View this article at: http://www.macnn.com/news/20451 Friday, Aug 01, 2003 8:25am iTMS for Windows on track f... Apple says it is on pace to launch a Windows-based version of the iTunes Music Store by the end of the year and that it intends to launch a PC service with broad content-usage rights similar to those enjoyed by iTunes consumers using Mac computers, according to BillBoard Bulletin: "Additionally, Apple says it has sold more than 300,000 iPod portable players since the bow of iTunes in April. Lowe maintained that Apple is not looking to music to serve as a loss-leader business for iPod sales." The article quotes an industry executive as saying that the consistent 99 cent per song download price will begin to flucuate up and down depending on the song and that the industry will experiment with different pricing models with "up to half a dozen" companies debut digital music services this Fall with the final pricing determined by the volume of online music purchases.