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Mewbox – On the Go Music Downloads on Android

by Jay Garrett on December 4, 2009

mewboxMewbox – not a new dry cat food or a mash-up of Robbie Williams’ failed 2006 album and a Danish alternative rock band.

Mewbox is actually a new music download service that originally launched with the Archos 5 Android slate but has now gone live for all Android phones.

This means that whether you’re going to be rocking the new Milestone in a few days or have a loving relationship with the T-Mobile G1 – you’ll be able to download choonz to keep whilst you’re out-and-about for the very first time.

The Mewbox site looks pretty straightforward and not in the least confusing (more than I can say for the Myspace Music site).

There’s also a blog which reports news about the software as well as top track picks.

If you haven’t got an Android powered handheld it may be still worth your while to pootle across to Mewbox as it’s offering a free download (89MB) of some of its favourite songs to keep for anyone!

Now, if you’ve an iPhone you’ll think that this has always been the way as we’ve been able to download from iTunes from day 1. Even the Crackberry has been able to get music on the move thanks to 7digital.

Talking ’bout 7digital – this is who’s behind Mewbox. This should mean that Android users will have access to around 4 million tracks.

Mewbox is out now for any European Android owners, but it’s not on the Android Market – all you have to do is download from the Mewbox homepage here.

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1 in 4 Gamers Pay and Download Instead of Leaving Their Gaming Chairs – What’s a High Street Again?

by Jay Garrett on October 28, 2009

3_steam_createaccountGamers love to have the latest and bestest and it shows that 25% of gamers surveyed said that paying for and downloading the digital only version is the way forward.

The International Gamers Survey, conducted by Today’s Gamers took in the opinion of 13,000 gamers across Europe and the United States and found that, on average, around a quarter of all of them have bought game extras online in-game.

That number actually increases amongst the owners of consoles such as the PS3 and Xbox 360 which make a big song-and-dance over their digital delivery systems.

Before you start to poo-poo these figures you have to understand that all this includes map packs, optional extras and various in-game upgrades, which are usually offered for little more than a few pounds or even pence at a time.

The UK figures for full-game downloads are quite a lot lower at a mere 7% of gamers currently buying full games in digital download format – although that figure doubles among PC owners, where online-only shopping services like the lovely Steam have built up a sizeable following and reputation for reliability.

By-the-way – on Steam this week you can get S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl for under £4!!!! Just saying ;)

Perhaps the UK numbers would increase if we had faster, cheaper and truly unlimited download services here ;)

Today’s Gamers believes that download-only sales numbers of proper games will grow to a point that no-one will be bothered going to the bricks-and-mortar stores in as little as three years time.

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