As we descended into La Guardia, Gates ignored the flight attendant who asked him to shut off his computer.

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And while the Connect's implementation may fall short of the strong computer or community-generated music exploration features offered by Pandora, Goombah, iJiggy, La La, Last.fm, Amazon or others, it makes for an enjoyable self-led path to discovering new music.

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But computer, tablet and phone users will still have to download the file initially and pay a la carte.

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