BlackBerry (Tour, Storm) Free Apps 2Day: Thumbplay DRM Free Music

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thumbplay.jpgIt looks like Thumbplay is pulling your thumbs in BlackBerry App World.  They claim to offer a free app, and music as cheap as 69 cents a song. However, you may be signing away a monthly payment. So we give this app for now a "Thumb's Down"

Thumbplay has launched a free music buying app for BlackBerry smartphones. The Thumbplay app is free to download and the music appears to be as low as $.69 a song which will work on any device because they are DRM Free.

They say you can browse, preview and download music from thousands of artists directly to your phone, then play it from your phone, computer or any MP3 player.  All MP3s are DRM free and can be downloaded over wifi, 3G or regular carrier networks.  

You have to cautious when you deal with Thumbplay because they are famous for getting people to sign-up for $9.99 a month to get free ringtones.  Read all the screen clearly if you sign up for their service. Thumbplay appears to be getting into the music business because ringtones sales are declining. It also looks like they offer a monthly plan for MP3 music, which turns up on your wireless bill.  So we'll have to remind you to beware when you fill out any Thumbplay form(especially for ringtones.)  You may pay less per song, but wind up paying more per month on your cell phone bill.

Editors Note (8/24/09): Check out this review with no stars:

LAME LAME LAME
August 21 2009
Release 1.3
Do not purchase it. It says its free but it isn't. It charges you about 20 dollars a month. Stay away!

Editors Note (8/26/09)
Okay, so we may have jumped the "Thumbs Down" gun on Thumbplay.  It appears that the RIM partnership has made them change their "carrier-charging ways."  We were contacted by their PR dude who told us that the review we quoted was removed by BlackBerry App World because the review had no merit. All payments are made in the app via credit card or PayPal.  They are sending us a screen shot of the payment process. You can read our rebuttal here.

Supported BlackBery Smartphones:

BlackBerry Pearl  8100
BlackBerry Pearl 8110
BlackBerry Pearl 8120
BlackBerry Pearl 8130
BlackBerry Pearl Flip  8220
BlackBerry Pearl 8230
BlackBerryCuvrve - 8300
BlackBerry Curve 08310
BlackBerry Curve 8320
BlackBerry Curve 8330
BlackBerry Curve 8330
BlackBerry Curve  8900
BlackBerry Bold 9000
BlackBerry Storm 9530
BlackBerry Tour 9630


If you are looking for BlackBerry Music Apps that are absolutely free check out these  services:

Music/Radio/Audio/Video/eReaders

  • BlackBerry (Storm Tour) Apps 2Day: Nobex Radio.
  • BlackBerry (Storm / Tour ) Updated Apps 2Day: FlyCast Streaming Radio Now with Caching.
  • Buy Music from Your BlackBerry Storm with Slacker Radio.
  • BlackBerry Apps Today:  RealPlayer SP.

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