Jason Dunn
11-04-2004, 09:00 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,117675,00.asp' target='_blank'>http://www.pcworld.com/news/article...d,117675,00.asp</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Napster is previewing its forthcoming Napster To Go service. This service leverages new Windows Media 10 technologies to enable Napster subscribers to download music to portable devices, a technology called Janus. Music remains protected, and if a user's subscription ends, the music won't play any more. It's tunes to rent."</i><br /><br />I find it strange that they're "previewing" this feature, because I used it more than a month ago. When I first connected the Portable Media Center that Microsoft had loaned me, I <a href="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/napstertogooption.gif">saw this pop-up window</a> inside the WMP10 client. I clicked yes, and was able to transfer my subscription-based songs to the player. I've done the same thing with my Dell Axim X50, and it worked like a charm. The one thing I'm not sure about is how long the songs will last on a portable device that doesn't connect back to the host machine and the Internet - would they time out after seven days? A month?