Starbucks and iTunes: It Really is Cool
By Daniel Miessler on October 18th, 2007: Tagged as Apple | Music | iTunes
I’m in New Jersey on business and happened to notice an LCD in the Starbucks I was in this morning. It was showing the current song playing, which reminded me about the whole iTunes/Starbucks thing.
For those who don’t read links, it’s a system that allows you to view on your iPhone the music selection in Starbucks stores. It shows you what’s currently playing, what played recently, top performers, etc. You can preview the music and even buy it right there on your iPhone.
Problem is — it’s only supposed to be in San Francisco and NYC right now. But I figured I’d try it anyway and turned on my wireless and fired up iTunes. It worked. And it was nice. I bought a Bob Dylan song. I truly love this device.
These people just impress me. It’s hard to stay mad at them — especially when they’re opening up the iPhone via a true SDK in February of 2008.
