Qtrax Finally Launches. Sort Of.
June 20, 2008 |
Qtrax finally launched, reaching a milestone that many thought would never happen. After huge delays in getting up and running, some of which led to contracts with record labels expiring and then having to be renewed, they are up and running.
Well, sort of.
Qtrax’s launch was supposed to provide free and legal music from EMI and Universal, with more labels in negotiations. But after all the delays, there are still far too many things missing. One being a version of the application for OS X. Those of us not running either Windows XP or Vista are out of luck, because no player exists for either OS X or Linux. (Back in January, they were saying that the OS X version would be released in March.) So it’s back to last.fm and iLike for me, but others thought they’d be luckier, having the requisite Windows OS.
Wired, however, fared worse than I did, since at least I didn’t have to waste any time in not getting any free and legal music. Eliot Van Buskirk quickly discovered how much of the EMI and Universal catalogs are missing (Radiohead, for instance), and was told that music is being added “daily” for users. However, even in trying to download the music that’s there, he ran into problems, since the player crashed.
Bugs are expected in a beta, but not a beta that’s been delayed for over five months. The time that the suits were spending negotiating should have given the developers every possible chance to make sure that the application was ready for primetime. At this point, covering Qtrax feels like kicking a man when he’s down, but how many chances is Qtrax relying on potential users to give it?
Hello , After Reading Your Review On The New Launch Of Qtrax I Felt That It Seemed Recycled From Another News Post Thats All . I Feel You Should Have Done The Test Yourself And If You Did .You Would Have A Tested Opinion Of It.I Am 37 Years Old And Very Proud Of My Music And Have Spent Well Over A 100,000 Bucks Building My Empire Of Music Of Audio And Video .And My Opinion And Judgement On Anything That Has To Do With It. I Am Not Rich Nor Do I Live That Way.But You Hit A Soft Spot When You Said Kick It While Its Down. I Do Not Think We Could Ever Get Along Anyway Because I Live Music And Love It…You Just Write About Your Opinions And Get Payed For It. I Do This For Free And Love It! The Old Saying Goes Practice What You Preace! Like I Said Before I'm 37 Maybe Your To Old For Anymore Fun Or Change In Life Not My Fault Or Qtrax For That Matter JUst Learn To Like It………Keith. …….P.S. I Have No Job With Or Need With QTRAX …..I Just Think You Should Look Before You Leap!
Jessica, you won't have to wish too hard… All they have to do is continue to show the same business acumen that's brought them to this point.