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AT&T: We’ll Carry iPhone for “Quite Some Time”, Variable Pricing, LTE in 2012

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According to the Wall Street Journal, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson took the opportunity, while speaking at an investor conference, to once again talk about the iPhone remaining on his network, and also touch on the iPad, problems in New York and San Francisco, variable pricing, and Apple’s new darling, the iPad.

While Stephenson doesn’t seem to [...]

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iTunes Goes Back to the Future with D45s – 2 Songs, 1 Lower Price

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Apple has just released yet another new pricing model onto the iTunes Music Store: D45s [iTunes link]– two songs for one lower price ($1.49 to $1.99).

Confession: I’m old enough to remember the original 45s, those lovable little vinyl (Google it!) records with a hit song on one side, and something ranging from awesome to ridiculous [...]

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Shock! Disbelief! Week 4: Big Music Price Hike STILL Makes Tunes Less Popular!

iPhone vs. Big Media

We posted last month about how initial reports showed the then new $1.29 price point Big Music had convinced iTunes, Amazon, and other digital music retailers to adopt had caused pricier tunes to fall down the charts, how do things look now, some 4 weeks later?

The same if not worse-ish, according to the Register:

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Shock! Disbelief! Big Music Price Hike Makes Tunes Less Popular!

iPhone vs. Big Media

I bought a bunch of music on April 6th at $0.99 in advance of the April 7th variable price shift. (Unlike Amazon and Walmart, Apple pre-announced the new pricing back in January). Now much of the music I bought, including many old, no longer popular tracks, is listed at $1.29. Looking at those prices today, [...]

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