Online music stores arrive in Asia
updated 11:55 am EDT, Tue July 6, 2004
Music stores in Asia
Creative Technology has teamed up with in Singapore, Hong Kong, and India. The first store, in Singapore, launched today with 250,000 tracks for $1.16 each in "a format designed for quick downloading into Creative's digital music players," Reuters reports. Apple has yet to announce any plans for its iTunes Music Store in Asia, a region largely dominated by pirated CDs. Soundbuzz.com expects Singapore, which has a population of 4 million, to download 300,000 to 500,000 songs annually.
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You've gotta be kidding
There are places in HK where you can go and buy a CD full of (current) MP3s for less than half of what Creative is charging per track. Do they really think they stand a chance there?