Quite rightly, a lot of music-loving friends were very sceptical of iTunes and the quality of the downloaded audio tracks. However, this has changed recently and particularly since Apple moved to introducing DRM-free tracks to the store. Instead of ripping tracks from CDs, the audio is sourced from their music studio and provided by the publisher. The tracks are also of a higher bit-rate (256Kbps), meaning the overall audio experience is far higher than previous tracks. Indeed, I've compared CDs and the same downloaded DRM-free iTunes audio tracks and those tracks seem far more dynamic than the same tracks on the CD.

Apple iTunes 8.2 is now available and the key feature within this release is suppose for iPhone or iPod Touch with software 3.0 installed, which is expected to be released at the forthcoming WWDC, which starts next week.

Apple iTunes link.

03 Jun 2009