Apple and Starbucks launch iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store in 360 Bay Area locations
Friday, November 09, 2007 - 05:22 PM EST
"That tall mocha Frappuccino never sounded so good," Ellen Lee reports for The San Francisco.
"Apple Inc. and Starbucks on Wednesday introduced the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store at about 360 Starbucks coffee shops in the Bay Area," Lee reports.
"The new service lets customers shop for music wirelessly through iTunes at Starbucks for free. Rolling out across the nation, the Bay Area launch included stores from Santa Rosa to Gilroy. 'You'd be hard pressed not to find a store that doesn't have it,' said Eddie Cue, vice president of Apple's iTunes," Lee reports.
"The iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store operates on the new iPod Touch, iPhone and Wi-Fi-enabled PCs and Macs using one of the latest versions of iTunes. Users are automatically connected to the coffee shop's wireless Internet network and can see - and purchase - the song that's currently playing in the store. Each coffee shop is configured individually so that the song piped through the store's speakers is the same song that appears on the front page of the user's iTunes," Lee reports.
"Already available in New York and Seattle, the service is expected to be available in the nation's 6,000 company-operated Starbucks coffee shops by the end of 2009," Lee reports.
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360 Bay Area locations? That's what, like only a fifth of them?