Music Kiosk

Music Kiosk Provider Burn-A-Song Selects SyncCast to Power New CD Burning Service

Questions:

#1 - Can I bring my iPod to Burn A Song and just download to that?
#2 - Why would anyone want to bet the farm on yesterday's technology knowing that implementation and market acquisition will probably take a couple of years(burning CDs)?

Answers:

#1 - No, this technology is wedded to Windows Media. It's as much as a closed system as iTunes.

#2 - This idea will ultimately fail.


Observations:

It's not a bad idea entirely to offer music at a variety of retail locations i.e. you hear a song in Abercrombie that you like, you want to buy it immediately rather than go all the way home and download it from iTunes.

A better solution would be to be able to purchase the song at the store and have either a) the song emailed to your home or phone or b) be able to download it immediately to your iPod.

Instead, we have a company embracing old, rinkety technology in an era where the burn rate virtually ensures failure.