I doubt it - I don't think tmobile would like that too much. I also noticed in Starbucks NY stores that they've put flat screen monitors that show the current song playing with a coverflow style picture...
Nah, Steve made it clear that this would only provide free access to the music system in the stores, not the full wi-fi service. I believe they are going to be, in essence, completely separate systems.
I think they are doing the "segmented roll-out" to allow for the installation of new sound systems in the stores, which will also broadcast the iTunes information. I don't know for sure, but I think it will be completely disconnected from the t-mobile service.
Nah, Steve made it clear that this would only provide free access to the music system in the stores, not the full wi-fi service. I believe they are going to be, in essence, completely separate systems.
I think they are doing the "segmented roll-out" to allow for the installation of new sound systems in the stores, which will also broadcast the iTunes information. I don't know for sure, but I think it will be completely disconnected from the t-mobile service.
Maybe, just maybe, in the future Apple's deal with T-Mobile in Germany will allow for T-Mobile HotSpots to have free access to the internet for iPhones/Touchs.
One hypothetical example:
Apple feels can it benefit more from sales of the iPhones/Touches and AT&T contracts in the US if Starbucks and Borders' T-Mobile HotSpots are included as free Wi-Fi access points, while simultaneously T-Mobile in Germany feels it can benefit more by giving Apple a smaller percentage of monthly contractual dues.
Correct me if I'm wrong but haven't millions of Napster/Post-Napster computer users already figured out how to get free music without a $6 cup of coffee and a trip out of thier parents basement?
Napster!! Old mission statement: How to get songs and pay no money.....New mission statement: How to pay money and get no songs!! (Sorry I just read up on Virgin Digital's demise - poor saps!)
The promotion aims to celebrate the coffee house's new "Now Playing" feature, which will allow customers using the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store at Starbucks to instantly preview, buy, and download the music currently playing overhead.
Similar feature coming soon to AppleTV? (snapshot regular TV?) Or at least snapshot purchases of iTunes New Music Tuesday podcast?
Set to go live on October 2 in more than 600 Starbucks locations in New York and Seattle, the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store will expand to 350 Starbucks stores in the San Francisco Bay area in early November; 500 stores in Los Angeles in early February 2008; 300 stores in Chicago in March 2008; and additional markets throughout the U.S. later in 2008.
sound like this part was cut and pasted from a really old press release. it has not come to LA or chicago yet and the itunes starbucks page has changed the date to "coming soon".
There's an elephant in the room and I'm not sure if he's been addressed ..... will Starbucks be including free wi-fi access beyond *just* their own Wi-Fi store?
I thought I read this somewhere. You need to have a Starbucks card, a registered account, and the store needs to have switched over to AT&T. This is my biggest beef with Starbucks. The time for paid wi-fi is over. If my local mom/pop coffee shop can offer free access on their dime, then surely a corporation can absorb the cost.
I thought I read this somewhere. You need to have a Starbucks card, a registered account, and the store needs to have switched over to AT&T. This is my biggest beef with Starbucks. The time for paid wi-fi is over. If my local mom/pop coffee shop can offer free access on their dime, then surely a corporation can absorb the cost.
As the number of WiFi capable cell phone increases and the iPhone user's excessive internet usage grows even faster with a 3G version. I hope AT&T will let their customers with WIFi capable cell phones to use AT&T WiFi for free. This will free up some of the expensive cell congestion and put it on the cheap and faster WiFi. I don't know if this will make much of a difference, but it will help some.
I also have a Sierra Wireless 3G card for my computer on my AT&T account. I'd like to be able to use these AT&T WiFi hotspots for free. It seems it would benefit both AT&T and me.
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I think it should be "allow".
I guess that's what happens when Kasper relies on imported semi-fluent minions.
I doubt it - I don't think tmobile would like that too much. I also noticed in Starbucks NY stores that they've put flat screen monitors that show the current song playing with a coverflow style picture...
Nah, Steve made it clear that this would only provide free access to the music system in the stores, not the full wi-fi service. I believe they are going to be, in essence, completely separate systems.
I think they are doing the "segmented roll-out" to allow for the installation of new sound systems in the stores, which will also broadcast the iTunes information. I don't know for sure, but I think it will be completely disconnected from the t-mobile service.
Nah, Steve made it clear that this would only provide free access to the music system in the stores, not the full wi-fi service. I believe they are going to be, in essence, completely separate systems.
I think they are doing the "segmented roll-out" to allow for the installation of new sound systems in the stores, which will also broadcast the iTunes information. I don't know for sure, but I think it will be completely disconnected from the t-mobile service.
Maybe, just maybe, in the future Apple's deal with T-Mobile in Germany will allow for T-Mobile HotSpots to have free access to the internet for iPhones/Touchs.
One hypothetical example:
Apple feels can it benefit more from sales of the iPhones/Touches and AT&T contracts in the US if Starbucks and Borders' T-Mobile HotSpots are included as free Wi-Fi access points, while simultaneously T-Mobile in Germany feels it can benefit more by giving Apple a smaller percentage of monthly contractual dues.
Correct me if I'm wrong but haven't millions of Napster/Post-Napster computer users already figured out how to get free music without a $6 cup of coffee and a trip out of thier parents basement?
Napster!!
McD
The promotion aims to celebrate the coffee house's new "Now Playing" feature, which will allow customers using the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store at Starbucks to instantly preview, buy, and download the music currently playing overhead.
Similar feature coming soon to AppleTV? (snapshot regular TV?) Or at least snapshot purchases of iTunes New Music Tuesday podcast?
Set to go live on October 2 in more than 600 Starbucks locations in New York and Seattle, the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store will expand to 350 Starbucks stores in the San Francisco Bay area in early November; 500 stores in Los Angeles in early February 2008; 300 stores in Chicago in March 2008; and additional markets throughout the U.S. later in 2008.
sound like this part was cut and pasted from a really old press release. it has not come to LA or chicago yet and the itunes starbucks page has changed the date to "coming soon".
There's an elephant in the room and I'm not sure if he's been addressed ..... will Starbucks be including free wi-fi access beyond *just* their own Wi-Fi store?
I thought I read this somewhere. You need to have a Starbucks card, a registered account, and the store needs to have switched over to AT&T. This is my biggest beef with Starbucks. The time for paid wi-fi is over. If my local mom/pop coffee shop can offer free access on their dime, then surely a corporation can absorb the cost.
I thought I read this somewhere. You need to have a Starbucks card, a registered account, and the store needs to have switched over to AT&T. This is my biggest beef with Starbucks. The time for paid wi-fi is over. If my local mom/pop coffee shop can offer free access on their dime, then surely a corporation can absorb the cost.
As the number of WiFi capable cell phone increases and the iPhone user's excessive internet usage grows even faster with a 3G version. I hope AT&T will let their customers with WIFi capable cell phones to use AT&T WiFi for free. This will free up some of the expensive cell congestion and put it on the cheap and faster WiFi. I don't know if this will make much of a difference, but it will help some.
I also have a Sierra Wireless 3G card for my computer on my AT&T account. I'd like to be able to use these AT&T WiFi hotspots for free. It seems it would benefit both AT&T and me.