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Apple is reportedly in talks with content providers about making iTunes completely free for customers that decide to pay more for their iPods or iPhones.  Surely, Apple is willing to share or give the additional device markup to the music publishers in exchange for the content.  I doubt the publishers would take a flat fee, since their royalty contracts with the artists are not structured this way.

If Apple can get the publishers to agree to this it will be great for those who are purchasing their iPods or iPhones for the first time.  I would think that the added premium on price will likely pay-off in the long run.  My guess is that it would be a $249 premium for a device lifetime subscription.  But what about those, and I am not one of them, who have already purchased hundreds if not thousands of dollars in iTunes music?

Frankly, I doubt that this subscription model will even happen given the "old school" thinking and artist contracts that publishers still have.  Stay tuned.

Well, many people are trying to activate their iPhones without going into contract with AT&T for two full years of cell phone service. They basically want a touchscreen, widescreen, web-surfing, kickass iPod, and to forget about the phone features. However, there's no easy way to do this. The preferred method is to fail the credit check by entering 999-99-9999 as your SSN and then setting up a $50 prepaid plan. Once the prepaid minutes expire you have an activated iPhone without phone service!

Many Apple iPhone customers have been experiencing activation problems over the last three days. Some customers that bought their iPhones on Friday have still not been able to activate their phones. Without activating the phone, the clock alarm does not even work, making it a really expensive paperweight. iStone.

Much of the blame goes to AT&T for not being prepared for the deluge of activation requests on their activation servers. I for one will not buy a first generation iPhone. There's a big difference between the "leading edge" and the "bleeding edge" and I for one will let others bleed until the bugs get worked out.

I may be going to the Apple store later today to check it out, but I am definitely not buying one.