Friday, April 17, 2009

For anyone who owns and iPhone or iPod, you know how expensive it is to download music. However, this problem is a double-edged sword because to get cheap or free music, you used to have to give up quality or worry about potential viruses. Additionally, with cheap sites, you are breaking the law.

However, things are beginning to look up for iPhone and iPod users. With the addition of the iPhone into the market, websites have been popping up that offer better alternatives to iTunes and the p2p sites. Anyone who has these devices knows that it's .99 cents to download a song off iTunes, which adds up quickly. You cringe when you get your credit card statement in the mail, thinking about the 100's of songs you downloads last month. It makes trying to create a vast collection difficult and expensive.

These new sites are subscription services, but not monthly or even yearly. You pay a one-time fee (usually ranging between $20 and $50) for a lifetime membership. Now, you have access to thousands, maybe even millions of media files such as TV shows, games, movies in addition to music. Once you download 50 songs, and anyone who has an iPhone will tell you how easy it is to do this in one sitting, you have used the same amount of money you would have on iTunes.

The other good thing about these sites is you are getting good quality. You never have to worry if the file is corrupted or if you are getting incomplete files like you do with p2p or torrent sites. There are horror stories about people using torrent sites and getting a virus that damaged their entire computer. You are safe from these types of situations with the new subscription sites.

There are some sites that offer better services than others. That's just the way everything works. Do your research before joining any site. After reading reviews or message boards, you may find that some sites may not offer everything you are looking for or others get much better reviews that its competitors. Do this before putting any money down.

By using these sites, your collection will grow quickly and you never have to worry about the quality and security of your downloads. This is probably the best choice of anything you have when downloading music as these websites combine practicality, security and quality.

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