Music Downloads
Ipod Music Downloads Tips
iPod music downloads are easily accessible nowadays with so many sites offering online music downloads for our iPods. There are a handful of download sites in the market. So what’s the difference between all of them? Let’s go on a short tour to educate ourselves before we click for our next iPod music download.
There are mainly 3 types of iPod music download sites. All of them use a different business model. One group of them charges you for either per music download, or monthly subscription for a limited number of song or music downloads. Another group of them charges you a flat fee for lifetime access to unlimited iPod music download. The third group offers you music MP3 files for free. One quick glance and we may jump to the conclusion that free must be the best choice. The truth cannot be further from that as we unravel the neater details of each group, and compare them in terms of pricing, download speeds, security and protection in downloading and the selection of music files.
Monthly Subscription/Pay Per iPod Music Download Sites
Let’s identify some of these sites. The downloading speeds are at 128 to 192 kilobytes per second (kbps). iTunes, the main iPod music download site falls into this category of course. It costs $0.99 per track, $9.90-$13.99 per album. Other sites include eMusic, MusicMatch, Walmart etc which charge about slightly lesser than $1 per song download, $7-$15 per album and $15 monthly subscription. These music download sites offer catalogues of between 500,000 to 1.5 million iPod downloads. Downloading online music at these sites is secured, and you can be rest assured that it does not expose you to unnecessary viruses or adware attacks.
Free iPod Music Download Sites
You may already be familiar with some of the names of these iPod music download sites like Limewire, Kazaa and IMesh. There are no costs associated with downloading music MP3s from these file sharing networks for your iPod. There are millions of music files available for downloading. File sharing is not necessarily illegal if the piece of music you have downloaded is not copyrighted. Unfortunately, there is a shroud around the issue of legality at these file sharing networks.
Downloading copyrighted iPod music is obviously against copyright laws. Anything else seems to be absolutely fine and safe. Put aside this legality issue, you have to worry about adware, spyware and harmful virus attacks when downloading from this site. If you do not have important documents in your computer, then it shouldn’t bother you too much. However, I would still advise you to get the best anti-virus and adware, spyware protection software to guard your PC. It’s simply not worth it to lose your whole computer’s data for the cheap thrill of free music.
Sites that offer Flat Fee for Lifetime Access to Unlimited iPod Music Downloads
These are the new kids on the block. For a one-time fee as low as $40 dollars or less, you get a lifetime membership to these iPod music download sites. There are no limitations on the number of music files or albums you want to download. Downloading music MP3s is straightforward as the user interface is dummy-proof and professional instruction tutorials are handed to you to guide you along. These sites understand the importance of IT security. You would receive a suite of anti-virus, spyware and adware protection software to ensure that your PC is like a fortress against these harmful elements. The fear of being exposed to viruses, adware and spyware is totally unfounded when accessing to iPod music downloads at these sites. However, you have to be careful as some sites are now masquerading as these flat-fee membership sites, promising to offer the sky but are of course unable to deliver the quality we would expect.
I hope that these tips are handy to you. To find out more about one-time membership sites, visit my blog which is packed with tips on what to look out for in a good download site and read a review of the top-performing sites for iPod music downloads today.
The content of this article is provided for the purpose of education and illustration only and is in no way associated with Apple, iTune, or any company or subsidiary of Apple. This article may be freely reprinted or distributed in its entirety in any ezine, newsletter, blog or website. The author’s name, bio and website links must remain intact and be included with every reproduction.
About the Author
Davion is a successful webmaster and author. Find out how you can access to unlimited ipod downloads – digital quality music, full length DVD quality movies, TV shows and videos legally and easily from home at ipod-downloads-site.blogspot.com.
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