. While there site may be secure any hacker that gets a hold of your log in can buy tracks that will automatically be charged

iTunes is going downby - November 28, 2003

Pros: Everybody says iTunes is better because it has a better interface. Yea right. Napster blows it out of the water. It has a 100,000 more songs in it's library than iTunes. It has the exclusive track feature that iTunes has also. The only thing better about

Cons: None that I can think of.

iTunes and Macs suckby - November 24, 2003

Pros: iTunes crashes constantly, acc has terrible sound quality. Apple is trying to make the world gay with secret subliminal messages. iPods are spy devices from which the **** king Steve Jobs can watch you. Macs blow up as soon as you turn them on, and someti

Cons: Doesn't support the 3 people on earth who have iPods. Macs are more expensive so they must be better. They are faster too just ask Apple, but don't ask Motorola (the company that made the processor), because they won't say that. Also, Bill Gates is the de

Better than MusicMatch and BuyMusic.comby - November 24, 2003

Pros: Clean interface. Quick downloads with an extensive music choice. Don't have to mess with the stupid license issue. And, unlike MusicMatch, it actually burns working CDs!

Cons:

Great music service that is easy to useby - November 24, 2003

Pros: Vast library of music, great community features such as messageboards and browsing of other members' song lists, usage rights are the best out of any legit service, interfaces perfectly with the Samsung/Napster Player-much like Itunes and the Ipod, stable

Cons: Sometimes performance (even on a 3.0 Ghz machine) is slightly sluggish but overall is very good, could always use more songs (until they have ALL songs that is a con), streaming quality could be 128 rather than the 96 that they give out now although their

Glad to see another legit sevice onlineby - November 19, 2003

Pros: Good selection and quality of download. The more legitimate "pay for burn" services that pop up the lower the prices will go. I love the fact that now I can pay for what I want instead of P2P or paying for a CD of songs I don't want.

Cons: Need better variety of download file formats and like all others an expanded selection.

Remember that this is only a BETA releaseby - November 17, 2003

Pros: This is a review for a "beta" release. A fair review and comparison to iTunes can only be given once Napster has had a chance to provide a completed product.

Cons: Beta only at this time

Ok, but Rhapsody is still better.by - November 13, 2003

Pros: The best thing about Napster 2.0 might be the fact that it will get the record companies attention so they realize that they should put thier entire catelog on these pay sites.

Cons: Only listen for 30 seconds?! Boooo. Sorry, but 30 seconds doesn't give you the whole picture. Rhapsody allows for unlimted streaming for $9.95/month and then you can burn for 79 cents a track. Much better interface as well. I tried the new Napster, but I'

It's not free, but it's damn good!by - November 12, 2003

Pros: There must be a lot of stupid people out there because I found the interface very easy and simple to use. I have had no problems with speed or reliability. I used to hate WMA, but the sound quality is fine. I use my comp as my stereo, so what do I care

Cons: Some artists not available, but that's a problem across the board with all the music services. Would prefer more than 128 WMA, but again, this is not limited only to Napster.

Don't support this siteby - November 11, 2003

Pros: Provides more artist and recording information than iTunes.

Cons: Napster provides less owner rights to the consumer, why support a poorer deal than iTunes. The use of the Napster name is an insult to the intelligence of the consumer. Use of a microsoft format will assure that the quality will always be a step behind an

Good, but I recommend iTunesby - November 11, 2003

Pros: Has a deep library of songs to download (deeper than iTunes, actually) Unlimited times you can burn media.

Cons: More of a hassle to use, confusing interface, you must subscribe to get all features (something you do not have to do with iTunes), less aethestically pleasing, can only use media on one computer.

A great service, but not without problemsby - November 10, 2003

Pros: In short, if you want to buy music, iTunes is a better system with a smaller library, but Napster also offers a completely seperate premium service which is very (arguably more) intriguing. I just got the premium service, which is good and makes Napster

Cons:

Best library of music available, PERIODby - November 10, 2003

Pros: Huge Library, Great Quality Tracks

Cons: Unlike iTunes music not in unique format but still DRM'd pretty well.

Better than iTunesby - November 10, 2003

Pros: Nice selection of songs, current popular hits, great interface, ability to burn downloaded songs.

Cons: Songs are only licensed for one machine.

Not bad, but an outdated business modelby - November 10, 2003

Pros: $10 unlimited streaming, browsing other members collection. All in all not bad compared to the other services who play by the outdate RIAA distribution ruls.

Cons: The RIAA and their online distributors need to face the fact that we will eventually need a new business model for online music distribution (compulsory or blanker licensing). This product tries to fit brick and mortar habbits into the digital world, not

Not compatible enough with multiple optical drive rigsby - November 10, 2003

Pros: More comprehensive music library than I-Tunes for my taste.

Cons: Napster install blew away my 2 physical optical drive + 1 virtual optical drive config (E drive no longer recognized; Secure WMA format useless with my Ipod. Tragically unable to use the great music library because of system incompatibilities.

$10/month FOREVER to keep your downloads??by - November 10, 2003

Pros: Competition will keep iTunes innovating and pricing competitive.

Cons: Subscription fee MUST be paid monthly to keep previously purchased music? You've GOT to be kidding!!! Tacky interface compared to iTunes

I found Napster Difficult to useby - November 10, 2003

Pros:

Cons: Difficult to find music, poor search function, (i hate browsing), slow streaming previews, i don't like restrictions. If i want one song i'll Kazaa it, if i want a CD i'll go buy it (havent done that in years though), if i want a few songs off a cd i mig

Nice tryby - November 10, 2003

Pros: The Name. Flash ads are neat

Cons: They can try all they want to uphold this rebel facade, but the underlying conglomeration running the show simply ripped off Apple's service and interface (Don't you dare tell me it's not completely copied), with only fewer personal use rights. Masochists

An Overhyped Disappointmentby - November 8, 2003

Pros: Good song selection, nice streaming songs, okay prices

Cons: Missing streaming radio, WMA format, horrible layout, crashes frequently, slow, DRM...

Napster-Go Back To The Drawing Boardby - November 8, 2003

Pros: Slick look, lots of music, has alot of potential..but

Cons: WMA format has too many limitation, you cannot burn CD's without paying 99 cents ontop on the premier price. Napster needs to develop more download pay options

WOT - Waste O' Timeby - November 7, 2003

Pros: Napster is now legal so that's good. A dedicated system means fast reliable downloads.

Cons: Very limited selection. Out of the 10 songs by popular artists released in 2002 that I searched for I only found 3. When the selection gets better it might be worth it.

Just as bad as its competitorsby - November 7, 2003

Pros: Fairly easy to use.

Cons: Napster Nouveau suffers from the same problems as the other sites that offer pay to download music. The content is not as good as an average chain record store, and it's way too expensive. You can buy new shrink-wrapped cds for $12 or $13. $9.95 is not

Great for music mainstreamers ;(by - November 7, 2003

Pros: Great if you like the "mainstream" pop culture music of today! ...boring

Cons: Bad if you want to find the good "underground" mixes of less know artists. ie techno, trance *Hince - the GOOD stuff .....

It's a nice "Pay P2P" Softwareby - November 7, 2003

Pros: Easy to use, burn and manage songs you have downloaded and already have. Very nice interface with album info and more. Burn, Download, send to a device and more. It's is very easy to get on your PC for free. And best of all, it's legal! And it has all the

Cons: It's a pay P2P service. 1 buck per song. 10 bucks per month for baicly unlimited downloads. There's not very much you can do without paying. You may listen to 30 second previews. Sometimes it will log you off.

Only uses WMA filesby - November 7, 2003

Pros: Doesn't crash often.

Cons: Very restrictive, ties everything to one computer. WMA files...who wants to use files with limited use under microsoft's control?

Napster charged my credit card $113.90!!!by - November 7, 2003

Pros: CURRENT NAPSTER SUBSCRIBERS, CHECK YOUR BANK ACCOUNT NOW!!! Last night I signed up for the Premium service and naturally began downloading songs. When I went to check my bank account today, I nearly hit the ceiling when I saw I had been charged the $9.9

Cons: POOR EXPLANATION of billing, how-to-use instructions and specific quality of music. NO FORUM for support. NO PHONE NUMBER to speak to a human being when you're on the verge of filing a lawsuit. I have e-mailed them in hopes of having my charges reverse

Craaaapster bwhaaaaaaaby - November 7, 2003

Pros: It Works ok for .99 cents a song it tries to be iTunes has to many of its features

Cons: can't make your own CD's and you should'nt have to buy WMA and the whole thing is cluttered

Way better than iTunesby - November 7, 2003

Pros: It has a much nicer interface than iTunes, no ugly polished metal. Unlike iTunes, you can maximize the windows. Songs are only 99¢, and they have a ton more songs than iTunes as far as techno goes.

Cons: It's buggy, you'll get logged out for no reason, but it's not too bad.

Great Idea - Poor Quality Soundby - November 7, 2003

Pros: Using a sound rate at 128kbps is a joke!! I hope no one wastes hard earned money on this. However, if cd-quality versions become available, this will be a fantastic service!

Cons:

iTunes for Windows... blows it awayby - November 7, 2003

Pros: It works. Is that a "pro" or should it just be a given. Hard to tell these days.

Cons: $9.95/month to do ANYTHING with Napster. That makes it a bit of a joke compared to iTunes Apple or Windows. Same basic library of music as any of these services, no better, no worse. Service and Support is utterly non-existent.

You'll be satisfied with this version of Napsterby - November 7, 2003

Pros: Indeed, the cat IS back. Of all the legit online services I've either tried or heard about, the new Napster far outdoes them all. All the mannerusims of the original Napster are there, from song/album/artist search to digging through other members' coll

Cons: Some quibbles, though...you won't find any Beatles songs (save for a couple of songs from their early part of their career before their Fab days). In fact, there are some big artists that are not yet a part of the Napster lineup. Entire albums are not r

Do you own anything besides an iPod? Then this is for you...by - November 7, 2003

Pros: As useful and easy as iTunes, only with better DRM and format options for Windows users (especially those with portable devices other than an iPod). Contrary to what the CNET review says, your music is NOT tied to a single computer - it can be used on up

Cons: I noticed I was logged out due to "inactivity" twice. I assume this was for security purposes, but was slightly annoying when I wanted to listen to track sample...

Limits to "Unlimited" downloadsby - November 7, 2003

Pros: Impressive library. If all of it was available for streaming, it would be even more impressive. This type of service is what I've been waiting years for. Bios and info from AMG, nice.

Cons: There are currently many songs that are "buy only" status, meaning you cannot stream or download them if you are a premium member. This seems to apply to many new releases and independent label releases. I didn't see this printed anywhere when I signed

I'll stick with Napster for now, but can't wait to see what the competition will do to keep up ;)by - November 7, 2003

Pros: I can still play the files I buy on my Nomad -- it's quick, and easy. I just bought 4 songs (using the one-click purchasing), then transfered them using 'Creative MediaSource Organizer'. (I've been paying the 10 bucks a month since this was PressPlay. May

Cons: Songs only come in wma format. Some free players, like Zinf, say the files are corrupt. The Napster name really sucks.

Should of stayed dead...by - November 7, 2003

Pros: None

Cons: i tried this out just out of curiosity to see what its like. i installed it and i started seeing all these wierd processes in my task manager, viruses or something, not sure what. so i tried to uninstall it, napster WOULDNT uninstall!!! i had to use Re

what's so bad about it?by - November 7, 2003

Pros: I'm a returning Napster user.I have dl'd a lot of albums already,and single cuts..it couldn't be easier.Interface is easy to navigate;lots of selections in every musical category to choose from.I don't get the complaints..!?

Cons: Nothing to complain about so far.I have had no contact with the support dept.Haven't needed to ..the online FAQ answers all your questions.

Stop - Drop - Kabooom baby...by - November 7, 2003

Pros: Ludacris in 5.1 surround sound. Great content all around, music and reading. Love the fact that I can get full access to service directly from my Windows Media Player and all my dowloads are atomatically populated in my music library. Makes it so much eas

Cons: Poor follow through on the 5 free download promotionn for early sign-up...although I was initially prompted to get my free dowloads when I first logged on, thought I would scout out content I wanted first. When I went to get my first five tracks - no free

good step in iTunes' direction, but..by - November 7, 2003

Pros: -larger choice (although larger doesn't mean better) then iTunes -that's about it

Cons: -Doesn't work with the best (selling) mp3 player (iPod) -no similar product like iTunes Producer available -interface is ugly and confusing -can be used on only one pc

Where's my 5 free tracksby - November 7, 2003

Pros: Lotsa legal tunes

Cons: They advertised 5 free tracks for pre-registering. They gave me no means to collect them.

not like it use to beby - November 7, 2003

Pros: sure it looks all fancy but can it hold up to winmx,kazaa?

Cons: i don't know how to do anything on there except download a 30 second excerpt from a song it doesn't nearly have what napster had before i put some bands or artists and it was limited i want something if i pay all that money they should have evrything u wa

Napster's greatby - November 7, 2003

Pros: fast, selection, works with my muvo and i can also combine with tracks from other stores into wmp

Cons: too bad apple doesn't support wma then it would work with napster.

WMA...blaaaahhhhby - November 7, 2003

Pros: Good music selection.

Cons: WMA. Those saying WMA is the same quality as AAC don't know what they are talking about although if they were selling tracks at WMA 192 kbps I might consider it.

Buggy and poor supportby - November 7, 2003

Pros: More music available, when compared to the competition. Plug-in integrates with Windows Media Player.

Cons: Poor selection of music. Windows Media Player plug-in is buggy. (Refuses to accept my password, even though it works fine with the stand-alone player.) Crude cataloguing and sorting features. (If more than one artist appears on an album, that album ap

I like Napster over all the others...by - November 7, 2003

Pros: Unlimited downloads and streaming for only $9.95 a month. Customizable radio stations. Large library. Billboard charts! See other members librarys.

Cons: Downloads are in 128kbit WMA format. Why only 128kbit? If I'm paying 99cents for a tune, at least give me as close to CD quality as possible. Purchased tunes should be at a minimum 190kbit or higher. All the other services use 128kbit as well, so Naps

Forget it, go with Itunes!by - November 7, 2003

Pros: None! Who want to download terrible sounding music, and $10 a month and you are not alowed to burn the music.. get real. GET ITUNES!!

Cons: Clumbsy interface. Very Restrictive DRM, poor sound quality and restricted to 128k. poor selection of music, Just get iTunes, simple interface, good burning options, great sound

(Almost) Has everything I wantby - November 7, 2003

Pros: Quick Downloads, ton of band info, slick interface, good sound quality, nice radio feature, and reasonable price.

Cons: Unfortunately, if you are use to the old Napster you are use to downloading anything you want. While I have found only a few songs that I couldn't download, that is still few away from being perfect.

WMA-Worst Microsoft Audioby - October 30, 2003

Pros: Nothing that I can think of....besides great reason to use iTunes

Cons: WMA...the worst codec ever. Its microsofts attempt to get into the music industry. You know that Napster and Music Match wouldn't use the file if there wasn't some reason...i'm thinking they are getting a little microsoft cash for this. Mp3 is the stan

DRM when I can buy the CD without it??by - October 30, 2003

Pros: Wide Selection

Cons: DRM. Like another user said, who should be so dumb to buy DRM stuff if you can get the CD without DRM? Silly beyond belief!

Leaves much to be desiredby - October 30, 2003

Pros: Decent selection, community features are nice extra, but....

Cons: Slow, buggy, glitchy interface. Had trouble playing some track samples. Interface is kludgy at best. At worst, it's a wannabe iTunes ripoff (that's nowhere near as elegant). Browsing for music is very unintuitive. Program failed to save my playlists of tr

Napster is back in name only.by - October 30, 2003

Pros: Nice programs if I ever got to use it. Lots of songs to choose from.

Cons: Major drawback: Only works with Windows 2000 or Windows XP. Windows ME and Windows 9.x users are left out in the cold. Not as many features as compared to a program like Musicmatch. Songs and albums are too expensive at $.99 per song and $9.99 per album.

iTunes blows Napster Awayby - October 30, 2003

Pros: It works, I guess. But why anyone want this over iTunes is beyond me. iTunes is bar none the best music player and online music store available for Windows...which is pathetic. But, it is the truth. It also won't work with iPod which is bar none the best

Cons: What's the point with iTunes for Windows available.

They killed the music!by - October 30, 2003

Pros: Good prices for music. I like the subscription feature for streaming music channels. Good selection

Cons: Buggy software. Bad audio quality. Restrictive with their rights managment, I hate that! Interface is cluttered and annoying. No P2P. Using WMA audio format gives Microsoft too much of a hand in the music and they habitually have misused this power in the

Stick with iTunesby - October 30, 2003

Pros: Has a few good features that iTunes lacks (community features and especially the restore feature which allows you to re-download files you've already purchased - this is a great safety feature and a convenience for those of us who use files at home and at

Cons: WMA. Very cluttered interface, much less intuitive than iTunes. No audio books. Doesn't work with iPod or Macintosh. Who needs this when the iTunes/iPod solution is so incredibly elegant?

Most of you iTunes folks know nothing about Napsterby - October 29, 2003

Pros: Napster is LESS restrictive than iTunes. With Napster the music you buy can be played on as many computers as you want. With iTunes you are restricted to 3 at a time. Only one portable player supports the iTunes format and that's the iPod. Almost every pl

Cons: Can't rip cds. Interface could be better organzied

Cnet review is mistakenby - October 29, 2003

Pros: The Cnet reviewer is mistaken on a few points. For one, the music is not tied to one machine. The music you purchase can be played on any windows system with Napster installed. If you lose your music, or want to put all the music you bought from one compu

Cons: Software could be better organized. And DRM should not be on a product you purchase. I can buy a CD without, I should be able to buy online music without it.

Can not copy to my audio playerby - October 29, 2003

Pros: Cost is nice at .99 per song. Lots of audio to choose from

Cons: Must use their player (BAD) cannot use your own player (BAD)

Main review has errors...by - October 29, 2003

Pros: It's got similar drm to apple (3 computers not 1) and a way to redownload, so backup is safer. I've got comparisons at http://www.techolio.com/onlin emusic with some other pricing observations.

Cons: The interface and network is initially buggy.

Cant rip CD's? Bogus!by - October 29, 2003

Pros: Lots of songs

Cons: Cant rip your own legal CD's. Cant use a diiferent player without transfering songs to Media Player. Just way too restictive. I will stick with iTunes.

No Support For Other Window OS Releases!!by - October 29, 2003

Pros:

Cons: 1) No support for 95, 98, ME, and NT!! Not going to upgrade OS for this one. 2) WMA vs. MP3?!?! I'll stay with MP3.com and other sources for music listening while surfing

Hmm...by - October 29, 2003

Pros: Large catalog

Cons: After all the hype, Napster 2.0 is disappointing. It has too many quirks, such as not labeling partial albums, and having to transfer files to Windows Media Player to use any other MP3 player, that make it too difficult to be worthwhile. Also, not being a

Not iTunes an Not iPodby - October 29, 2003

Pros: Tries to emulate as many of iTunes features as possible.

Cons: WMA doesn't sound nearly as good as AAC. They didn't engineer the features of iTunes just tried to paste them together. iTunes does support streaming of playlists as long as you're on the same network, without any configuration... great in dorms. Napste

Great service! Definitely worth 10 bucks.by - October 29, 2003

Pros: Has a great selection of music from what I've seen. Nifty user interface, easy to use, and some cool new features. Has an edge on services like Rhapsody, because you can actually download the songs you like and don't have to waste your internet connection

Cons: I've heard people complaining that its list of music is incomplete for some major artists. Hopefully the Napster people will hook up with more music people and get even more music as time goes on.

great legit serviceby - October 29, 2003

Pros: it's legal! As a recording artist, I know first hand how difficult it is to make money in the biz. Napster has gone through a lot of trouble to make sure artists are compensated for their creations (even if they have to compensate the labels at the same

Cons: All the online music stores are still lacking some big name artists - who've yet to jump on the bandwagon (pardon my pun ;). The Beatles, The Eagles, Led Zeppelin to name a few.

Poor Serviceby - October 29, 2003

Pros: Reliable interface overall...

Cons: Small catalogue of music, constantly trying to sell the premium service, tracks too restricted, poorly designed interface, too many restrictions on songs. Itunes is a far superior program and service.

to earlyby - October 28, 2003

Pros: great sound on the samples

Cons: doesn't show if it's a secure site or not very uncomfortable giving credit card info

not exactly what I was hoping forby - October 28, 2003

Pros: Clean interface; burning is done on the same screen. Fast searches. 30 second samples of everything. Good selection of POP music.

Cons: Napster is still young. There are connection problems from time to time when trying to stream a 30 second clip. Maybe my musical tastes are a bit unique, but i was greatly disapointed in the currently catalog. I couldn't find any music from artists like

Awesome... I love it!!!by - October 28, 2003

Pros: The $10 a month premium plan is great. All I really want out of an online service is to be able to listen to albums. And for $10 a month, I can do that by downloading an unlimited number of songs. Sure, I don't have the right to burn the tracks or put

Cons: Tracks are only available in 128k wma format. I appreciate the price discount ($.99 a song, $10 an album), but I'd rather purchase wav format (full quality) music if I decide to buy it. So I guess that means I will still be buying CDs. I can see myself

Overall better value than iTunes, but certainly still has a ways to goby - October 27, 2003

Pros: - Excellent value in streaming / tethered downloading an UMLIMITED number of tunes for $9.95 a month! - Support dozens of portable players (iTunes supports only one!) - Just as easy to download and pay for a single tune as iTunes - Great to be able to

Cons: - Message forum is running ANCIENT (and awful!) software - Great features are not explained as well as they could and should be - Extremely poor handling of soundtrack / musical genre (iTunes is slightly better) - Slow buffering of 30 second samples (i

Itunes here we comeby - October 27, 2003

Pros: Microsoft product on MS platform - has to be better. I don't know what everyone raves about the Itunes UI, but hey, I can't even maximize it, drives me bannanas

Cons: Well ITunes UI is more polished agreed, but I wish there was a midway between both. But ITunes could not burn cds on my machine, (I could have fixed it but why bother), and I looked in the background processes it runs - damn what a shocker - even when I a

iTunes Killerby - October 24, 2003

Pros: The streaming and download feature are great value for $9.95 a month. Unlike on Itunes where you can only play 30 seconds of a song that you don't buy-Napter's premium service allows you to stream and download entire songs. You can also edit the playlist

Cons: can they make money off such an all inclusive service?

glad to have you backby - October 24, 2003

Pros: decent selection, reliable operation, easy to use, and most importantly, FUN.

Cons: could still use more content but i assume thats coming

Whatever...by - October 23, 2003

Pros: Nice library for the most part although some holes...

Cons: 1/ No integrated CD ripping 2/ Required use of other programs for playback of some material 3/ Spyware statistic reporting is VERY spooky. Who's to say that illegally acquired files will not be logged and the RIAA notified! this alone made me delete the

BLows Itunes out ofthe waterby - October 22, 2003

Pros: Much greater customizable features than Ituens-greater catalog The Samsung Napster player is also better if you can believe than an Ipod!

Cons: beta is buggy

iTunes is much betterby - October 21, 2003

Pros: None that I can think of. iTunes on the other hand is easy for anyone to use and very well laid out. I'd check out iTunes instead.

Cons: Restrictive DRM. Limited selection and poor sound quality. iTunes has already figured all this out and packaged it nicely.

too restrictiveby - October 20, 2003

Pros: large selection, unlimited downloading for 9.99.

Cons: who uses WMA files? I can't play them on my ipod or DJ software and windows media player is annoying and slow, not to mention the sound quality is not too great... mp3 is way better.

Way too confusing.by - October 19, 2003

Pros: 99¢/song, lots of songs.

Cons: The interface is way too confusing and cluttered. Unlike iTunes, it's really difficult to find a song you're looking for, and they don't have 1-click purchasing, like iTunes. Finally, it doesn't work with the iPod, which is the only MP3 player I'll ever u

iTunes > Napsterby - October 18, 2003

Pros: large catalog

Cons: lame interface - WMA files are lame. try again folks... iTunes is mucho better in all categories.

Am I the first?by - October 9, 2003

Pros: Migration from PressPlay was painless except for the DirectX issue on my Desktop. Larger song selection than other services. Easy to use. This IS the future: Celestial Jukeboxes.

Cons: Sound quality isn't up to par for me. The new interface (vs PressPlay) is much more cluttered but more informative. Some tweaking will make it better.As an anti-P2P person I don't like the Napster name.

Napster+Samsung=iTunes Killerby - October 9, 2003

Pros: Napster+Samsung is huge! Having access to 500,00+ songs on a portable device with a FM transmitter for $9.95 a month + $400(est) for device. Try that with iTunes. You'll be thousands of $$'s in the hole.

Cons: As a Pressplay user for past year I know.. New music *sometimes* is slow to show up. Also,not as much variety in certain categories as I'd like.