Wal-Mart has begun selling the HP-branded iPod on its online store. The world’s largest retailer is currently offering the 20GB model along with a slew of iPod accessories. Wal-Mart is pricing the HP iPod from Apple below retail at US$290.86–a little less than $10 off. Wal-Mart makes it clear that the HP iPod is an online exclusive (not available in brick and mortar stores) and that the player is not compatible with the Wal-Mart online music store. Read More
Wal-Mart on Thursday began a public test of its new 88-cent-per-song online music service, which undercuts the 99-cent standard set by the iTunes Music Store. The world’s largest retailer is offering “hundreds of thousands” of songs in Windows Media format. The songs can be transferred to compatible portable devices, burned to a CD or played on Windows-compatible PCs. Wal-Mart plans to officially launch the service in 2004.
Read MoreWal-Mart plans to launch an iTunes-like pay-per-song download service by the end of the year, according to Bloomberg. The company plans to make the download service part of its Web site and charge customers 99 cents to download songs. Wal-Mart is the world’s largest retailer and the top seller of compact discs, controlling 14 percent of worldwide music sales. Read More
