iTunes is a
digital media player application, introduced by
Apple Inc. on
January 9,
2001,
[2] at the
Macworld Expo in San Francisco.
[3] The application is used for playing and organizing digital music and video files. The program is also an interface to manage the contents on Apple's popular
iPod digital media players as well as the
iPhone. Additionally, iTunes can connect to the
iTunes Store via the Internet to purchase and download
music,
music videos,
television shows,
iPod games,
audiobooks, various
podcasts,
feature length films and
Movie Rentals (available only in the USA,
UK and
Canada), and
Ringtones (available only in the USA). Since the 11th July 2008, there has also been the option to download apps for the
iPhone and
iPod Touch as long as they are running the 2.0 firmware released on the same date.[
citation needed]
iTunes is available as a free download for
Mac OS X,
Windows Vista, and
Windows XP from Apple's website. It is also
bundled with all
Macs, and some
HP and
Dell computers. Older versions are available for
Mac OS 9,
OS X 10.0-10.2, and
Windows 2000. Although Apple does not produce iTunes for other operating systems, it can, however, be run on
Linux-based operating systems through
Wine, a Windows compatibility layer.
[4]
A version of iTunes shipped with cell phones from
Motorola, which included the ability to sync music from an iTunes library to the cellphone, as well as a similar interface between both platforms. Since the release of the iPhone, Apple has stopped distributing iTunes with other manufacturers' phones in order to concentrate sales to Apple's device.
More Info:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes
Download Program (Version-7):
Code:
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/