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The music experience on Android handsets is far inferior to the iPhone and iTunes, and Google sees this as an opportunity to rectify a competitive weakness.” It’s true that Android has no “home” media system, but that’s one of the reasons we love it. No matter where you look, there’s plenty of options for digital music lovers to get a hold of new tunes. Or will it be an iTunes-like store. We sure hope so; iTunes needs a major competitor in the worst way. So, the question is: who’s not in the music business these days.

Will it stream. But when your name is Google, the market tends to make room no matter what. We’ll have to wait and see if this really pans out, but it’s definitely believable. Microsoft has their Zune subscription service, and then there’s Rhapsody, Napster and a whole host of smaller alternatives. Subscription based. Apple forces iTunes onto their iPhone users, and we aren’t at all convinced that that’s the best approach. And usually, when Google touches something, it tends to turn out well. No one on the outside really knows, but people are already buzzing about what may soon be a reality. Or pay-per-song/album. Reportedly, unnamed sources have it on good authority that Google will be soon revealing a “Google-branded music play.” There’s no real details yet on what exactly the service would be like.

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June 26, 2010 at 6:42 am by jamesdean
Category: Music News
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