{"id":1324,"date":"2009-02-14T00:17:03","date_gmt":"2009-02-14T05:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=1324"},"modified":"2009-02-14T00:17:03","modified_gmt":"2009-02-14T05:17:03","slug":"ayumi-hamasaki-releases-next-album-on-usb-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2009\/02\/14\/ayumi-hamasaki-releases-next-album-on-usb-drive","title":{"rendered":"Ayumi Hamasaki releases next album on USB drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve always liked <a href=\"http:\/\/avexnet.or.jp\/ayu\/index.html\">Ayumi Hamasaki&#8217;s<\/a> music. And to see that her next album, will be released on a USB drive (instead of a CD; do they still release albums on cassette tapes?), is simply great news. You get a diamond-studded two-gigabyte thumb-drive, with the songs only taking up a mere 800MB (for 13 tracks, 6 videos, and the lyrics booklet). Its expected to sell anywhere between 4,000-5,000 Yen (RM156-195, so a lot pricier than a CD, which normally retails for RM40), and no word if the songs are DRM-free, what quality the MP3&#8217;s are, and so on. This is the first in Japan, and probably the first in the world!<\/p>\n<p>Now, the newest Honda City isn&#8217;t just shipping with a CD Player, but a USB port too. They reckon it&#8217;ll be easier to connect and charge your iPod. I reckon, that if more and more artistes start distributing USB thumb-drives, we&#8217;ll be seeing more USB ports in cars.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tokyograph.com\/news\/id-4427\">Ayu takes digital music to the &#8220;Next Level&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Ayumi%20Hamasaki%20releases%20next%20album%20on%20USB%20drive&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F02%2F14%2Fayumi-hamasaki-releases-next-album-on-usb-drive&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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