Android Market soon to offer millions of tunes
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Another sign that the Google Music Store is close to opening |
The link on the top of the page that says "Get Android App" sends you to the Google Music Beta app which offers a limited free trial, but does not allow you to purchase tunes from the Android Market. Longer than expected negotiations with the record labels is holding this feature back. The app allows you to store up to 20,000 songs for free and lets you access them from any Android device running Froyo or higher. You will also be able to create your own playlist and listen to your songs even when offline.
Right now, it is available only in the U.S. and it requires Flash to be installed. If you want to start your music collection now, some free tunes are available from the service. Add all of this functionality to a brand new Google Music Store, and it looks like iTunes will have some tough competition.
source: NewsonDroid via TechCrunch
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2. aar0983 posted on 27 Oct 2011, 10:31 8 3
wow this is huge. I'm pretty sure it will give itunes a run for its money.
4. protozeloz posted on 27 Oct 2011, 10:53 2 1
YES!!!! its being a while (since 2.2 announcement) that they have being talking about this, :D and with it the cloud index and easy music
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7. iamcc posted on 27 Oct 2011, 11:20 3 3
I love how people who are excited about this get thumbs down. Just like the dude in Europe who has been fire bombing luxury cars because he is in debt and hates his life, people come here to get mad at people who are excited about the new features of Android.
And yes, I realize that in this case, iOS has already had this feature... but that doesn't mean we can't be excited about getting it now.
8. terabyteRouser posted on 27 Oct 2011, 11:28 1 0
Maybe this is the reason why we never see a new Music app in ICS hands-on videos. I've really been wondering why I've never seen anyone click into the music app, because the current music app in Android is pretty bad. The original music app with the Droid 1 was bad; it would play different segments of a song while listing the same time marker. It would also make this terrible sound when fast forwarding tracks. With the latest Google Music app you can't even fast forward a track. Well why don't you just slide the bar? I would do that, but it doesn't quite give you the precision you need when you're listening to a 2 hour podcast or an audio book.
12. protozeloz posted on 27 Oct 2011, 11:58 0 0
Maybe because it looks similar to the one in the market, heck it was even leaked I have a copy would you like it? Trusted source so no worries
9. gallitoking posted on 27 Oct 2011, 11:30 0 3
I knew about this. so I dont think it was being kept a secret... it will be inferior to tthe ones out there but.. give it time before it gets better...
10. protozeloz posted on 27 Oct 2011, 11:55 1 0
Why it would be inferior compared with others?
21. downphoenix posted on 27 Oct 2011, 15:17 1 0
because its not iTunes. galitoking is an apple mark, so when he says others, he means iTunes.
11. noahbf posted on 27 Oct 2011, 11:57 0 0
eh, its probably gonna suck. I love google though, so I'll make it work.
15. protozeloz posted on 27 Oct 2011, 12:34 1 0
what does a music purchase service has to do in order to suck? I mean the only deal breaker will be content....
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