Now this is interesting and something that SiriusXM and Pandora need to look out for. Spotify is coming to Ford Sync. For those that do not know what that is, its the ability for your phone to connect to your car and play through its speaker. Now this is just Fords and technically you can do this anyway through bluetooth, but it is something to watch out for.
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New generation streaming, not downloading music
I just read this article on CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/15/tech/web/music-streaming/index.html?hpt=hp_c1
It makes sense. Why download music anymore? There are so many good streaming services out there like Pandora and Spotify that downloading and owning music is almost a waste of time. I have Pandora on my computer and phone. So when I workout, I can turn on my favorite radio station and listen rather than creating a playlist on my iPod. My generation grew up with CDs then when I was 18 or so, Napster changed everything and we could create ‘mix’ CDs. Next iPod allowed us to download mp3s. Now it looks as if we are moving into a generation of streaming music due to cell phone data and very available wifi. Here is a little timeline of how this all happened:
1890s – Jukebox
1920 – radio becomes widely available with KDKA in Pittsburgh
1925 – records go on sale
1933 – FM radio
1964 – cassette tapes
1966 – 8 Track
1979 – Cassettes overtake 8 track and Sony Walkman introduced
1982 – CDs introduced and in 1988 they surpass sales of tapes
1990 – mp3 born
1995 – streaming music introduced
1999 – Napster
2000 – Pandora Radio
2003 – itunes
2008 – Spotify