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Eh...it is OK

by heathcole who has written 67 reviews and is trusted by 1 members

I have used Napster a very limited amount of times. This is mainly due to the fact that they either do not have the music I want and that you can not share the music with any other players. They have all their music, even after you buy it, protected to the point that it is almost impossible to share it within other systems in your own PC! You can burn a CD but who wants to waste a CD for one song? I remember when they were free and illegal. They were more fun then and more "free" in their abilities. Guess getting sued has a tendency to reign you in a bit eh? Not a bad site but not one that I use or would recommend often.

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by kithlyara who has written 11 reviews and is trusted by 0 members

I first began using Napster when it started offering temporary downloads to MP3 players. I had been using Rhapsody up until that point but was unhappy with the fact that I could only listen to my music on my computer. Since I made the switch I’ve been fairly happy with Napster. They offer a wide variety of music for streaming or download. <...

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Napster – the name changed the face of the music industry forever. What was once an "underground" download site is now one of the biggest music download services on the Web. But how has the site adapted to the oodles of competition? Have they evolved with the tides of change, or have they become outdated and antiquated? When the Star Reviews team set out to find the best music download service on the Web, we knew Napster had to be looked at. Here's what we found out...

What's New?

Free 7-Day Trial
Get MP3s For Your iPod
Get a Free Creative MP3 Player For a Limited Time

Star Reviews' Favorite Feature:

Napster is one of the rare sites that supports iPod players (not counting iTunes, of course). If you really love your iPod but, for one reason or another, don't care for the iTunes service, Napster has come to the rescue. They now offer MP3 files that you can download to your iPod without headache or hassle.

The Napster Experience:

Oh Napster, my how you've changed. Forget about the old P2P technology the company used to employ. Today's Napster is more like iTunes than a peer to peer network.

The first thing you need to do when visiting the Napster site is decide which membership plan you want. When you click the "sign up" button on the site, it's going to give you two different subscription packages to choose from, making it seem like you have to pay a monthly fee to access Napster's service. That, isn't really the case. Just sign up for a free Napster account by downloading the software and go for the "Napster Light" if you want to pay-per-download rather than pay-per-month.

Now, why would you pay 99 cents for each song when you can simply get all of Napster's offerings for one low monthly fee? The answer there is because you don't own any of the songs if you pay the monthly fee. Once you stop paying that fee, you can no longer listen to the songs. With the 99 cent downloads, you can listen to the songs for as long as you want and you never have to pay another dime.

Downloading and installing Napster is fast and easy. In less than an hour we had the whole thing downloaded, installed and we were browsing the available titles. Speaking of browsing titles – don't expect to do it till you sign up for Napster's service. If you want to see what Napster has to offer, be ready to part with your personal information. Napster doesn't offer "free peeks" into its catalog.

Napster Features:

Pay per month or pay-per title.
MP3 files to support almost any media player.
Over 6 million songs to choose from.
Free Creative MP3 player with a one-year Napster To Go subscription.
Easy-to-use Napster software.

Media Players Supported:

Creative
Dell
Gateway
iRiver
Phillips
RCA
Rio
Samsung
SanDisk
Siren
Sony
Toshiba

Napster Pricing:

Napster Light offers pay-per-download MP3s for 99 cents each or albums starting at $6.95.
For $12.95 per month you can listen to all of Napster's songs on your PC.
For $14.95 per month you can take unlimited Napster songs "to go" on your MP3 player.

Napster Customer Service:

Napster offers customer service via online user guides, FAQs and via phone. If your questions are pretty straightforward you should be able to find your answers in the help sections of the site. If you prefer customer support and you don't mind a hold time (ours was about 3 minutes) you can talk to a live representative. The one we spoke with was able to handle our questions quickly and thoroughly with easy-to-understand answers. Email support was also helpful, with a response being received the next business day.

Upside:

Live phone support, works with iPod, easy installation.

Downside:

They try to push the monthly subscriptions on potential customers.

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