MP3tunes on Thursday introducedMP3beamer , a new music gizmo that enables you unionize your euphony in one localisation , then hear to it anywhere you want to — over a computer , through a media receiver , through iTunes , or even a PDA . It costs US$ 399 .
MP3tunes describe MP3beamer as a “ digital music recorder . ” The gimmick is design to play MP3 Indian file , but MP3tunes say it has the power to transcode track from other formats as well . It is restricted to music that does n’t have Digital Rights Management ( DRM ) encryption , which entail it wo n’t play music bought through the iTunes Music Store , for illustration .
The MP3beamer appliance is a compendious off - the - shelf PC computer running the Linux - based Linspire operating system . It ’s equipped with a 10/100 - Mbit Ethernet user interface and has been screen with some home stereoscopic picture media receivers , including SMC ’s EZ Stream Wireless Audio Adapter and Linksys ’ WMLS11B. It also supports Universal Plug and Play ( UPnP ) .
MP3beamer can also synchronize euphony over a web , although that piece of it is n’t yet uncommitted for Mac OS X — MP3tunes says it ’s coming shortly . The gimmick is visible on a web to Macs and personal computer run iTunes , just as if another iTunes user had publish their library . What ’s more , MP3beamer also put up a World Wide Web and Java - base interfaces .
MP3tunes is the new commercial-grade digital music download service found by Michael Robertson , former CEO of MP3.com . The service launch in February 2005 and features century of thou of Song dynasty from main artists and record label in MP3 format , made usable without Digital Rights Management ( DRM ) encryption . MP3beamer is the first hardware equipment that MP3tunes has introduced .
Not coincidently , Robertson also plant Linspire Inc. , producers of the Linspire operating system that power MP3beamer . Linspire gained public aid in 2004 when it changed its name to Linspire Inc. from Lindows Inc. following legion trademark causa in the United States and in external courts filed by Microsoft Corp. The company sells the Linspire operating system from its WWW site and vet it for use on cheap pre - configure screen background and laptop computers useable from various retailers .
MP3tunes is also declare oneself do - it - yourselfers a package - only interpretation of MP3beamer — it cost US$ 69.95 , and it includes the host software , music sync software package and the Linspire operating system , so you ’ll need a personal computer - compatible figurer to install it on .
