Jeremy Charette
01-03-2007, 08:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://news.digitaltrends.com/featured_article70.html' target='_blank'>http://news.digitaltrends.com/featured_article70.html</a><br /><br /></div><i>"With the recent availability of movie downloads on Apple’s iTunes and the Amazon Unbox movie download service, video downloads have become more front and center in the minds of consumers as they consider how to spend their entertainment dollars. Though the iTunes Store would seem to be the immediate dominant leader in this space given their iPod market share and early lead with television video downloads, Amazon is betting they will have a thing or two to say about that with their Unbox offering."</i><br /><br /> <img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/amazonroyprice.jpg" /><br /><br />Digital Trends has posted an interview with Amazon's Roy Price, talking about their Amazon Unbox service. It's interesting to see Amazon entering the digital download marketplace, and it looks like it's as much an experiment for them as anything else. They're not focused on marketing, or sheer numbers, just trying to see what kind of opportunity even exists for such a service. I've yet to try it myself, but it looks like a worthy offering. The only shortcoming I see so far is incompatibility with the iPod, but that's a huge hurdle to overcome.